Visual Art: Dawn Ng’s ‘The Earth Laughs in Flowers’ unveils the universe’s secrets in masterful use of colour and the abstract
There is a moment, just after stepping backstage at Singapore Repertory Theatre’s KC Arts Centre, when the outside world falls away. The usual orientation of theatre-going is reversed: instead of facing the stage, you enter and are on it. Darkness settles in. Sound softens. And suddenly, you are no longer an audience member; you are inside a mindscape. The Earth Laughs in Flowers unfolds within … Continue reading Visual Art: Dawn Ng’s ‘The Earth Laughs in Flowers’ unveils the universe’s secrets in masterful use of colour and the abstract
Visual Art: S.E.A. Focus 2026 arrives at ART SG to tackle ‘The Humane Agency’
This January, amid the buzz of Singapore Art Week, one homegrown platform is entering a bold new chapter. S.E.A. Focus 2026 makes its debut within ART SG, Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, bringing with it a powerful curatorial proposition: art as an act of compassion. Staged at Marina Bay Sands from 23 to 26 January 2026, S.E.A. Focus 2026 invites audiences to slow down, … Continue reading Visual Art: S.E.A. Focus 2026 arrives at ART SG to tackle ‘The Humane Agency’
Visual Art: Fourth edition of ART SG brings world class art to Singapore once more
January in Singapore has become a season of recalibration. The city’s usual velocity gives way, briefly to a slower rhythm shaped by exhibitions, conversations, and encounters that extend well beyond gallery walls. With the opening of ART SG 2026, now in its fourth edition, that pause feels intentional. This is a fair increasingly interested not just in scale or spectacle, but in process, dialogue, and … Continue reading Visual Art: Fourth edition of ART SG brings world class art to Singapore once more
Visual Art: The 6th VH AWARD Exhibition opens for Singapore Art Week 2026
Opening this January at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, the 6th VH AWARD Exhibition brings together five newly commissioned media artworks by artists working across Asia and its diasporas. Presented by Hyundai Motor Group’s VH AWARD in partnership with the National Arts Council Singapore, the show feels more like a collective thought experiment, as it asks how we live, remember, and care in an age shaped by … Continue reading Visual Art: The 6th VH AWARD Exhibition opens for Singapore Art Week 2026
Visual Art: HOBBYHORSE – Rhythm and Forms of Play takes over Funan for Creative Intersections 2026
This Chinese New Year, it’s time to spend some time at Funan and horse around. Returning for its sixth edition, Creative Intersections gallops into Singapore Art Week 2026 with HOBBYHORSE: Rhythm and Forms of Play, a mall-wide experiential exhibition that transforms Funan into a playground of art, imagination, and motion. Running from 22 January to 22 February 2026, the free-to-enter showcase invites visitors to rediscover … Continue reading Visual Art: HOBBYHORSE – Rhythm and Forms of Play takes over Funan for Creative Intersections 2026
Visual Art: Human Being Human – Selections from the Collection of John and Cheryl Chia at The Private Museum
In a world shaped by constant change, fractured identities, and collective uncertainty, one question quietly persists: what does it really mean to be human? This is the starting point of Human Being Human, a major exhibition opening at The Private Museum, Singapore, in conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2026. Running from 19 January to 26 April 2026, the exhibition offers an intimate yet expansive look … Continue reading Visual Art: Human Being Human – Selections from the Collection of John and Cheryl Chia at The Private Museum
Preview: Alliance Française de Singapour presents the 2026 French Excellence Programme – À TABLE!
Wine, like art, is never just about what’s in the glass. It carries memory, place, ritual and emotion, ideas that sit at the heart of À TABLE!, the latest edition of the French Excellence Programme by Alliance Française de Singapour. Running from 7 February to 18 April 2026, the sixth instalment of the programme invites audiences to explore French winemaking not only as a craft, … Continue reading Preview: Alliance Française de Singapour presents the 2026 French Excellence Programme – À TABLE!
Singapore Art Week 2026: STPI’s The Print Show & Symposium Singapore offers a deep dive into the productive disorder of print
If printmaking still carries the reputation of being secondary, thought of as editions locked behind glass, conceptually subordinate to painting or sculpture, STPI’s The Print Show & Symposium Singapore 2026 makes a deliberate case for its relevance now. Launched during Singapore Art Week, the initiative positions print not as a supporting medium but as a central, adaptive force within contemporary culture: materially rigorous, politically charged, … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2026: STPI’s The Print Show & Symposium Singapore offers a deep dive into the productive disorder of print
★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Retina Manoeuvre by k*hole karaoke – Wang Ping-Hsiang
Taiwanese artist Wang Ping-Hsiang explores the uneasy tension between nationalism and violence in a winding piece of anecdotal theatre. It is difficult to pin down exactly what kind of show Retina Manoeuvre wants to be. Playing at Theatre Practice’s Practice Space as part of the Singapore Fringe Festival, Berlin-based Taiwanese theatremaker Wang presents a relatively stripped-down setup: a desk, a laptop, a microphone, and a … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Theatre Review: Retina Manoeuvre by k*hole karaoke – Wang Ping-Hsiang
Books: Ratna Damayanti Taha’s debut novel ‘Mind the Gap’ awarded 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
The Amara Hotel ballroom is not where literary glamour usually lives. On this January evening, there are no red carpets or flashing cameras, just round tables, polite applause, and the low hum of people who care deeply about books. Editors, writers, publishers, teachers, and industry figures fill the room. It feels, fittingly, like what Edmund Wee later calls “the book ecosystem”. “It is quiet, unglamorous … Continue reading Books: Ratna Damayanti Taha’s debut novel ‘Mind the Gap’ awarded 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
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