Museum Musings: Faith and Belief On Display at the Asian Civilisations Museum’s Southeast Asia In The World
The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) has always been one of our favourite museums, a singular institution paying homage to the history and culture of Asia across rare artefacts and fascinating […]
Museum Musings: ACM After Dark – The Elements at The Asian Civilisations Museum
Take a shot in the dark and find the magic in the moonlight with the Asian Civilisation Museum’s 2018 edition of ACM After Dark. For one night only, the museum […]
Museum Musings: National Museum of Singapore Commemorates The 75th Anniversary of Operation Jaywick
As part of the 75th Anniversary of wartime commando raid Operation Jaywick, the National Museum of Singapore has collaborated with the Australian National Maritime Museum to produce a brand new […]
National Museum of Singapore Celebrates 131st Anniversary with Weekend of Fun Activities
Way back on a fateful Wednesday, specifically, 12th October 1887 at 5pm, the 14th Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Frederick Weld, ceremoniously opened the Raffles Library and Museum at Stamford […]
Museum Musings: Something Above; Somewhere Beyond at FOST Gallery
FOST Gallery presents Something Above; Somewhere Beyond, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Sebastian Mary Tay. As Tay’s first major exhibition with the gallery, the exhibition brings together selected photographic works from four […]
Museum Musings: Painting With Light at the National Gallery Singapore
What exactly is the role of art in society? National Gallery Singapore’s second edition of Painting With Light, the gallery’s festival of international films on art, returns this October to answer exactly […]
Museum Musings: Wu Guanzhong – Expressions of Pen & Palette at the National Gallery Singapore
The National Gallery Singapore commemorates seminal Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong’s centennial year with a special exhibition celebrating his use of art and literature. Co-curated by Dr Cai Heng and Jennifer […]
Museum Musings: National Museum of Singapore Launches DigiMuse Presents
Among the first cultural institutions internationally to launch a large-scale initiative to encourage experimentation in the use of digital technologies in museum experiences, the National Museum of Singapore launches its […]
Preview: Lim Cheng Hoe – Painting Singapore at the National Gallery
National Gallery Singapore launches an all new exhibition this week, featuring an ode to seminal plein-air (the art of painting outdoors) artist Lim Cheng Hoe. Entitled Painting Singapore, the exhibition features over […]
Museum Musings: Installation in Progress at SAM
The Singapore Art Museum has launched its newest presentation this week. Titled Installation in Progress, the presentation is a retrospective on the SAM’s own history as it explores ideas of exhibitions and exhibition-making. […]
Vietnamese artist Phan Thao Nguyen Wins Grand Prize at Signature Art Prize 2018
At the National Museum last Friday, Vietnamese artist Phan Thao Nguyen was announced as the winner of the Grand Prize for the the fourth edition of the triennial Asia Pacific Breweries […]
Programmes For All At The Asian Civilisations Museum and Peranakan Museum This June
As the June Holidays approach, both the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) and Peranakan Museum are kicking into full programmes mode, celebrating their ongoing exhibitions Angkor and Amek Gambar respectively. Here’s a quick […]
Amek Gambar – Taking Pictures at the Peranakan Museum
They say a picture tells a thousand words, and in each and every one of the photos of Peranakan Museum’s latest exhibition, you’ll find an entire history housed in each […]
SIFA 2018: Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower (Review)
Afro-futurism is given a musical touch in a stirring work of speculative fiction. Toshi and Bernice Johnson Reagon’s Parable of the Sower is a genre defying work that, if it were to […]
National Gallery Singapore’s (Re)Collect: A Retrospective on our National Collection
The National Gallery may only have been around for a couple of years, but it’s already established itself as the go to national institution to look to for any and all information […]
Pasar Glamour: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Theatre practitioners Janice Koh, Pam Oei and Petrina Kow are seated wth us at Tanuki Raw at the National Design Centre for lunch. Neither of the three ladies would ever […]
