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Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Singapore’s debut exhibition celebrates Monet’s garden and its afterlife

Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in Singapore unfolds with an unhurried confidence. Located along South Beach, Worlds Beyond Reality – Monet’s Legacy II adopts a slower tempo, one that mirrors its central metaphor of cultivation. The exhibition does not simply trace influence from Claude Monet to Asian artists across generations; it examines how landscapes are made, tended, and inhabited, and how artistic vision … Continue reading Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Singapore’s debut exhibition celebrates Monet’s garden and its afterlife

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Visual Art: NTU Museum’s “On the cusp” features new works inspired by memory, identity and transitions

Something about Nanyang Technological University’s campus feels different. By the lake, a pavilion hums with unseen histories. On a grassy lawn nearby, a sculptural capsule seems to have landed from another time. And inside a bustling student plaza, a familiar household object begins to behave in unfamiliar ways. This is On the cusp, NTU Museum’s latest campus-wide exhibition, where art inhabits everyday spaces and asks … Continue reading Visual Art: NTU Museum’s “On the cusp” features new works inspired by memory, identity and transitions

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Visual Art: Sotheby’s To Stage Modern and Contemporary Art Auction During SAW 2026, featuring works by Walter Spies and Raden Saleh

Every January, Singapore Art Week transforms the city into a crossroads of creativity, where collectors, curators, and cultural pilgrims converge. This year, one of its most anticipated moments arrives on 25 January, when Sotheby’s stages its Modern and Contemporary Art auction at The Edition Singapore—an elegant setting befitting works that span continents, centuries, and artistic revolutions. More than a sale, the auction reads like a … Continue reading Visual Art: Sotheby’s To Stage Modern and Contemporary Art Auction During SAW 2026, featuring works by Walter Spies and Raden Saleh

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Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Announces First Overseas Branch in Singapore Inaugural Exhibition ‘Worlds beyond Reality – Monet’s Legacy II’

On a sunlit stretch of South Beach, where heritage architecture meets the pulse of modern Singapore, a new cultural address is quietly taking root. On 20th January 2026, Hong Kong–founded Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery will open its first overseas outpost in the city, marking a thoughtful expansion rather than a flashy arrival. The debut sets the tone with an exhibition that feels as much … Continue reading Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Announces First Overseas Branch in Singapore Inaugural Exhibition ‘Worlds beyond Reality – Monet’s Legacy II’

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Visual Art: The Columns Gallery present Filipino contemporary art in ‘Isang Dipang Langit’

Step into the cavernous halls of Tanjong Pagar Distripark and you are immediately aware of space, its vastness, its echo, its openness. It feels less like entering a gallery than walking into an unfinished sky. This sense of openness is no accident. Isang Dipang Langit: Fragments of Memory, Fields of Now, presented by Columns Gallery, takes its title from a phrase in a poem by … Continue reading Visual Art: The Columns Gallery present Filipino contemporary art in ‘Isang Dipang Langit’

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Visual Art: Light to Night Singapore 2026 reveals ‘The Powers in Us’ for landmark 10th edition

The year begins under a different kind of glow. Arriving a full additional weekend ahead of their usual schedule, Light to Night Singapore 2026 opens the arts calendar with a sense of ceremony, casting the Civic District into a luminous state of gathering. For four weekends, the city feels momentarily enchanted, where familiar spaces made strange, histories resurfacing, and art operating as a quiet magic … Continue reading Visual Art: Light to Night Singapore 2026 reveals ‘The Powers in Us’ for landmark 10th edition

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Visual Art: Neural Echoes – Enter the Sleep Lab by Tusitala X Artwave Studio

In a dimly lit room, a calm voice welcomes you to SomniTech’s Sleep Lab. You’ve been selected to participate in a cutting-edge clinical trial—one that promises to optimise your rest, enhance productivity, and unlock the hidden potential of sleep itself. But there’s a catch: previous participants never left. This is the unsettling premise of Neural Echoes: Enter the Sleep Lab, a 50-minute immersive, narrative-driven experience … Continue reading Visual Art: Neural Echoes – Enter the Sleep Lab by Tusitala X Artwave Studio

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The Arts House opens 2026 with a celebration of SingLit at VERSE

Kick off the new year with a bold celebration of words, creativity, and collaboration as VERSE 2026 returns to The Arts House at the Old Parliament from 9 to 31 January 2026. Far from a traditional literary festival, VERSE transforms the historic civic space into a multi-sensory playground, where literature meets visual art, music, performance, and digital innovation. Curated by Arts House Group, VERSE 2026 … Continue reading The Arts House opens 2026 with a celebration of SingLit at VERSE

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Preview: Resounding Winds – Liu Chiang-Pin and SCO (吹管妙清商: 劉江濱与新加坡华乐团)

This January, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s concert hall will fill with sounds that are at once ancient and unmistakably modern. Think piercing suona calls, mellow sheng chords and rhythmic percussion, but also rap cadences, jazz harmonies and folk improvisations. This is Resounding Winds: Liu Chiang-Pin and the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, happening on 17 January 2026, a concert that reimagines what Chinese wind music can be … Continue reading Preview: Resounding Winds – Liu Chiang-Pin and SCO (吹管妙清商: 劉江濱与新加坡华乐团)

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Music: Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra concludes Taiwan tour with resounding success

The Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra (SNYCO) has returned from a highly successful concert tour in Taiwan, marking an inspiring week of musical exchange from 9 to 17 December 2025. Performing to nearly 2,000 audience members across Taoyuan, Taipei and Hsinchu, the youth orchestra presented three collaborative concerts that celebrated cultural dialogue through Chinese orchestral music. Under the direction of Music Director Quek Ling Kiong, … Continue reading Music: Singapore National Youth Chinese Orchestra concludes Taiwan tour with resounding success

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