Painting exhibition features top locals

The Bimantara Foundation will hold a painting exhibition featuring famous local painters.

The exhibit called The Best of Indonesia will display works of 15 painters, including Popo Iskandar, Barli, Dullah, Abbas Alibasyah, Irsyam, Joko Pekik, Arie Smith and Antonio Blanco.

The show will be at the Gallery of the Ministry of Education and Culture at Gambir, Central Jakarta, from Nov. 4 to 13.

"The main objective of the exhibition is to raise funds for the foundation's scholarship programs," Irsan Suryadi of the Bimantara Foundation said over the weekend. (raw)