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Arts, Film, Singapore

Film: Italian Film Festival Returns to Singapore for Its 24th Edition, Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Cinema, Dialogue, and Cultural Exchange

The Italian Film Festival returns to Singapore for its 24th edition, reaffirming its place as one of the city-state’s most enduring cultural fixtures and marking a new chapter in the presence of Italian cinema across Southeast Asia. Running from 12 to 21 June 2026 at Filmhouse at Golden Mile Tower, the festival presents eleven films that reflect the vitality, diversity, and ongoing evolution of contemporary … Continue reading Film: Italian Film Festival Returns to Singapore for Its 24th Edition, Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Cinema, Dialogue, and Cultural Exchange

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Art What!, design, Singapore

Design: Singapore’s “Prototype Island” lands at Milan Design Week 2026

Every April, the global design world descends on Milan Design Week, where ideas about how we live, work and shape the future spill out across galleries, palazzos and hidden courtyards in Brera Design District. In 2026, Singapore is arriving with a bold proposition: what if an entire nation could function as a prototype? Enter Prototype Island, a new exhibition by DesignSingapore Council, presenting Singapore as … Continue reading Design: Singapore’s “Prototype Island” lands at Milan Design Week 2026

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Art What!, design, Singapore

Design: DesignSingapore Council launches Design Masterplan 2035 in April

In Singapore, design has long been associated with sleek skylines, thoughtful public housing, and the seamless efficiency of daily life. But a new vision is taking shape, one that moves design beyond objects and aesthetics, and into the way people think, live, and relate to one another. Propelling this shift is the DesignSingapore Council’s upcoming Design Masterplan 2035, a roadmap that reimagines design not as … Continue reading Design: DesignSingapore Council launches Design Masterplan 2035 in April

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Singapore

Gardens by the Bay kicks off SG60 celebrations with Orchid Extravaganza and SEA debut of fireflies-inspired light show

Gardens by the Bay has kicked off its SG60 celebrations with the return of the ever-popular Orchid Extravaganza（兰花盛事）to Flower Dome, alongside the Southeast Asian debut of SPARK – a light installation resembling fireflies in the night sky by internationally renowned Dutch artist Mr Daan Roosegaarde. The launch was officiated by Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry, Mr Alvin Tan. Gardens by the Bay CEO Mr … Continue reading Gardens by the Bay kicks off SG60 celebrations with Orchid Extravaganza and SEA debut of fireflies-inspired light show

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Singapore

Fragrance Everywhere in Gardens by the Bay’s Flower Dome with latest Lilytopia special exhibition

In a first for a floral display in Flower Dome, visitors will be able to smell the flowers well before they see them. After all, lilies are renowned for their intense sweet scents, and there will be some 10,000 fragrant lilies in the new Lilytopia floral display, set against the enchanting backdrop of Venice, Italy’s renowned floating city.  This largest-ever lily showcase at Gardens by the Bay features … Continue reading Fragrance Everywhere in Gardens by the Bay’s Flower Dome with latest Lilytopia special exhibition

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Art What!, Arts, Preview, Singapore, Visual Art

Art What!: Singapore Celebrates 60 Years of Independence with an Enticing Multisensory Pavilion ‘RASA-TABULA-SINGAPURA’ at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

VENICE, ITALY – In celebration of Singapore’s 60th year of independence (SG60), the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 invites visitors to take a seat at the Table of Superdiversity—an enticing reimagination of city-making and nation-building through the universal act of dining. Titled RASA-TABULA-SINGAPURA, the Pavilion reinterprets the Latin notion of tabula rasa (a blank slate) as a multisensory experience. Here, RASA (taste in Malay), TABULA … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Celebrates 60 Years of Independence with an Enticing Multisensory Pavilion ‘RASA-TABULA-SINGAPURA’ at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

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Arts, Review, Theatre, Wild Rice, Wild Rice @ Funan

★★★★☆ Review: Accidental Death of an Activist by Wild Rice

Italian madcap farce gets a modern update, beating audience over the head with its political message. To the ordinary citizen, the authorities often work in mysterious ways, working behind closed doors. And as much as the arrest of dangerous criminals is ostensibly for the betterment of society, do the ends always justify the means? Do our definitions of dangerous criminals align with the authorities’? Or … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Accidental Death of an Activist by Wild Rice

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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!, Arts, Preview, Singapore, Visual Art

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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