Ilham Gallery
Contemporary art gallery with free admission and rotating Southeast Asian exhibitions.
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This guide to Ilham Gallery in Kuala Lumpur starts in the plaza with Ai Weiwei's 2015 bronze sculptures, their proportions borrowed from a 1509 treatise illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci. It moves inside the Foster and Partners-designed Ilham Tower, where gallery director Rahel Joseph made an unusual choice on opening: no permanent collection, and free admission. Look for the mobile shipping-container gallery that carries the same idea beyond the city.
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