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Jakarta – The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, Fadli Zon, opened Art Jakarta 2025, a leading art exhibition that is now one of the influential platforms in the region. Art Jakarta, held at Jiexpo Kemayoran on October 3-5, 2025, became a meeting point for artists, collectors, curators, creative and cultural industry players, as well as the public to exchange ideas, cooperation and innovation in the art world. “Art Jakarta 2025 has become a meeting point for artists, collectors, curators and players in creative industry. It is in line with the dedication of the Ministry of Culture to support and promote the cultural sector. We are trying to build an Indonesian ecosystem, both traditional and contemporary, to grow on national, said, Saturday (4/10/2025). This year, Art Jakarta presents the participation of 75 galleries of domestic and foreign countries, including 16 countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Russia and Australia. A total of 33 groups of artists were also involved in Art Jakarta 2025, to a proof of collective cooperation of various parties to support the progress of art in Indonesia. One of the programs of the Ministry of Culture, National Talent Management (MTN) of Cultural Arts, also became part of the Jakarta Art 2025 event. Through the MTN Market Scheme, the Ministry of Education and Culture exhibits a ‘new flow’ or ‘rising current’ with the Agung Hujatnika curator. It is known, MTN Market is a strategic and professional forum that brings together the country’s talents with industrial networks for the presentation, collaboration and distribution of works in the opening of artists to link with broader opportunities. Browse to continue with further content, Fadli emphasized that the culture and the creative economy will be increasingly relevant to the times. Cultural and Creative Industry (CCI) will be a terminology that is increasingly heard by the community and becomes a world growth machine. “CCI is more sustainable and in the future it will be an engine for growth for the world. We can also see how art is a platform where we can see different rich cultural expressions from Indonesia,” he said. Fadli also cited the mandate of the Constitution of the 1945 Constitution Article 32 paragraph 1, which states ‘the state promotes Indonesia’s national culture in the midst of the world civilization by ensuring the freedom of the community to maintain and develop its cultural values’. “So we must indeed promote our national culture in the midst of the world, one of which is through visual arts,” he explained. Fadli added that the Ministry of Culture still strives to provide room for Indonesian artists to display their artworks to the wider community, one of which is through the development of the Indonesian national gallery. “There we already have a permanent collection with one line each of the beautiful -indie -era to the contemporary era as it is today. It is a window of our national culture and becomes our national treasure,” says Fadli. With his remarks, Fadli hopes Art Jakarta 2025 could be an annual agenda showing the promotion of Indonesian art. He also emphasized the dedication of the Ministry of Culture to encourage Indonesian artists to perform in different international opportunities. One is through the Indonesian participation plan at the Venice Biennale meeting next year. “Promoting culture to cooperation of different parties. We support strong initiatives, one of which is Art Jakarta. Hopefully this Jakarta art can be an annual agenda that shows the promotion of Indonesian art,” he added. On the same occasion, the Minister of Creative Economy, Teuku Riefky Harssya said that the Jakarta Art Jakarta 2025 became a barometer of the development of contemporary art in the Southeast Asian region. He hopes that this event can become an annual event that shows art as an important car for the creative economy of Indonesia to strengthen the country’s identity, expand international networks and open opportunities for cross -disciplined collaboration. “Hopefully Art Jakarta is not just a space for appreciation, but it can be a momentum to strengthen Indonesia’s position on the world map that offers benefits for artists, society, nation and state,” Teuku Riefky said. Meanwhile, the fair director of art of Jakarta 2025, Tom Tandio said this event is expected to be a joint commitment from various parties to enrich and enrich the Indonesian ecosystem. “Thank you to all partners who supported the presence of Art Jakarta 2025. Hopefully artists get a success and inspirational experience to bring valuable experiences to visitors,” Tom concluded. For information, the opening of Art Jakarta was enriched by the appearance of the Padjadjaran University Choir who sang Indonesian regional songs, the offers of the Directorate -General of Diplomacy, Promotion and Cultural Cooperation. The event was subsequently continued with the signing of the Jakarta 2025 cloth art as an official symbol of the event that entered the 15th age. The signing was performed by Fadli Zon with other VIP invited guests, including the Minister of Creative Economy, Teuku Riefky Harssya; Deputy Minister of Culture, Giring Ganesha; Deputy Minister of Creative Economics, Irene Umar; Head of the DKI Jakarta Culture Office, Mochamad Miftahulloh Tamary; MRA Group CEO. Then, Maulana Intrigguna; Director of MRA Media, Paramitha Sudarjo; Director of BCA, Vera Eve Lim; Market Chief South -East -Asia chief Singapore and Indonesia Julius Baer, ​​Yang vi Sun; Head of PR and Corporate Communication Seed & Stockbit, William; Head of Partnership & Pr Treasury, Anang Samsudin; and the fair director of art of Jakarta 2025, Tom Tandio. Current accompanying Fadli, Director -General of Diplomacy, Promotion and Cultural Cooperation, Endah TD Td Tnoastuti; Special staff of the Minister of Culture for Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations, Annisa Rengganis; As well as the special staff of the Minister of Culture for Protocol and Households, Rachmanda Primayuda. (PRF/EGA)