Television Time: BBC Shows – June 2021

In the month of June, BBC Earth puts a spotlight on the fragility of our environment and what we can do to save it. In this special three-part series as part of BBC’s Our Planet Now programme about the environment, Greta Thunberg: A Year To Change The World follows the highly-influential 18-year-old Swedish environmentalist as she takes a year off from school to travel around the … Continue reading Television Time: BBC Shows – June 2021

Art What!: The Real World at David Zwirner Hong Kong

HONG KONG – David Zwirner has announced The Real World, a group exhibition that will feature paintings, sculptures, and installations from the 1990s and early 2000s by gallery artists Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Raymond Pettibon, Jason Rhoades, Diana Thater, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Lisa Yuskavage. On view across two floors of the gallery’s Hong Kong location, the selected works exemplify the groundbreaking and alternative approaches these artists pursued … Continue reading Art What!: The Real World at David Zwirner Hong Kong

Art What!: Thaddaeus Ropac to open in Seoul, South Korea

SEOUL – Thaddaeus Ropac is delighted to announce that the gallery will open a new location in Seoul, South Korea, with its inaugural exhibition taking place in early Autumn 2021. The inaugural exhibition will be announced in due course. Thaddaeus Ropac’s new gallery will be located in Seoul’s Hannam-dong district, in a 750sqm space on the first floor of the outstanding architectural landmark the Fort Hill building, awarded the Korean … Continue reading Art What!: Thaddaeus Ropac to open in Seoul, South Korea

The Theatre Practice’s year of change and convergence: An Interview with Artistic Director Kuo Jian Hong

The Theatre Practice (Practice) may have originally been known as a Mandarin theatre company, but thanks to the team’s efforts over the years, the company has continually changed and evolved in its identity. No longer simply producing ‘Mandarin’ works, the company has included and involved artists of all ethnicities in their productions (such as Four Horse Road). Even with a pandemic, Practice adapted to the … Continue reading The Theatre Practice’s year of change and convergence: An Interview with Artistic Director Kuo Jian Hong

Preview: Chinese Dance Fiesta《一起舞 FUN 天》

Organised by Singapore Chinese Dance Theatre (SCDT), as part of its annual outreach initiatives, Chinese Dance Fiesta is back this year, bringing the vibrancy of Chinese dance to the community through a mix of online and onsite programmes on 23rd May and 30th May 2021. Programmed by Artistic Director Neo Jenny, this 2021 edition line-up includes an online dance performance, an online Talk and Demonstration … Continue reading Preview: Chinese Dance Fiesta《一起舞 FUN 天》

Art What!: Tonalities – The Ink Works of Cheong Soo Pieng

This May, artcommune gallery presents Tonalities: The Ink Works of Cheong Soo Pieng. Running from 14th May to 13th June 2021 at Artspace@Helutrans, the milestone exhibition features over 100 ink works by Singapore pioneer art master Cheong Soo Pieng (1917-1983), and is the first known presentation to provide a retrospective survey of the artist’s entire body of ink work. Curated by historian Mr. Tan Yong … Continue reading Art What!: Tonalities – The Ink Works of Cheong Soo Pieng

Arts of Hong Kong 2021: Hong Kong celebrates the power of art physically and virtually with Arts In Hong Kong

When event venues shut down globally during the pandemic, people flocked online in record numbers to satisfy their deep craving for art and culture. As the world cautiously looks to resume international travel and bring back events, it is fitting that art is a driving force to make this happen, with Hong Kong paving the way in the hope of safely staging large-scale events again. … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong 2021: Hong Kong celebrates the power of art physically and virtually with Arts In Hong Kong

Art What!: Virtual Realms – Videogames Transformed at the ArtScience Museum

Videogames take centre stage at ArtScience Museum, in a new major exhibition, Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed. Making its global premiere in Singapore on 12th June, Virtual Realms is curated and organised by the Barbican in co-production with ArtScience Museum and Melbourne Museum. Co-curated by celebrated Japanese videogame designer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Virtual Realms is a multi-sensorial exhibition that re-imagines videogames as a 21st century artform. The … Continue reading Art What!: Virtual Realms – Videogames Transformed at the ArtScience Museum

Preview: Dancers’ Locker 2021 – Elemental Beings by Frontier Danceland

Dancers’ Locker, the flagship annual programme by Frontier Danceland showcasing works by company artists, returns this year with an intimate live performance that will take place from 3rd to 5th June 2021, at Aliwal Arts Centre, Multi-Purpose Hall. Co-choreographed by company artists Sammantha Yue, Mark Robles, Ma YueRu and Tan Xin Yen, Elemental Beings distils basal elements of human existence to find an embodiment of … Continue reading Preview: Dancers’ Locker 2021 – Elemental Beings by Frontier Danceland

Art What!: Fourth edition of Art Encounters at Marina Central

The fourth edition of Art Encounters will travel to the Marina Central district from 1st May to 27th June 2021 with an array of activities showcasing the diversity of textile art. Titled Into Softer Worlds, this edition features Natalia Tan, a Singaporean artist whose primary practice is Saori freestyle weaving, as well as a group of other participating artists. The four stakeholders of the Marina … Continue reading Art What!: Fourth edition of Art Encounters at Marina Central