Nuanu Creative City has formally designated Pura Beji Dalem Segara as a sacred temple within its area following an approximately eight-month restoration and improvement process supported fully through the Nuanu Social Fund and carried out in coordination with the temple’s custodial family, traditional leaders, and members of the surrounding community. The process was completed with a series of Ngenteg Linggih consecration ceremonies marking the temple’s readiness to continue serving its spiritual and religious role.

Pura Beji Dalem Segara is one of 12 temples located within the wider Nuanu area, with Pura Luhur Dalem Bomo serving as the main temple, or kahyangan. Their presence reflects the longstanding spiritual significance of the area.

Pura Beji Dalem Segara traces its origins to a natural spring, or beji, which became the basis of the sacred site. According to local accounts, the spring was first discovered by the ancestors of the Sudiana family of Banjar Beraban, who continue to serve as the temple’s pengempon, or custodians. The formal designation of the temple within the Nuanu area was carried out through mutual agreement with the custodial family, while ownership remains with the Sudiana family.

Lev Kroll, CEO of Nuanu Creative City said “This is what Nuanu is about as a development. Finding the win-win – finding a way to help reconstruct the temple in a way that it becomes a learning opportunity for our visitors to learn more about the culture and be amazed with it. For us, finding a way to be respectful is not about just preserving it, but trying to add value.”

For Nuanu, the restoration of Pura Beji Dalem Segara was intended to support the continued life of the temple as an active sacred site. It remains first and foremost a place of worship connected to its custodians and community. Its presence within the wider Nuanu area also offers visitors a way to better understand that Bali’s cultural and spiritual life is part of the living reality of the land, not separate from it.

“In the case of Pura Beji Dalem Segara, the work was very practical. It involved restoring and improving the temple together with the custodial family and community so it can continue to function properly as a sacred site. What matters is that the temple remains active, maintained, and connected to the people who have long cared for it.” - said Ida Ayu Astari Prada, Brand & Communications Director of Nuanu Creative City.

The formalisation of Pura Beji Dalem Segara reflects a wider approach at Nuanu to work with the cultural and spiritual realities already present in the area. As Nuanu continues to develop, these temples remain active places of worship and community significance.

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30 March 2026, Nuanu Creative City, Bali - Nuanu Creative City announces the return of Art & Bali 2026, set to take place from 11–13 September 2026. Building on the momentum of last year’s inaugural edition, which presented work by more than 150 artists across 18 exhibitors and a curated annual group exhibition, and welcomed more than 10,000 visitors to Nuanu Creative City across the event period, the fair continues to grow as a focused, site-specific platform for contemporary art in dialogue with the cultural and material realities of the region.

Conceived as a boutique international art fair rooted in Bali while engaged with wider regional and global conversations, Art & Bali brings together galleries, artists, collectors, and cultural practitioners within a setting shaped by the island’s layered artistic and ceremonial life. The 2026 edition will place greater emphasis on its marketplace, with 20 exhibitors in the main section, while continuing to develop as a cultural meeting point for artistic exchange, thoughtful collecting, and cross-disciplinary dialogue.

“Indonesia’s cultural landscape is extraordinary and still largely underrepresented in the international art world. That’s the gap Art & Bali is here to address.” said Lev Kroll, CEO of Nuanu Creative City. “In a world that sometimes feels like it’s coming apart, art is one of the few things that still brings the right people into the same room. When I see investors and future residents — people with serious skin in this place — genuinely moved by what they discover here, it confirms something: culture isn’t decoration. That's the whole point.”

“Art & Bali is part of a wider effort by different organisers on the island to build stronger platforms for contemporary art in this region that can operate to an international standard. For us, that means shaping a fair that is culturally grounded, commercially credible, and open to a wider range of audiences and conversations. We are not interested in applying an existing model from elsewhere, but in developing one that makes sense here in Bali and can grow with depth and integrity over time,” said Kelsang Dolma, Fair Director of Art & Bali.

As part of the 2026 edition, Art & Bali has appointed Bandana Tewari as curator, with Brina Paska as assistant curator, for the fair’s annual curated exhibition. The exhibition will focus on the intersections of fashion, art, and craft, examining how material knowledge, adornment, labour, memory, and embodiment move across contemporary practice.

“This exhibition will explore the intersections of fashion, art and craft as powerful forms of cultural expression,” said Bandana Tewari. “We are focused on practices that embody memory, technique, intimacy, labor and transformation. Developing this project in Bali, where craft and ritual are not only vibrant but also continually evolving, is both timely and exciting.” she added.

Bandana Tewari is widely recognised for her work across fashion, culture, and sustainability, with a curatorial lens shaped by long-standing engagement with craft traditions, contemporary design, and critical discourse across Asia and beyond. Brina Paska brings a curatorial perspective grounded in contemporary art, Indonesian textile cultures, and exhibition-making rooted in local knowledge. Together, they will shape an exhibition that sees fashion and craft not as fixed categories, but as living cultural languages bound up with making, memory, identity, and material practice.

Alongside its main fair section, Art & Bali 2026 will unfold through a wider public programme that includes talks, performances, and site-responsive works staged across key venues within Nuanu Creative City’s 44-hectare site. Together, these elements reflect the fair’s commitment to creating a platform that is both commercially focused and culturally engaged. Further details on exhibitors, participating galleries, artists, ticketing, and programme highlights will be announced ahead of the opening.

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March 27, 2026 – Nuanu, Bali, Indonesia – Over the course of ten days, Nuanu Cultural Week presented a series of programs that brought together thousands of visitors from across Indonesia and around the world into a shared cultural experience that was both open and participatory. Held from March 20 to 29, 2026, the program coincided with the Lebaran holiday—a time when togetherness and connections across communities feel especially meaningful.

Taking place across multiple venues within Nuanu Creative City, Nuanu Cultural Week featured a diverse range of performances, workshops, and community-driven activities rooted in Balinese culture and enriched by the broader cultural expressions of Indonesia. Throughout the program, visitors experienced performances ranging from Kecak and gamelan to qasidah and hadrah—creating a space where different traditions coexisted and complemented one another.

The atmosphere throughout the event reflected the diversity of its audience—from families spending the Lebaran holiday in Bali, to local communities, and international visitors. These encounters offered not only a recreational experience, but also an opportunity to engage with and understand culture in a more direct and meaningful way.

“Nuanu Cultural Week was designed as a space where culture is not only presented, but also experienced and shared,” said Ida Ayu Astari Prada, Brand and Communications Director of Nuanu Creative City. “During moments like Lebaran, when people come together and travel, we see the importance of creating spaces that connect diverse backgrounds through experiences rooted in culture.”

As part of the program, the Nuanu Social Fund also hosted a youth cultural competition from March 26 to 28, involving 47 participants from various schools and art communities across Bali. Competitions such as Megenjekan, Mejanggeran, Tari Baris, and Tari Condong provided a platform for the younger generation to actively engage in cultural practices, while strengthening their role in sustaining these traditions.

Through the participation of artists, communities, and the wider public, Nuanu Cultural Week demonstrated how a space can become a meeting point for diverse cultural expressions. The program not only showcased performances, but also fostered deeper connections between culture, community, and shared experience.

With the conclusion of this year’s program, Nuanu Creative City remains committed to presenting initiatives that create space for inclusive cultural exchange—where traditions continue to live, evolve, and remain relevant for both present and future generations.

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