Over the past seven years, the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA) has been commended as a unique institution in Southeast Asia for its dynamic and academically rigorous programme. From featuring leading contemporary artists in exhibitions to engaging with contemporary art embedded in social-political spheres, the NTU CCA has always been at the forefront of art research and the up and coming. As … Continue reading Art What!: NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore launches Online Benefit Art Auction 2020

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has announced that artists in Southeast Asia will be able to submit their entries for the 39th UOB Painting of the Year (POY) competition digitally given the COVID-19 restrictions. The annual UOB POY competition, Singapore’s longest-running and one of Southeast Asia’s most prestigious annual art awards is open to artists in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The UOB POY is the … Continue reading Art What!: 39th UOB Painting of the Year now accepting submissions; virtual UOB Art Gallery now open

The sand in an hourglass is meant to represent time, a time that is measured with a past, present, and future. Each reset and inverted when the hourglass flips over. The symbol of an hourglass in relation to time is so entrenched; it is hard to consider it anew while we play our roles in this game of time. If some kind of force enters … Continue reading Art What!: Sandstorm in an Hourglass by Joo Choon Lin, Jaxton Su, and Sebastian Mary Tay