The focus of our research project is art textbooks that are used in schools in post-Reformasi 1998 Indonesia. Following the Asian Financial crisis in 1997, poor economic performance, dissafection within various elements of society and burgeoning criticism of the regime culminated in the protests, violence and eventually riots in May 1998 that led to Soeharto’s resignation and the end of New Order after 32 years. To sum up, we are studying how art and knowledge of art are formed through education and art textbooks.