SINGAPORE – The Peranakan Museum’s latest exhibition, which presents about 200 heirloom batik textiles and accompanying objects such as accessories, zooms in on three Chinese Peranakan women from the ...

For visual artist Arif Rafhan Othman, batik is more than colour and ornamentation. He treats it as a miniature world — one where every motif holds a story waiting to be read. At 48, Arif approaches ...

Batik artisans in Lasem, Central Java, strive to continue their family businesses and keep traditional legacies alive. While it is a large part of Indonesia’s cultural heritage, the art of making ...

The usual dark suits of diplomacy gave way to pattern and colour when Singapore's and Malaysia's political leaders met on Dec ...