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From Issue Almanac 2011
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- Preface Invisible Worlds
- News Artists in Controversy: Inhospitable Climes
- News Philanthropy: Giving It Up For Good
- News Career Moves: Still Wanted
- Cultural Currency Auctions
- Five Plus One Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Countries Bhutan
- Countries Brunei
- Countries India
- Countries Kazakhstan
- Countries Lebanon
- Countries Macau
- Countries Nauru
- Countries New Zealand
- Countries Philippines
- Countries Taiwan
- Countries Turkmenistan
- Countries Yemen
- Reflections The Seeds of Time or the Sands of the Desert?
- Exhibitions Museums
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HIRFAIN HUSAIN, Untitled, 2009, digital print, 30.5 × 45.7 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Brunei
Oil-rich Brunei is one of Asia’s wealthiest states. Citizens enjoy high living standards, including no taxes and universal subsidized health care and education.
To prepare for the diminishment of its natural resources, the government has drafted plans to diversify the economy, and support for development of an art industry received a boost with the August 29 opening of the Brunei Young Artists Gallery at the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation Complex in the capital, Bandar Seri Begawan. The new gallery provides space for artists to organize activities and exhibit work. The sultanate has also introduced an MFA degree from the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBD).
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