Review: Firebird – Piano Sensation Tony Yike Yang Solo Recital (Huayi 2020)

★★★★☆ (Performance attended 2/2/20) Piano prodigy’s plays like a majestic phoenix rising from the flames.  Playing as part of the Esplanade’s 2020 Huayi – Chinese Festival of the Arts, award-winning piano prodigy Tony Yike Yang made his Southeast Asian debut at the Esplanade Recital Studio last weekend. With expectations running high for the youngest-ever laureate at the Chopin International Piano Competition, the 21-year old made it … Continue reading Review: Firebird – Piano Sensation Tony Yike Yang Solo Recital (Huayi 2020)

Food For Thought: Brewerkz Launches Afterburner Pacific Pale Ale For Singapore Air Show 2020

At the Singapore Airshow 2020, Brewerkz and Experia Events are kicking the event in to high gear with an event-exclusive brew in Asia – The Brewerkz Afterburner Pacific Pale Ale. Inspired by the powerful jet fuel which thrusts planes into high speed, the classic pale ale bears a distinct hoppy fragrance and leaves a refreshing lipsmacking honeydew and pine aftertaste. Conceptualising this brew with Experia … Continue reading Food For Thought: Brewerkz Launches Afterburner Pacific Pale Ale For Singapore Air Show 2020

Food For Thought: Valentine’s Day celebrations with Rang Mahal and Table Restaurant & Bar

This year, as the world celebrates Valentine’s Day, Rang Mahal Restaurants – comprising Rang Mahal located at Pan Pacific Singapore and Table Restaurant & Bar housed within Naumi Hotel Singapore – look to provide the perfect evening setting with their showcase of contemporary Indian specialties complemented by designer interiors. Some say that love is the spice of life and this is what Rang Mahal conveys … Continue reading Food For Thought: Valentine’s Day celebrations with Rang Mahal and Table Restaurant & Bar

Art in Indonesia 2020: Art Moments Jakarta 2020 Returns This April With All-New 7 “Moments” Programmes

  JAKARTA – With the ever-growing number of art fairs available throughout the year, it’s hard not to be spoilt for choice when it comes to the sheer amount of works available to collectors to purchase. And even for the non-collectors, art fairs often offer a chance to see rare pieces gathered all in one place. With the return of premium Indonesian art fair Art Moments Jakarta … Continue reading Art in Indonesia 2020: Art Moments Jakarta 2020 Returns This April With All-New 7 “Moments” Programmes

Arts News: National Arts Council Launches Two Co-Working Spaces As Part of Arts Resource Hub Initiative; Third To Open Later In 2020

Two co-working spaces at Goodman Arts Centre (GAC) and Stamford Arts Centre (SAC) have opened as part of the National Arts Council’s (NAC) Arts Resource Hub (ARH) initiative. The dedicated spaces provide arts freelancers with enhanced access to shared services, as well as facilitate collaborations and networking among the freelance arts community. This complements the full suite of offerings on the ARH website, first introduced … Continue reading Arts News: National Arts Council Launches Two Co-Working Spaces As Part of Arts Resource Hub Initiative; Third To Open Later In 2020

Art What!: If Walls Could Speak: – An Exhibition of 30 Award Winning Artists From Asia at the Ion Art Gallery (Preview)

This February, MAYINART presents If Walls Could Speak, an exhibition showcasing works of South East Asian artists. The exhibition focuses predominantly on the work of Indonesian artists from Java island, as well as Indian and leading Singapore artists of the modern era, and is held at Ion Art Gallery. Of the 30 featured artists, works that will be displayed will include those from the likes … Continue reading Art What!: If Walls Could Speak: – An Exhibition of 30 Award Winning Artists From Asia at the Ion Art Gallery (Preview)

Review: 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove 竹林七贤 by Toy Factory (Huayi 2020)

★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 31/1/20) Allegorical tale of a dystopian surveillance state preaches the value of the arts, but loses itself in a myriad of subplots along the way. During the rule of the Three Kingdoms, the seven sages of the bamboo grove were a group of scholars and artists who chose to counter the bureaucracies and corruption of the time in the only way they knew … Continue reading Review: 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove 竹林七贤 by Toy Factory (Huayi 2020)

Review: Prism of Truth 眾相 by Ground Z-0 (Huayi 2020)

★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 31/1/20) Modern rework of Rashomon allows audience to play jury in a multimedia social experiment.  In the field of conspiracy theory, so long as a claim cannot be disproven, the possibility of it being true exists, allowing the idea of multiple relative ‘truths’ to exist simultaneously without conforming to an absolute. Perhaps one of the earliest versions of this comes in the form … Continue reading Review: Prism of Truth 眾相 by Ground Z-0 (Huayi 2020)

Preview: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

Local theatre company Patch and Punnet rings in 2020 with a brand new show, following their two productions of their original work The Adventures of Abhijeet  in 2019. Now under W!ld Rice’s inaugural Company-in-Residence programme, the fledgling collective has been enjoying free access to rehearsal space, dramaturgical support and arts management advice since August 2019. All of this has resulted in the upcoming Fika & Fishy, their first … Continue reading Preview: Fika & Fishy by Patch and Punnet

Growing Art Cities You Need to Know Certain cities around the world get all of the praise for being art meccas. Everyone knows about New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and other major cities, but actually, there are many smaller places that are establishing their own dedicated art scenes.  Especially with the internet and social media sharing culture worldwide, you no longer have to live in these major art hubs to … Continue reading