Articles tagged ‘Neka museum’

People in Balinese history - Bob Koke & Louise Garret

By Nick | May 1st, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Bob Koke, a young photographer from Hollywood, and Louise Garret, his future wife, came to Bali in the Dutch East Indies in 1936, to spend a few weeks painting and taking photographs. Very soon after arriving they decided to open a small hotel on ‘the most beautiful beach in the world‘, Kuta Beach. Leasing the [...]

 

Miguel Covarrubias’s life in Bali celebrated in new book

By Nick | December 2nd, 2005 | Add a Comment »

Miguel Covarrubias wrote Island of Bali is 1939. It is to this day the best account of life in Bali in the 1930’s and Balinese culture in general. Miguel managed to lay out a very personal impression of Bali and writes in a way that relates to his readers. He doesn’t come across like a [...]