Jul
26
2011
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“Inside the exhibition at the National Musuem of Singapore, what soon stopped me on my track was this stainless steel, silver dial, chronograph gentleman’s watch I came across at the exhibit. I was smitten by its understated elegance, fronted by the simplicity of its matte surface which made it so timeless.”
Read artitude’s full review here.
Have you caught the Cheongsam exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore yet? In keeping with the theme, Chun See of Good Morning Yesterday posts some pictures of his mother in the cheongsam, taken in the 1940s: See all the pictures in his post here. If you haven’t caught it already, In the Mood for [...]
icemoon catches the NHB roving exhibition on provision shops, currently at Tiong Bahru Community Centre. This was NHB’s community series exhibition on provision shops entitled Traditional Provision Shops: A Thriving Past & An Uncertain Future. Under an energetic director of heritage institutions and industrial development, NHB embarked on a series of travelling community-related heritage exhibitions [...]
At the corner of a room in 8Q, stood a simple wooden door which anyone will overlook among the other artworks in the gallery. However, the kind gallery attendant and guard nudged me to open the doors and enter. One of the rare opportunity to “step into” an artwork in a museum. As I opened [...]
Deborah McKellar on the exhibition: Most people living in Singapore love black- and white homes for their unique aesthetic qualities. On my arrival in Singapore I was initially drawn to the distinctive black and white striped bamboo blinds that provide shade on the verandas of these stately homes. Singapore’s B & W bungalows were originally [...]
The latest mini-exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore entices your to get in the mood… for Cheongsams, the symbol of Chinese femininity and elegance. hunnyxpot made a recent visit to the exhibition and showcases some of her favourites here. Tweet(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; [...]
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