Preview: Light to Night Festival 2019

The third edition of National Gallery Singapore’s annual Light to Night Festival returns next January to plunge the Civic District into a world of light once again. Now extended to six weeks, from 18th January to 24th February 2019, almost 50 programmes have been included in this edition which together, will immerse audiences in an adventure filled with thought-provoking art and historical encounters from day to … Continue reading Preview: Light to Night Festival 2019

Museum Musings: Miaja Gallery presents Nandita Mukand’s Mind(less) Wilderness

In collaboration with Ikkan Art Gallery, the Miaja Gallery is set to present Singapore based-artist Nandita Mukand’s solo exhibition Mind(less) Wilderness next January. Curated by Tanya Michele Amador, the multi-disciplinary exhibition coincides with during Singapore Art Week 2019 (SAW), and runs from 17th January to 1st March 2019 at Miaja Gallery’s new art space around River Valley. Mind(less) Wilderness deals with resources as diverse as neuroplasticity, quantum physics, contemporary … Continue reading Museum Musings: Miaja Gallery presents Nandita Mukand’s Mind(less) Wilderness

Singapore Art Week 2019: Art Takes Over

As January approaches, our island city will once again come alive with art as the seventh edition of Singapore Art Week (SAW) comes to life and transform the entire country into a city-wide celebration of art! Themed Art Takes Over, SAW runs for nine exciting days come the new year, where various artists, institutions and collectives come together to bring art to a wider audience through … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2019: Art Takes Over

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Singapore) Presents Tony Clark’s Design for a Chinoiserie Landscape

This December, Sullivan+Strumpf Singapore is set to showcase Canberra-born artist Tony Clark with his brand new exhibition Design for a Chinoiserie Landscape, an extension of a continuous project begun over thirty years ago exploring the space between the decorative arts, fine art and design. With a four-decade long career, Clark has exhibited extensively since his beginnings in Melbourne’s experimental art and music scene, with his work … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Singapore) Presents Tony Clark’s Design for a Chinoiserie Landscape

Museum Musings: Three New Exhibitions Opening At Gillman Barracks

Time to make a trip down to Gillman Barracks this month, as the Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Yavuz Gallery and Mizuma Gallery each open a new exhibition! At Sundaram Tagore Gallery, get a glimpse at acclaimed Moroccan artist Lalla Essaydi in her first solo show in Singapore, Truth and Beauty, which runs from 26th October to 15th December. Known for her skill at photography, this exhibition brings together three of … Continue reading Museum Musings: Three New Exhibitions Opening At Gillman Barracks

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Polly Borland’s Polymorph

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – Sullivan+Strumpf is proud to present Polly Borland’s Polymorph this November, in a solo exhibition featuring new work from Borland. Born in Melbourne in 1959, Borland has since relocated to Los Angeles in 2011, where she now resides. Borland initially established herself as a portrait photographer in Australia, having shot for numerous international publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Independent and Dazed … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Polly Borland’s Polymorph

Museum Musings: Ota Fine Arts Singapore Presents Firoz Mahmud’s Drawing Revolution

Ota Fine Arts Singapore presents a new solo exhibition by Firoz Mahmud featuring his drawings, paintings and wood carvings. Based in New York City, Firoz takes inspiration from Bangladeshi history and the region. Many of Mahmud’s works explore colonial narratives of Bangladesh and its capital, Dhaka, and how they have been transformed by colonialism. Works such as Traitor of Faith [Plot #2 Shiraj & Mir] (2010) … Continue reading Museum Musings: Ota Fine Arts Singapore Presents Firoz Mahmud’s Drawing Revolution

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Dawn Ng’s Perfect Stranger

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA “It often strikes me that when someone says they miss something, they ordinarily allude to a person, time or place; when what they truly miss is a version of themselves, which they can never get back to again. After all, what is each of us, but a vessel of vanishing selves?” After catching a glimpse of her new work at DISINI 2018, Sullivan+Strumpf … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Dawn Ng’s Perfect Stranger

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf Presents Ramesh Mario Nithyendran’s R@MESH: Volume II

Sullivan + Strumpf Singapore will be presenting works by Sri Lankan-born Sydney-based artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran this October. Nitiyendran’s R@MESH: Volume II will showcase iconoclastic clay sculptures that explore gender, religion, popular culture, exoticism and outsider aesthetics, received with critical acclaim as these odd figures have made their way across Asia. Known as an unorthodox clay artist, Nithiyendran has developed a unique sculptural language which has … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf Presents Ramesh Mario Nithyendran’s R@MESH: Volume II

Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Sydney Ball’s Infinex V

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – This October, Sullivan+Strumpf Sydney presents one rainbow of a show, with a showcase of Infinex V, the first exhibition of the late Australian abstract artist Sydney Ball since his passing. Considered Australian’s greatest colourist, the exhibition was initially planned to mark the artist’s 85th birthday, and presents large scale works from Ball’s previous Infinex series, which was unseen during his lifetime. The series was fabricated … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Sydney) Presents Sydney Ball’s Infinex V