OPEN HOUSE 2011
I love Marine Parade. The formula to Open House 2009. Step 1) Take 5 homes and put art into them. Step 2) Invite the whole neighbourhood. Step 3) Invite everyone else. Step 4) Make sure the beer is readily availabl...
I love Marine Parade. The formula to Open House 2009. Step 1) Take 5 homes and put art into them. Step 2) Invite the whole neighbourhood. Step 3) Invite everyone else. Step 4) Make sure the beer is readily availabl...
Who said Singapore’s art scene is dead? Art Stage Singapore (henceforth known as Art Stage) is Asia’s answer to Art Basel and other leading art fairs and took the art world by storm as the first major international ar...
The ever-elusive meaning and purpose of art has been fecund ground for plenty of (fiery) discourse; and, in this interminable plethora of words, Trans-Cool TOKYO is a welcome respite. If the worrying issue of art in t...
In the globalised world, art have transcended culture, language and geography. Imagery, pictography and music have all been assimilated into an international culture that make themes, concepts, mediums accessible and ...
Perched on the grassy lawn of the Singapore Art Museum is a colorful, hand-painted and retro-looking billboard harkening the throngs of people who pass by day in and out. It is a slice of the past standing out gla...
Challenging the linear notion of time, Li Huai’s Breath-Taking elevates space beyond the day-to-day realm and invites the individual to reflect on the forces of chronology. Held at The Substation Singapore from 21 Jun...
Park Benches, Lamp Posts, Post-boxes – These objects in our urban landscape are often forgotten in a world where life moves at an incessant pace. STAMP, a post-box painting competition in Singapore is an attempt at ch...
Step 1) Take 5 homes and put art into them. Step 2) Invite the whole neighbourhood. Step 3) Invite everyone else. Step 4) Make sure the beer is readily available. That is the formula to Open House. Curated by the p...
In its third year running, the Singapore Design Festival has visibly increased in scale and depth. This year’s theme ‘Design 2050’ attempts to project the future of design, while bringing the best of local design ...
Lee Han Yi - Trash Talking, Photo: Noel Yeo Alan Oei – artist, historian, entrepreneur. Alan studied painting locally in Singapore before venturing to the big apple to study art history. The creative mind behind ...
Think Scandinavian furniture design, and more often than not, handcrafted, sleek, contemporary and minimalist come to mind. Think Verner Panton and one forgets that his works originated from the 60s. The Panton Ch...
The Singapore Arts Festival has come a long way since its inauguration four decades ago in 1977. The island state that was once labeled “a cultural dessert” has grown its repertoire of art offerings with a wide array ...
The Lunar New Year sees the celebration of Spring. Seasonal dishes that symbolize and embrace the coming of Spring adore tables. Rituals and customs to welcome the New Year and invite wealth and prosperity are practic...
Uncovering creativity in your own backyard is the order of the day. In an era where the creative economy is gaining a foothold in the Gross Domestic Product, recognition and exposure differentiate the good and the bet...
Within a span of two weeks, Asia alone saw over ten major art events launched. Amidst the glitter of the world’s first Formula 1 city circuit night race at Marina Bay in Singapore, the city state’s second internationa...
Something Beautiful The Haunting © Zhang Jingna There is a new wave of designers in Singapore. In fact, a whole new generation of Singaporeans. With globalism and the evolution of the global citizen, the cross...
11th International Architectural Exhibition The Garden City Singapore makes its third appearance at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. The world’s only specialised exposition of its kind, thi...