Favourites from the Zain Azahari Collection

Zain Azahari

16-Oct-13 14:00

Favourites from the Zain Azahari Collection

78-year lawyer Zain Azahari has been collecting Malaysian and Indonesian art for the past 50 years, and will showcase 40 rare and important art pieces from his over-400 strong collection in a non-selling exhibition called "Favourites from the Zain Azahari Collection."

He joined us for chat on how he got hooked to art collecting and how he has maintained this practice for the last 50 years, while sharing his thoughts on the Malaysian and Indonesian visual arts scenes.

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