Painters to hold festival in Ubud

DENPASAR, Bali: About 50 Indonesian painters will take part in a two-week exhibition in Ubud at the Rudana Museum and Gallery, 20 kilometers northeast of here, to celebrate the Indonesian Year of the Arts.

The exhibition, which will begin on April 18, is to display about 100 art works, Antara reported yesterday.

According to the organizing committee's chairman, I Nyoman Rudana, internationally acclaimed artists Bagong Kusudiardjo, I Made Wianta and Gusti Ketut Kabot will be among those taking part.

Ubud is home to hundreds of Indonesian painters.