Art What!: Journey through a season of space with ArtScience Museum’s new programme, Beyond Earth

ArtScience Museum will defy gravity with a new programme that fosters the limitless spirit of human aspiration and curiosity. Beyond Earth will present an all-encompassing season of space-themed Virtual Reality (VR) artworks and films that examine the mythology and science of space travel from 25th November 2021 to 27th February 2022. Spacewalkers is a soaring exploration of life beyond Earth in two stunning Virtual Reality … Continue reading Art What!: Journey through a season of space with ArtScience Museum’s new programme, Beyond Earth

Preview: RAW Moves presents In/Out by A Little RAW Company

Socially distanced human relationships. New boundaries of home and discovery of the self. What can we learn about the nature of trust, sincerity, and freedom? Bringing together young movers from diverse abilities and backgrounds, In/Out provides a creative and experimental outlet for A Little RAW (ALR) Company where youths develop and pursue their personal reflections with each other’s assistance. Join RAW Moves and A Little … Continue reading Preview: RAW Moves presents In/Out by A Little RAW Company

Museum Musings: Two-thirds of eligible national monuments to receive funding in 2020 and 2021

Walk along Beach Road in the historic Kampong Gelam district, and Hajjah Fatimah Mosque would likely catch your eye with its iconic tower that resembles the Neoclassical steeple of the first Saint Andrew’s Church. Did you know that the mosque is nicknamed the ‘Leaning Tower of Singapore’, thanks to the slight tilt of its minaret tower, and is one of few mosques named after a … Continue reading Museum Musings: Two-thirds of eligible national monuments to receive funding in 2020 and 2021

Art What!: Art Galleries Association Singapore Gallery Week November 2021

Art Galleries Association Singapore (AGAS) presents AGAS Gallery Week 2021, from 11th to 21st November 2021. 22 Participating galleries located around the city state will be exhibiting works from local and international artists. In a time of the pandemic, safe management measures are in place to, keeping that in mind, AGAS is inviting you to bring a date and spend it with art. This year … Continue reading Art What!: Art Galleries Association Singapore Gallery Week November 2021

Art What!: National Gallery Singapore’s Dalam Southeast Asia raises the curtain on less-explored artists in the region

National Gallery Singapore invites visitors to a journey into emerging perspectives in Dalam Southeast Asia, its first-ever Project Space that features under-studied artists from the region, and innovative curatorial approaches in the presentation of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art. Open to the public from 29th October, the space will launch with its debut show, The Tailors and the Mannequins: Chen Cheng Mei and You … Continue reading Art What!: National Gallery Singapore’s Dalam Southeast Asia raises the curtain on less-explored artists in the region

Art What!: Residual Memory at Mizuma Gallery

Mizuma Gallery has announced Residual Memory, a solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Budi Agung Kuswara. Budi Agung Kuswara’s paintings celebrate the treasury of aesthetic and cultural influences on the Indonesian archipelago. Trained in kamasan painting, Budi retains the intricacy and delicate linework of this traditional art form in his contemporary works, marrying these baroque sensibilities with observations on social tensions and dynamics. His new body of work continues … Continue reading Art What!: Residual Memory at Mizuma Gallery

Television Time: BBC curtain-raises COP26 in Glasgow with global premiere of The Green Planet

Due to air in January 2022, the BBC premiered its new ground-breaking natural history series, billed as ‘Planet Earth from the perspective of plants’, in front of an invited audience at Glasgow’s Pacific Quay IMAX, on Sunday, 31st October 2021. The Green Planet is a five-part landmark series from BBC Studios’ world-renowned Natural History Unit, for BBC One and iPlayer in the UK and BBC Earth and BBC … Continue reading Television Time: BBC curtain-raises COP26 in Glasgow with global premiere of The Green Planet

Art What!: Art Basel announces further highlights of its upcoming show in Miami Beach

The 2021 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach – Art Basel’s first in-person fair in Miami Beach since 2019 – will feature 253 leading galleries from around the globe presenting the highest quality of works across all media, from rare and historical masterpieces to new pieces by today’s emerging artistic voices. In addition to showcasing exceptional art within its Galleries, Positions, Nova, Survey and Edition … Continue reading Art What!: Art Basel announces further highlights of its upcoming show in Miami Beach

Interview: Erwin Shah Ismail and Daniel Jenkins on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

In a single lifetime, it’s difficult to get a chance to experience all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, whether it’s the most heartbreaking of tragedies, or the most hilarious of comedies. So why not take the prime opportunity the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) has provided now, as they stage The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), in a single night? Directed by Daniel Jenkins, and starring … Continue reading Interview: Erwin Shah Ismail and Daniel Jenkins on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Preview: Queers by Pachyderm Theatre

After delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new company Pachyderm Theatre are finally ready to present their production of Queers this December. Playing at the Projector from 3rd to 5th December, as its title suggests, the theatre piece is all about LGBTQ people, and charts their lived experience over the last 100 years. Commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the ‘Wolfenden Report’ of 1957, … Continue reading Preview: Queers by Pachyderm Theatre