Yahong Art Gallery

Penang was home to Chua Thean Teng, the artist who first combined the disciplines of fine art and batik to create batik paintings in the 1950s. You may have visited the Batik Museum in George Town, which offers an excellent introduction to the artist and the art he created, but the Yahong Art Gallery in Batu Ferringhi holds even more of his works, as well as works by his children, who followed in his footsteps. The next attraction in Batu Ferringhi that you should visit is the Yahong Art Gallery. It is the largest arts and crafts centre in Penang, divided into four main sections: the Art Gallery, Crafts, Batik and Jewellery, and the Antique Centres. The gallery also houses works of art by Chua Thean Teng, the man regarded as the father of modern batik painting.