The 2022 MACAN Gala

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ART for Good

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF INDONESIA’S ANNUAL EVENT CALENDAR, THE 2022 MACAN GALA RETURNS WITH A BANG

It was a star-studded evening at the Four Seasons Jakarta, where a crowd of public figures and art enthusiasts gathered for the 2022 MACAN Gala, one of Jakarta’s largest fundraising events for the arts, presented by Museum MACAN. After the pandemic forced almost every public event to take a pause, the MACAN Gala now makes its return to Jakarta’s high society scene to support its ongoing mission in art education and its community enrichment programme.

Established in November 2017, The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara or Museum MACAN was founded by Haryanto Adikoesoemo, President and Director of AKR Corporindo, who also happens to be an art collector. Located in Kebon Jeruk in Jakar-

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By Anastasia Winayanti Wibowo

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ta, the privately-owned museum is the first in Indonesia to host a collection of modern and contemporary Indonesian, as well as, international artworks. Having been featured in the list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places in 2018 by Time Magazine, the museum displays numerous local and international contemporary artworks, most notably the “Infinity Mirrored Room” and “Life Is the Heart of a Rainbow” exhibition by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.

Since the museum’s opening in 2017, Museum MACAN has received more than 900,000 visitors, and welcomed more than 270,000 students and children. Over 563 schools and institutions, and 2,277 educators from 23 provinces out of 34 provinces in Indonesia have experienced the museum’s education programmes through offline and online outreach initiatives.

Although the night was still young, a number of guests started to arrive on the red carpet, and we saw Chairwoman of Museum MACAN Foundation, Fenessa Adikoesoemo, Marshall Pudjiadi, Director Aaron Seeto, Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, Curator of Mori Art Museum Mami Kataoka, and Head of Development Amalia Wirjono, among the first to arrive at the annual charity event.

As the evening progressed, more ambassadors and celebrities appeared, including Jerome Kurnia in head-to-toe Valentino PP Pink by Time International, Cissylia Stefani-van Leeuwen in Peggy Hartanto, Asmara Abigail in STELLARISSA, Rossa in Hian Tjen, Afgan in Didit Hediprasetyo, and Kelly Tandiono in Adrian Gan. Elsewhere on the venue, Asmara Abigail and Lukman Sardi posed in front of the scenestealing THE 8 x JEFF KOONS, the most elaborately designed BMW Art Car in history, produced in a very limited quantity of 99 pieces. It was showcased at Museum MACAN from 26 October until 6 November 2022.

In the ballroom, guests were seen admiring the fabulous venue decorated by Stupa Caspea. As the evening was underway, they were treated to an exquisite dinner prepared by Four Seasons Jakarta, accompanied by the finest cocktail selections by Johnnie Walker Blue Label. The event was organised by Tiara Josodirdjo & Associates, and supported by illy and San Pellegrino, ROH Projects and A+ WORKS of ART as artists representatives, as well as Riserva by ERHA, and ELLE Indonesia as media partner.

The highlight of the event was the live charity auction conducted by world-class auctioneer Phillips, featuring distinguished artworks donated by Indonesia’s leading artists such as Agus Suwage, Eko Nugroho, Nadiah Bamadhaj, Syagini Ratna Wulan, and Uji ‘Hahan’ Handoko, a pendant by Chopard from The Time Place, and a bottle of vintage wine from France.

Proceeds from the Gala will go to the development of Museum MACAN’s education and community enrichment programmes, such as school outreach programmes, visits for school children through regular children’s tours and special curator-led tours, art-making workshops, talks, lectures, and film screenings.

Ending the sumptuous celebration, the event was closed with an after-party where guests were seen chilling, mingling, and enjoying the musical set from DJ Anton and Hogi Wirjono.

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1. Fenessa and Haryanto Adikoesoemo gave an opening

speech before the programme

2. Sandy Ma of Phillips led the auction

3. Jerome Kurnia in Maison Valentino

4. A Chopard pendant from The Time Place was part of