Bangkok Art Biennale 2024: 76 leading international artists to show works across eleven city-wide venues

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Returning for its fourth edition this October, the Bangkok Art Biennale, organised in collaboration with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), The Fine Arts Department (FAD), Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev) and One Bangkok, with the support of other private and public sectors, is delighted to announce 31additional international artists and … Continue reading Bangkok Art Biennale 2024: 76 leading international artists to show works across eleven city-wide venues

Art What!: illumi by Base Entertainment Asia and Cavalia

Get ready to be dazzled as the world’s largest light, sound, and multimedia event of its kind, makes its international premiere in Singapore from 13 September 2024. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Bayfront Event Space, illumi is a nocturnal event that will transform the iconic Singapore skyline into a breathtaking display of larger-than-life structures and innovative light installations, featuring 20 million LED lights … Continue reading Art What!: illumi by Base Entertainment Asia and Cavalia

Art What!: Lin Aojie – ‘Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024’ at ShanghART

ShanghART Singapore is delighted to present Lin Aojie’s solo exhibition “Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024”, opening 7 September 2024 at 4pm. The exhibition brings together recent works by the artist, showcasing witty insights gathered from his observations of the art industry, the society, and the world at large. Marking his debut exhibition in Southeast Asia, the self-proclaimed Southeast Asian artist … Continue reading Art What!: Lin Aojie – ‘Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024’ at ShanghART

Singapore Night Festival 2024: An Interview with artist Rizman Putra, on his work ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’

Rizman Putra is probably best known for being one of the most high-energy performers in the local theatre scene. With credits that range from the physically-demanding, such as Al in A Clockwork Orange, or even behind the scenes as director on works such as Pandan, or even leading the band Tiramisu as an alternative, counterculture musician, Rizman has pretty much done it all – and … Continue reading Singapore Night Festival 2024: An Interview with artist Rizman Putra, on his work ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’

Art What!: Aesop brings the woodlands to the city with olfactory installation Scents of Being

‘Come wander with me, for the moonbeams are bright / On river and forest, o’er mountain and lea.’ Charles Jefferys Marking its second collaboration with the Singapore Night Festival, Aesop presents ‘Scents of Being,’ an olfactory installation that delves into the intricate relationship between scent and self. Running from 23 August to 7 September 2024 at the National Design Centre, this immersive showcase celebrates the … Continue reading Art What!: Aesop brings the woodlands to the city with olfactory installation Scents of Being

Preview: i Light Singapore 2024

i Light Singapore (iLSG) will return this Friday for its milestone 10 th edition, setting Marina Bay, South Beach, Millenia Walk and Tanjong Pagar aglow with 17 mesmerising light art installations. Organised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and supported by event partners, sponsors and precinct stakeholders including Marina Bay Sands, UOB, Alibaba Cloud and the Discover Tanjong Pagar pilot Business Improvement District 1 , … Continue reading Preview: i Light Singapore 2024

An Interview with French Ambassador to Singapore Minh-di Tang on the place of culture and the 2024 vOilah! France Singapore Festival

Singapore and France have always enjoyed strong bilateral ties, all the way back to 1965, when France became one of the first 13 countries which recognised our independence. Even today, the two countries continue to enjoy plenty of exchange and agreement – most recently, DPM Lawrence Wong even visited France to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking of how best to build even stronger … Continue reading An Interview with French Ambassador to Singapore Minh-di Tang on the place of culture and the 2024 vOilah! France Singapore Festival

Art What!: WOAW Gallery Presents ‘A Quiet Room, A Place In Your Heart’

Is your happy place a physical space, or a mental frame within your mind? In WOAW Gallery’s latest exhibition at their Singapore space, nine international artists have been gathered to present work that explores intimate spaces within individual lives, ranging from the real to memory, the foreign to the imaginary. Running from 4th May to 1st June, the nine artists utilise a spectrum of stylistic … Continue reading Art What!: WOAW Gallery Presents ‘A Quiet Room, A Place In Your Heart’

An Interview with T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen on second edition of Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations (POA)

Last Wednesday, the second edition of T:>Works’ Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations (POA) welcomed artist Hira Nabi to deliver an opening keynote, where the filmmaker presented a lecture performance at 72-13. Titled How to Love A Tree, the presentation showcased footage of green landscapes and misty mountains, while Hira spoke of forest time and the spectre of colonialism, drawing us into a dreamscape … Continue reading An Interview with T:>Works Artistic Director Ong Keng Sen on second edition of Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations (POA)

Art What!: Robert Zhao Renhui’s ‘Seeing Forest’ makes premiere at the Singapore Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

VENICE, ITALY – Representing Singapore with the country’s national Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia is artist Robert Zhao Renhui, who presents his work Seeing Forest. Created in collaboration with curator Haeju Kim, Seeing Forest acts as an invitation for visitors to enter a mysterious, forested zone that exists both in the imagination and in Singapore. In this in-between … Continue reading Art What!: Robert Zhao Renhui’s ‘Seeing Forest’ makes premiere at the Singapore Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia