Continuing the talk at the first YIRI TALKS, this session shifts the focus from technology to individuals: collectors as connectors between ideas, works, and the public.
YIRI ARTS Jakarta invites Evelyn Halim, an Indonesian contemporary art collector, to discuss how collecting can be a continuous intellectual exploration. Collecting is not merely about ownership, but a way of understanding the world through the arts.
About Guest Speaker
Evelyn Halim is a contemporary art collector based in Jakarta who is interested in works that address important global issues.
Her collection has grown over the past five years to include works by local and international artists working in a wide range of media, such as sound and VR, Al, and installation art, and exploring themes such as digitalization, globalization, feminism, and identity politics.
She served as a judge for the Bandung Contemporary Art Awards
(2022) and contributes to institutional art initiatives as a member of the Friends of Centre Pompidou Asia Pacific. Her commitment to supporting Indonesian art includes donating an artwork to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).