Had a truly wonderful time sharing about Mohamed Haniff (1872-1930) and his botanical collecting through herbarium sheets @ Forest Learning Centre, Perdana Botanic Gardens KL - huge thank you to the team there and to the Sunda Shelves bookstore!

Guide to the now-defunct Natural History Gallery at the National Museum of Malaysia (Muzium Negara), 1979 -- from the personal collection of Abdul Nasir Halim (1938-1999), who made these amazing dioramas (Perpustakaan ATMA, UKM)

Excited to be part of this great line up of natural history talks and walks at the Forest Learning Centre, Perdana Botanic Gardens, KL later this month!

Palm Practices, a collaboration between Jelai Asli Craft, a Semai weaving collective from Pahang, and Gerimis Art, Malaysia, on display at GMBB in KL. Pictured is my favourite pattern, with a delightful name: ekor tenggiling, or pangolin's tail

Naturhistorisk Museum Aarhus: Amidst charismatic mammals and danish wildflowers, unassuming crustacean specimens offer a glimpse of Denmark's scientific endeavors in Southeast Asia: one from Penang, first Galathea Expedition, 1846 & a jar from Ban Kao, Thai-Danish Prehistoric Expedition, 1961.

Edita Atmaja's 'Crux Anônumos' features assemblages of urban plant life growing everyday, perhaps unexpected places

Did you know you can make paper from pandan leaves? Widi Pangestu's 'Paper Anthology' presents notes and experiments in paper-making from Southeast Asian plants, inviting viewers to touch, feel, and explore

A stunning installation by Indah Arsyad, about pollution in Indonesia's waterways. Yes: those are green mussel lines, hanging down from jerry cans suspended from the ceiling

Some highlights from an absolutely fantastic ArtJog 2025, the annual art festival in Jogjakarta:

first up, two prints from Agung Pramana's series 'Looting Back the Shadow Puppets' (2025) - the puppets escaping, video-game style, from the floor plan of the British Museum

Had a wonderful time learning and sharing at the History of Medicine in Southeast Asia conference in Jogjakarta!