First of all, don’t be surprised by the name of the museum. Museum MACAN doesn’t show a range of tiger collection but it is an acronym of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara. The currently most talked about museum by the hipster in Jakarta.

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN) is the first institution of its kind, providing public access to a significant and growing collection of modern and contemporary art from Indonesia and around the world. The museum has an active program of exhibitions and events in a 4000 square meter facility including onsite education. Their current exhibition is the “Art Turns. World Turns”.

Co-curated by Charles Esche and Agung Hujatnika, this exhibition features 90 artworks from the Museum’s collection, showcasing artworks by Indonesian and international artists. It also present a narrative that explores the resonance between Indonesia and the world.

The museum is open from 10 AM daily (closed on Monday). The entrance ticket for the museum is IDR 50.000 for regular ticket. They also have a student price ticket for IDR 45.000 just by showing the ticketing staff your student ID. Your ticket is valid all day. So you can get in and out from the museum as much as you want as long it is still on the same day as your ticket date. However the last admission is at 6 PM, since the museum is closing at 7 PM.

To be honest, I’m not exactly an art person. I don’t really understand the art of the arts (do you understand what I mean?) but I love to walk around the museum and learn the story behind these arts.

Some of them even captured my attention the moment I saw it from afar, like this one.

This one.

And also this one.

Overall my experience to Museum MACAN is really satisfying. The museum show a tons of collections that vary from an old/vintage collection to more modern/hip. Even though most of the visitor come just to take an ‘instagenic’ picture there, I’m hoping the wide art collection will somehow attract them to appreciate and encourage them to think out of the box. I hope in the future there will be more museum like this one.

Oh! I almost forgot. The main reason that made me visit this museum, The Infinity Room by Yayoi Kusama.

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Museum MACAN

AKR Tower

Jl. Panjang No 5

Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta Barat

DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

(+62) 21 221 21 888

Opening hours : 10 AM to 7 PM (closed on Monday)