Category: Arts

Arts

Preview: SeptFest 2021 – Alternative Voices by The Substation

After saving themselves from permanent closure back in July, local arts venue The Substation is celebrating their 31st anniversary in the scene with a brand new edition of their signature arts festival SeptFest. A fully digital programme running from 16th September to 24th October 2021 online, this edition’s theme centres on Alternative Voice(s), platforming artists both veteran and young as they showcase their unique points … Continue reading Preview: SeptFest 2021 – Alternative Voices by The Substation

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Art What!, Arts, National Gallery, Singapore, Visual Art

Art What!: National Gallery Singapore to host blockbuster exhibition on ‘father of video art’ Nam June Paik this December

National Gallery Singapore is set to host blockbuster exhibition Nam June Paik: The Future is Now this December. Known as the  “father of video art”, futurist and internationally renowned artist Nam June Paik’s work transports visitors into an immersive and multisensory world of videos, in the monumental artist’s first major retrospective in Southeast Asia.  Prior to arriving in Singapore, the exhibition has toured from London’s Tate Modern, to … Continue reading Art What!: National Gallery Singapore to host blockbuster exhibition on ‘father of video art’ Nam June Paik this December

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Art What!, Arts, National Gallery, Singapore, Visual Art

Art What!: National Gallery Singapore brings art to the void decks with The People’s Gallery

National Gallery Singapore aims to bring art closer to people’s hearts and everyday lives by turning void decks into a gateway to art. The People’s Gallery, which rolls out island-wide today, transforms more than 25 such open spaces into galleries for the public to discover 50 surprising artworks by Singapore and Southeast Asian artists, using QR codes and Augmented Reality (AR) technology. This exciting new … Continue reading Art What!: National Gallery Singapore brings art to the void decks with The People’s Gallery

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Art What!, Arts, Preview

Art What!: Art Basel and UBS publish ‘Resilience in the Dealer Sector – A Mid-Year Review 2021

Art Basel and UBS have published ‘Resilience in the Dealer Sector: A Mid-Year Review 2021’, written by renowned cultural economist and Founder of Arts Economics, Dr. Clare McAndrew. The survey presents an analysis of the global dealer sector in the first half of 2021 amidst the continued challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the employment structures and sales. The analysis is based on responses … Continue reading Art What!: Art Basel and UBS publish ‘Resilience in the Dealer Sector – A Mid-Year Review 2021

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Art What!, Arts, Museums, Preview

Art What!: Georg Baselitz’s ‘Hotel garni’ to be inaugural exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul

SEOUL, KOREA – Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul will open on 6th October 2021 with an exhibition of new works by Georg Baselitz, whose historic connection with the city dates back to his first institutional solo exhibition in Korea at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2007. On view for the first time, the twelve paintings and twelve drawings were created specifically with the opening … Continue reading Art What!: Georg Baselitz’s ‘Hotel garni’ to be inaugural exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul

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Arts Down Under 2021: OzAsia Festival reveals full line-up and revised format for new writing and ideas program In Other Words

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA – OzAsia Festival’s new writing and ideas program In Other Words is today revealing the full line-up of speakers and sessions at Adelaide Festival Centre’s Dunstan Playhouse from 5th to 7th November. In Other Words will bring together more than 40 of Asia and Australia’s most inspiring contemporary writers and thinkers as they engage in vital conversations about our past, present and future. … Continue reading Arts Down Under 2021: OzAsia Festival reveals full line-up and revised format for new writing and ideas program In Other Words

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Arts, Review, Theatre

★★★☆☆ Review: Love & Information by Young & Wild

Patchwork of scenes a scrappy showcase for these young theatremakers. What is love if not a series of chemical reactions sending information to the brain? That’s the question at the heart of Love & Information, as Edith Podesta leads the latest batch of Young & Wild graduates in a brand new production of Caryl Churchill’s experimental work. As with any theatre training programme, the primary … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Love & Information by Young & Wild

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Arts, Film, Preview, Singapore

Film Fanatic: New local horror film Late Night Ride《开夜车》to open this October

Upcoming local horror movie Late Night Ride is set for release this October, just in time for Halloween. Late Night Ride is the debut feature of filmmaker Koh Chong Wu 高崇悟. Chong Wu wanted to create a relatable and uniquely Singaporean movie of paranormal encounters on various means of transport in the dead of the night. The idea which started out as a short film came to fruition … Continue reading Film Fanatic: New local horror film Late Night Ride《开夜车》to open this October

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Preview: ________ Can Change by The Necessary Stage

Humans are adaptable creatures, so is it really too much to ask Indians, homosexuals and Marxists to change? Thats the question at the heart of The Necessary Stage’s (TNS) restaging of their work ________ Can Change (pronounced ‘blank’ can change), which plays at the Esplanade Recital Studio this November. Last staged in 2010 as part of the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2010: Art & Law, the work … Continue reading Preview: ________ Can Change by The Necessary Stage

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Arts, Music, Singapore

Music Is: MJ Kuok releases new single ‘Infinity’, from forthcoming album ‘Atlas’

Singapore-born, Hong Kong-based DJ and producer MJ KUOK is poised to announce a brand new release with the arrival of ‘Infinity’, lifted from the forthcoming album ‘ATLAS’ due this September. Fusing elements of ambient soundscapes, deep-house melodies over an uplifting, silky production, MJ Kuok says: “I wrote ‘Infinity’ during an early morning studio session in Hong Kong, where I’m currently based in. I was filled with a … Continue reading Music Is: MJ Kuok releases new single ‘Infinity’, from forthcoming album ‘Atlas’

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