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Art: Yoo Hyun Mi – The Blank Puzzle (The Image Yet to Come) at STPI

From floating puzzle pieces to sculptures that look like stone but are made of paper, the Korean artist invites visitors to reconsider the boundaries between image, object and imagination. A jigsaw puzzle is usually an exercise in bringing things together. Each piece has its place, and the satisfaction comes from seeing the fragments resolve into a complete picture. For South Korean artist Yoo Hyun Mi, … Continue reading Art: Yoo Hyun Mi – The Blank Puzzle (The Image Yet to Come) at STPI

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Art: Singaporean artist Tang Kok Soo’s “A Big Flower” wins UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year Award 2026

From a field of repeated hearts and light to paintings exploring memory, social identity and the interconnectedness of life, this year’s UOB Painting of the Year winners reveal how Southeast Asian artists are expanding the possibilities of painting. A flower composed of countless tiny pink ‘hearts;, each radiating its own halo of light, has earned Singapore artist Tang Kok Soo both the 2026 UOB Southeast … Continue reading Art: Singaporean artist Tang Kok Soo’s “A Big Flower” wins UOB Southeast Asian Painting of the Year Award 2026

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Art: No Straight Lines by The Independent People explores the intimacy of being seen

There is jam and butter beside the loaf of bread. Not a metaphorical pat of butter, not a painted image of butter, but quite literally, butter, set out with a butter knife beside a lampshade made from a loaf. It is a funny little arrangement, almost absurdly literal. It is also a rather good introduction to No Straight Lines, an exhibition that understands how much … Continue reading Art: No Straight Lines by The Independent People explores the intimacy of being seen

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Art: Helutrans (Thailand) connects people and art with BAB Fringe’s Chiang Mai Artists’ Studios

Art has a way of bringing people together, crossing boundaries of place, experience and perspective. Through its work in art logistics and its new exhibition space in Thailand, Helutrans is exploring how the movement of art can become a meeting point between artists and the wider world. BANGKOK, THAILAND – A work of art begins somewhere: in a studio filled with unfinished ideas, beside a … Continue reading Art: Helutrans (Thailand) connects people and art with BAB Fringe’s Chiang Mai Artists’ Studios

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★★★★☆ Dance Review: BATU by Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith

A multisensory fever dream that examines femininity in all its sorcery, esoterica, and erotica through the lens of the humble mortar and pestle, and the stories passed down from woman to woman in the kitchen. Duration: 75 minutes You can watch a dance, or you can feel it take hold of your body. BATU does both, pulling you into its strange, increasingly feverish world through … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Dance Review: BATU by Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith

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Art: Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm of the Southern Brush | 范昌乾：南方笔韵 at National Gallery Singapore

From expressive bamboo paintings and rarely seen depictions of kampong life to poetic landscapes and the artists he mentored, Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm of the Southern Brush traces the journey of an influential ink master whose legacy extends far beyond the brush. For many familiar with Singapore’s Chinese ink painting tradition, Fan Chang Tien is remembered as the “Gardener”, a master who nurtured generations of … Continue reading Art: Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm of the Southern Brush | 范昌乾：南方笔韵 at National Gallery Singapore

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Preview: Singapore Clay Festival returns with a celebration of craft, heritage and experimentation

Clay is a material that rewards patience. It can become a vessel shaped by centuries-old traditions, an abstract sculpture that captures the movement of a landscape, or an experimental form that pushes the boundaries of what ceramics can be. At the Singapore Clay Festival, these possibilities come together under one roof, bringing established masters, emerging artists, professional ceramists and enthusiastic hobbyists into conversation. Returning for … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Clay Festival returns with a celebration of craft, heritage and experimentation

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BATU: Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith on reimagining the kitchen, sharing stories and space

A kitchen can be many things. It is a place where food is prepared and domestic work is done, but it can also be where women gather, where stories are exchanged, where knowledge is passed between generations, and where rituals are repeated almost without thought. For Indonesian choreographer Ayu Permata Sari and Singaporean artist Hasyimah Harith, it is also a space through which questions of … Continue reading BATU: Ayu Permata Sari and Hasyimah Harith on reimagining the kitchen, sharing stories and space

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Art: Li Huayi – Unity of Man and Nature at Kwai Fung Hin

For Li Huayi, landscape is not a record of a place but an expression of an inner world. As his first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia arrives in Singapore, the artist reflects on tradition, freedom, memory and the enduring possibilities of ink. There are no travellers wandering through Li Huayi’s landscapes. No fishermen, scholars or tiny figures climbing the mountain paths that populate so much … Continue reading Art: Li Huayi – Unity of Man and Nature at Kwai Fung Hin

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Art: Reverie – Paintings for the Observer and the Observed – A Survey of Works from 2020–2026 by Justin Lim at The Private Museum

What does home mean when the world outside suddenly becomes uncertain? For Malaysian artist Justin Lim, the answer began taking shape during the long, strange months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Confined to domestic spaces and surrounded by the familiar, he turned his attention towards the rooms, objects and quiet corners of everyday life. What might once have seemed mundane became charged with new meaning, places … Continue reading Art: Reverie – Paintings for the Observer and the Observed – A Survey of Works from 2020–2026 by Justin Lim at The Private Museum

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