SingartSensations Beyond IMAX
If you had thoroughly enjoyed bathing in, touching, listening to, sniffing and playing with Jo Darvall’s “Sensorium – The Unfurling” when it was displayed at Sculpture Square Limited in July, you will be delighted to know…
An Essence Of Black & White
It is indeed a pleasure to hear that Sebastiao Salgado’s “Genesis” exhibition of black and white photographs on nature and tribal communities in the undeveloped world, currently held at the National Museum of Singapore, has been…
Lining Up The Draw
The endless troves of Singaporeans and permanent residents that streamed to Paragon Shopping Center to watch specially flown in autistic British artist, Stephen Wiltshire, draw “The Singapore Skyline” over 4 days from mid July is indeed…
Martell’s Iconic 2014 Photo Awards
ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu returns for its 5th year to recognize the Singapore photographer most outstanding in creatively focusing on the intricately fine details that go into the art of photography. The process of cognac…
Happy Art-elicious Birthday, Singapore!
Whenever the Chinese New Year and the Hungry Ghost and Moon Cake festivals come along in Singapore, the kueh vendors will set up make shift stalls in the Novena malls. Come Hari Raya celebrations, the Malay…
Singapore Night Festival 2014: Highlights
Art lovers are in for a real treat late this August: this year’s Singapore Night Festival’s line up of visual and performing arts are set to thrill and tantalize with louder, edgier and wilder exhibitions, events…
From The Everyday To Art
My first exposure to contemporary art was in the early 1990s in New Zealand, where I chanced upon Kiwi sculptor, Chris Booth’s “Pumice From The Mountains”, and hence, my introduction to the use of everyday objects…
Windows to the Heart & Soul
They say that our eyes are the windows to our hearts and souls. For portrait artist Adriana Molder, they distill the essence into her drawings and paintings: ‘If you watch people’s eyes closely, you find a…
Ricing From East To West
My first impressions of the humble rice paper is very much tied to the opening scenes of the early 1970s American TV series, “Kung Fu”, that starred David Carradine: the youthful protagonist, Kwai Chang Caine, had…
More Than Mere Glimpses of Cities
They say that travel changes a person. It some cases it makes us re-look at ourselves. In others it gives us new lenses with which we can explore yet another new destination. In Jieun Park’s instance,…
