A RT J OG AND I NDONESIA ’ S N EW A RT P UBLIC Katherine Bruhn Ph.D Student South and Southeast Asian Studies University of California Berkeley ABSTRACT In the last two decades Indonesia’s contemporary art world has experienced exponential growth—the result of a political shift in 1998 known as Reformasi and the impact of an art market boom in the mid-2000s. Indonesia now boasts a plethora of galleries, biennials, and large-scale art events. Of particular importance is an annual art fair known as Art Jog now in entering its ninth iteration. Held in the city of Yogyakarta, Art Jog is described as a “bottom-up art fair” organized by and for artists. It has become a highly anticipated event attended by international and domestic collectors, gallerists, art practitioners, and observers as well as the general public who are rarely present at other art events. By examining the history and position of Art Jog in comparison with Indonesia’s other biennials, this paper will analyze the significance of more “spectacular” events like Art Jog in the development of a “new art public” in Indonesia.