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Art What!: Robert Zhao Renhui – The Divine in the Trash Stratum at shanghART Singapore

ShanghART Singapore is set to present The Divine in the Trash Stratum, a solo exhibition by Robert Zhao Renhui featuring his latest photographic works. The exhibition highlights the profound transformations that emerge from layers of waste and decay, as the artist invites us to reimagine the relationship between humanity and nature A series of photographs of various creatures on a fallen Albizia tree trunk welcome … Continue reading Art What!: Robert Zhao Renhui – The Divine in the Trash Stratum at shanghART Singapore

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Art What!: S.E.A. Focus 2025 to showcase evolution of Southeast Asian art with 20 galleries

S.E.A. Focus, a leading platform and marketplace for contemporary Southeast Asian art, is returning for its seventh edition from 18 to 26 January 2025 at the Tanjong Pagar Distripark, with Bank of Singapore as the main sponsor. This annual showcase, organised by STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery and commissioned by the National Arts Council, Singapore (NAC), is a highlight of the Singapore Art Week … Continue reading Art What!: S.E.A. Focus 2025 to showcase evolution of Southeast Asian art with 20 galleries

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Art What!: Lin Aojie – ‘Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024’ at ShanghART

ShanghART Singapore is delighted to present Lin Aojie’s solo exhibition “Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024”, opening 7 September 2024 at 4pm. The exhibition brings together recent works by the artist, showcasing witty insights gathered from his observations of the art industry, the society, and the world at large. Marking his debut exhibition in Southeast Asia, the self-proclaimed Southeast Asian artist … Continue reading Art What!: Lin Aojie – ‘Playing it Safe in 2023, Praying for Wealth in 2024’ at ShanghART

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Singapore Night Festival 2024: An Interview with artist Rizman Putra, on his work ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’

Rizman Putra is probably best known for being one of the most high-energy performers in the local theatre scene. With credits that range from the physically-demanding, such as Al in A Clockwork Orange, or even behind the scenes as director on works such as Pandan, or even leading the band Tiramisu as an alternative, counterculture musician, Rizman has pretty much done it all – and … Continue reading Singapore Night Festival 2024: An Interview with artist Rizman Putra, on his work ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’

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Art What!: Robert Zhao Renhui’s ‘Seeing Forest’ makes premiere at the Singapore Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

VENICE, ITALY – Representing Singapore with the country’s national Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia is artist Robert Zhao Renhui, who presents his work Seeing Forest. Created in collaboration with curator Haeju Kim, Seeing Forest acts as an invitation for visitors to enter a mysterious, forested zone that exists both in the imagination and in Singapore. In this in-between … Continue reading Art What!: Robert Zhao Renhui’s ‘Seeing Forest’ makes premiere at the Singapore Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

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Art What!: National Gallery Singapore announces the participation of artists from its collection at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

VENICE, ITALY – National Gallery Singapore is delighted to announce that for the first time in the country’s history, artists from the Gallery’s collection have been invited to participate in the Main Exhibition of the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte 2024), entitled Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. The artworks will be featured in the “Nucleo … Continue reading Art What!: National Gallery Singapore announces the participation of artists from its collection at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia

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Art What!: An Interview with Robert Zhao on representing Singapore at the 2024 Venice Biennale

For all his life, artist Robert Zhao Renhui has almost always taken a keen interest in nature. As someone born and raised in the concrete jungle of Singapore that’s always touted itself as a garden city, Robert’s work explores the tension between those two ideals, and the complex relationship between nature and culture, and our shared co-existence. Despite never involving himself as the subject in … Continue reading Art What!: An Interview with Robert Zhao on representing Singapore at the 2024 Venice Biennale

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Art What!: 60th La Biennale di Venezia announces the Jury, chaired by Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson

VENICE, ITALY – The International Jury of the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia is made up of Julia Bryan-Wilson (president), American curator and professor at Columbia University; Alia Swastika, Indonesian curator and writer; Chika Okeke-Agulu, Nigerian curator and art critic; Elena Crippa, Italian curator; and María Inés Rodríguez, French-Colombian curator. The appointment of the Jury has been deliberated by the Board of Directors of La Biennale di Venezia upon recommendation by Adriano Pedrosa, the Curator of the 60th Exhibition titled Stranieri Ovunque – … Continue reading Art What!: 60th La Biennale di Venezia announces the Jury, chaired by Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson

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Art What!: 60th La Biennale di Venezia takes on the title of ‘Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere’, to welcome 88 participating countries

VENICE, ITALY – The 60th International Art Exhibition, titled Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, will open to the public from Saturday 20th April to Sunday 24th November, 2024, at the Giardini and the Arsenale; it will be curated by Adriano Pedrosa and organised by La Biennale di Venezia. The pre-opening will take place on April 17, 18 and 19; the awards ceremony and inauguration will be held on 20 April 2024. Since 2021, La Biennale di Venezia launched … Continue reading Art What!: 60th La Biennale di Venezia takes on the title of ‘Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere’, to welcome 88 participating countries

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Art What!: Figuring A Scene at National Gallery Singapore

How do you understand and make sense of artworks? Dr. Patrick Flores, Deputy Director of Curatorial and Research at National Gallery Singapore suggests that elements from nature can lend meaning by animating social forms and shaping each viewer’s unique understanding of artworks. This inquiry is explored in National Gallery Singapore’s upcoming exhibition, Figuring a Scene, which runs till 1st December 2024. Housed in Dalam Southeast … Continue reading Art What!: Figuring A Scene at National Gallery Singapore

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