Ubud Museums And Galleries ...............................

 

Museums And Galleries  in Ubud.....................

Where you could go ..during your stay at Rijasa Agung Resort & Villas ? Enclose  visiting Museums and Galleries as one golden program in your mind . Below there are some Museums and Galleries are waiting for visitor :

1. Puri Lukisan Museum 

The Puri Lukisan or " Palace of Paintings " was opened in 1953 by Cokorda Gede Sukawati and Rudolf Bonnet both of whom helped establish the esteemed Pita Maha art society in 1930's. The society aim was to encourage painting and the museum marked the deliberate separation of painting from religious life.

The museum has three buildings set admidst landscaped garden and a pond. Two buildings have permanent and sligly dusty exhibitions, and emphasis is on an historical perspective of Balinese painters. The curator is very enthusiastic and helpful. Unfortunately, the exhibitions are becoming dilapidated - vicitms of the climite and general neglect. The building in the center house in exhibition of paintings by a co-operative and the works are for sale. Note : the painters you like and visit them in their village.

2. Neka Museum

About a kilometre past the Campuhan suspension bridge is the best art gallery on the island . The Museum has a superbly presented treasury of paintings collected by Wayan Suteja  Neka, who has organised the extensive collection according to styles. Incidentally , Fine Arts student at Udayana University must be familiar with the works in the Neka Museum in order to graduate. Works include those of indeginous painters as well as bonnet, Spies, Smit,Meier, Covarrubias and Friend.

3. Neka Gallery 

  

Former home of Neka, Bali's foremost art dealer, located on Ubud Raya, east , towards peliatan.

4. Munut Gallery

An exhibition of contemporary Indonesian and Balinese artist. Open from 9 am - 5pm .

5. Lempad Museum 

The former home of the revered painter. I Gusti Nyoman lempad, fellow member of the Pita Maha Group. Renowned for his risque pen and ink drawings, the gallery is worth a peek for the insights into pre-tourist Ubud.

6. Agung Rai Museum 

On the main road in Peliatan, it houses an excellent collection of paintings. 

7. Antonio Blanco's Gallery 

Past the suspension bridge on the left . Blanco's Gallery has an exhibition of some of Philippine artist's works, featuring erotic and fantasy drawings of his wife , who runs the gallery. The collection is illuminating for its view on the Bali of yesteryear.

Sincerely,

Rijasa Agung Ubud Bali Villas Resort Hotel

Br. Begawan, Desa Melinggih kelod, Kec. Payangan - Ubud

Gianyar - Bali

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