Lydia Yee Spells Out Southeast Asian Art, From A to Z

Kuala Lumpur started at Medan Pasar, the old market square where the Gombak and Klang rivers meet. Along its western edge stand six Art Deco shophouses from the 1930s, home to traditional merchants before banks and finance houses moved in during the 1960s. On November 1, they open their doors again as Muara Arts, a roughly 20,000-square-foot not-for-profit gallery for Malaysian and Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art, and the first institution of its kind in the country.The project belon...