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Art What!: Singapore Art Museum launches series of family friendly programmes to connect art with different communities

Families and young audiences will get a chance to let their creative juices flow through a series of upcoming exhibitions and programmes organised by Singapore Art Museum (SAM). SAM will be offering family-friendly art exhibitions and activities in collaboration with artists and the wider community across physical and virtual spaces this school holiday. These include a new community-based initiative Art in the Commons: Data Visualising … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Museum launches series of family friendly programmes to connect art with different communities

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Art What!: National Gallery Singapore’s Dalam Southeast Asia raises the curtain on less-explored artists in the region

National Gallery Singapore invites visitors to a journey into emerging perspectives in Dalam Southeast Asia, its first-ever Project Space that features under-studied artists from the region, and innovative curatorial approaches in the presentation of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art. Open to the public from 29th October, the space will launch with its debut show, The Tailors and the Mannequins: Chen Cheng Mei and You … Continue reading Art What!: National Gallery Singapore’s Dalam Southeast Asia raises the curtain on less-explored artists in the region

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Art What!: Residual Memory at Mizuma Gallery

Mizuma Gallery has announced Residual Memory, a solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Budi Agung Kuswara. Budi Agung Kuswara’s paintings celebrate the treasury of aesthetic and cultural influences on the Indonesian archipelago. Trained in kamasan painting, Budi retains the intricacy and delicate linework of this traditional art form in his contemporary works, marrying these baroque sensibilities with observations on social tensions and dynamics. His new body of work continues … Continue reading Art What!: Residual Memory at Mizuma Gallery

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Art What!: Art Basel announces further highlights of its upcoming show in Miami Beach

The 2021 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach – Art Basel’s first in-person fair in Miami Beach since 2019 – will feature 253 leading galleries from around the globe presenting the highest quality of works across all media, from rare and historical masterpieces to new pieces by today’s emerging artistic voices. In addition to showcasing exceptional art within its Galleries, Positions, Nova, Survey and Edition … Continue reading Art What!: Art Basel announces further highlights of its upcoming show in Miami Beach

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Art What!: Singapore Biennale announces four new co-artistic directors for October 2022 edition

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) announces the return of the Singapore Biennale for its seventh edition from 18 October 2022 to 19 March 2023. Helmed by a team of four Co-Artistic Directors, the 2022 edition of the Singapore Biennale (SB2022) brings together four curators from around the world – Binna Choi from South Korea/the Netherlands, Nida Ghouse from India, living in Germany, June Yap from Singapore … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Biennale announces four new co-artistic directors for October 2022 edition

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Art What!: Prix Pictet tours ‘Hope’ exhibition to Today Art Museum in Beijing

Prix Pictet, the world’s leading prize for photography and sustainability, will present an exhibition in Beijing for the first time, featuring 12 leading photographers from eight nations shortlisted for the Prix Pictet’s eighth theme of ‘Hope’. The exhibition will run from 15 November – 12 December 2021 at Today Art Museum. The Prix Pictet aims to harness the power of photography – all genres of photography – … Continue reading Art What!: Prix Pictet tours ‘Hope’ exhibition to Today Art Museum in Beijing

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Art What!: “Super Fusion 2021” Chengdu Biennale to Open on November 6, 2021

“Super Fusion 2021” Chengdu Biennale will take place from November 6th 2021 to April 6th 2022 at two new world-class museums in Chengdu’s Tianfu Art Park, the Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art and Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum.  Curated by Fan Di’an, Chairman of Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Biennale will present over 500 pieces from 272 top Chinese and international artists across eight … Continue reading Art What!: “Super Fusion 2021” Chengdu Biennale to Open on November 6, 2021

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Art What!: Georgette Chen’s artistic legacy lives on with Google Doodle

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates the legacy of Georgette Chen, a first-generation Singaporean painter and one of the pioneers of the “Nanyang” art movement. She is known for her exceptional oil paintings and is considered a trailblazer for art in Singapore. Born in 1906 in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, Chen was educated in Paris and New York, where her father was an antique dealer, and … Continue reading Art What!: Georgette Chen’s artistic legacy lives on with Google Doodle

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Art What!: Bizarre Bazaar at UltraSuperNew Gallery

It wouldn’t be October without Halloween, and this year, UltraSuperNew Gallery are getting in on the morbid delights, with their first ever Bizarre Bazaar. Inspired by the body horror and freaky art of manga artist Junji Ito, and themed HORROR, FILTH and GLAMOUR, after the Boulet Brothers’ incredible drag reality TV series Dragula (if you’re not watching Season 4, why?!), this year’s bazaar celebrates different … Continue reading Art What!: Bizarre Bazaar at UltraSuperNew Gallery

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Love Your Vulva: An Interview with Cynthia Chua, founder of Spa Esprit Group, Strip, and TWO LIPS

Talking about one’s nether regions has always been an incredibly sensitive topic, where children would be hushed by parents if they should even mention their ‘private parts’, and a taboo was born. But taboos can be dangerous things, if we do not speak of them, and bring into the open the knowledge we need to better deal with it. As a champion of personal healthcare, … Continue reading Love Your Vulva: An Interview with Cynthia Chua, founder of Spa Esprit Group, Strip, and TWO LIPS

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