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National Gallery Singapore's 'Passion Is Volcanic' exhibition: 5 works to see
5+ hour, 34+ min ago (762+ words) Published'Apr 22, 2026, 03: 15 PM Updated'Apr 22, 2026, 05: 42 PM SINGAPORE " The National Gallery Singapore (NGS) opens its first R18 exhibition Passion Is Volcanic: Desire In Southeast Asian Art. With about 60 per cent of works drawn from the national collection " many shown for the first time " and…...
Singaporean artists build offshore residencies
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (127+ words) Ubah Rumah Residency at Nikoi Island is created by Singaporean artists Alecia Neo and Ernest Goh and has hosted about 30 South-east Asian artists to date. Published'Apr 15, 2026, 12: 30 PM Updated'Apr 15, 2026, 04: 33 PM SINGAPORE " For four weeks, Singaporean artists Veronyka Lau and Jennifer Teo…...
Paris engineer wins Picasso painting at charity auction, with $150 ticket
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (355+ words) Mr Ari Hodara's ticket was picked at a ceremony in Paris that was livestreamed from auction house Christie's. Published'Apr 15, 2026, 03: 55 AM Updated'Apr 15, 2026, 03: 59 AM PARIS - An art-loving engineer from Paris was the lucky winner of an original Picasso painting worth over a…...
Art Science Museum's Flesh And Bones tackles human remains and historical drawings of the body
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1686+ words) Curator Jerome Chee (left) and Art Science Museum vice-president Honor Harger at the museum's new major exhibition, Flesh And Bones: The Art Of Anatomy, on March 16. Published'Mar 18, 2026, 05: 05 PM Updated'Mar 19, 2026, 04: 20 PM SINGAPORE " The human body " its sinews, its depictions and its…...
Trump administration reveals plans for massive Washington arch
1+ week, 4+ day ago (422+ words) US President Donald Trump holds a model for the proposed arch on October 15, 2025. Published'Apr 11, 2026, 11: 25 AM WASHINGTON, DC " US President Donald Trump's administration on April 10 revealed renderings for a colossal triumphal arch proposed for construction in Washington near some of the…...
Singapore Art Book Fair 2026 cancels open call for $150 "Walking Exhibitors" after criticism
1+ week, 6+ day ago (789+ words) The 2025 edition of the Singapore Art Book Fair saw over 120 exhibitors and 5, 000 visitors. Published'Apr 09, 2026, 01: 30 PM Updated'Apr 09, 2026, 01: 35 PM SINGAPORE " The Singapore Art Book Fair 2026 on April 9 withdrew an open call for a new Walking Exhibitors option at the fair following public…...
Lifestyle event Artbox draws visitors with trendy wares and matcha concoctions
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (800+ words) The TL; DR: Lifestyle event Artbox is back again this year for its seventh local edition, from April 3 to 5 and April 10 to 12 at Singapore Expo Hall 3. TL; DR headed down and found matcha concoctions, art prints and stickers, and K-beauty…...
T. H. E. Dance Company's new Liminal platform showcases mid-career choreographers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (219+ words) Published'Apr 04, 2026, 01: 50 PM Thng's Duet The Rooms Inside and Seah's solo Ma opened and closed the evening with cogitations on motherhood, a parenthesis around Filipino Mendoza's trio Laya, meaning freedom in Tagalog.' Laya is Mendoza's expression of his own spiritual journey,…...
Singapore artist Joshua Chiang brings a decade of Cambodian stories to life
2+ week, 4+ day ago (656+ words) Makaras and Motordops: Joshua Chiang's 10-Year Journey opened on March 29 and runs through May 30. Published'Apr 04, 2026, 11: 18 AM It started with a motorcycle. Not a particularly remarkable one " except that it was piled improbably high with cargo, passengers and chaos, rendered in…...
Ai Weiwei solo show in Singapore
2+ week, 6+ day ago (909+ words) The crows in Ai Weiwei's Wheat Field With Crows have been supplanted by the drones of war. Published'Apr 02, 2026, 03: 00 PM Updated'Apr 02, 2026, 03: 10 PM The world's favourite Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei gathers an impressive number of signature Lego and toy brick works…...