Category: Arts

Arts, Review, The Necessary Stage, Theatre

★★★☆☆ 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

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Arts, Books, By The Book, Preview

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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Arts, Museums, Singapore, Visual Art

Visual Art: Revisit the Singapore Biennale 2025 with three new artworks in January 2026

Art doesn’t always ask for your full attention. Sometimes, it waits patiently, be it by a footpath, at a neighbourhood field, or quietly above an MRT escalator, ready to meet you wherever you are. With the launch of three new site-responsive works, Singapore Biennale 2025: pure intention continues to blur the boundary between art and the everyday, inviting viewers to encounter creativity not in white … Continue reading Visual Art: Revisit the Singapore Biennale 2025 with three new artworks in January 2026

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Art What!, Arts, Preview, Visual Art

Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Singapore’s debut exhibition celebrates Monet’s garden and its afterlife

Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in Singapore unfolds with an unhurried confidence. Located along South Beach, Worlds Beyond Reality – Monet’s Legacy II adopts a slower tempo, one that mirrors its central metaphor of cultivation. The exhibition does not simply trace influence from Claude Monet to Asian artists across generations; it examines how landscapes are made, tended, and inhabited, and how artistic vision … Continue reading Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Singapore’s debut exhibition celebrates Monet’s garden and its afterlife

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Art What!, Arts, Hong Kong, Preview, Visual Art

Arts of Hong Kong: Art Basel unveils gallery line-up and first highlights for its 2026 Hong Kong edition

Every March, Hong Kong sharpens into focus. The city’s harbourside skyline glows a little brighter, gallery openings spill into late-night dinners, and conversations shift towards art. In 2026, Art Basel Hong Kong returns to make a bold statement: Asia is no longer an emerging centre of gravity. It is the centre. Taking place from 27th to 29th March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong: Art Basel unveils gallery line-up and first highlights for its 2026 Hong Kong edition

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Art What!, Arts, Preview, Visual Art

Visual Art: NTU Museum’s “On the cusp” features new works inspired by memory, identity and transitions

Something about Nanyang Technological University’s campus feels different. By the lake, a pavilion hums with unseen histories. On a grassy lawn nearby, a sculptural capsule seems to have landed from another time. And inside a bustling student plaza, a familiar household object begins to behave in unfamiliar ways. This is On the cusp, NTU Museum’s latest campus-wide exhibition, where art inhabits everyday spaces and asks … Continue reading Visual Art: NTU Museum’s “On the cusp” features new works inspired by memory, identity and transitions

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Art What!, Arts, Preview, Singapore, Visual Art

Visual Art: ART SG 2026 brings art, love and community at Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair

ART SG returns in January 2026, and this time, it’s all about feeling art, making art, and sharing art. For the fourth consecutive year, UBS steps in as Founding and Lead Partner of Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, reinforcing Singapore’s growing role as a global cultural gateway. This year’s programme blends performance art, sustainability-driven community activities and support for emerging talent, all under UBS’s … Continue reading Visual Art: ART SG 2026 brings art, love and community at Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair

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Art What!, Arts, Preview, Singapore, Visual Art

Visual Art: SAW In 10 Days offers an alternative way of experiencing Singapore’s busiest arts season

Singapore Art Week is often imagined as a whirlwind of gallery openings, exhibition hopping, and visual spectacle. But this January, one programme is inviting audiences to slow down, tune in, and rethink what it really means to experience art. From 22 to 31 January 2026, Post Museum presents SAW in 10 Days | Seeing Art Differently, a public programme that reimagines Singapore Art Week through … Continue reading Visual Art: SAW In 10 Days offers an alternative way of experiencing Singapore’s busiest arts season

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Arts, National Gallery, News, Preview, Singapore, Visual Art

Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore and Singtel Group Renew Partnership for the Gallery’s Next Decade

The Singtel Group and National Gallery Singapore today announced the renewal of their partnership for another 10 years, reaffirming a shared commitment to enriching Singapore’s arts and cultural landscape. The Group has been a Founding Partner since the Gallery’s opening in 2015; its support has been instrumental in establishing the Gallery as one of Asia’s leading art institutions. The partnership has shaped Singapore’s cultural calendar … Continue reading Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore and Singtel Group Renew Partnership for the Gallery’s Next Decade

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Arts, Film, Singapore

Film: Anthony Chen’s new film ‘We Are All Strangers’ selected to compete in Berlinale 2026

This February, We Are All Strangers (我们不是陌生人), the latest film by acclaimed filmmaker Anthony Chen (Ilo Ilo, Wet Season), will become the first ever Singaporean film to compete for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, marking a historic first for Singapore cinema. For Chen, whose films have long captured the emotional textures of everyday life in Singapore, the moment is both global … Continue reading Film: Anthony Chen’s new film ‘We Are All Strangers’ selected to compete in Berlinale 2026

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