Guarding the entrance into the exhibition for the Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy, at the Asia Civilisation Museum, are works by Singapore pop-art artist, Justine Lee. Just before you enter into the inner gallery to catch the real Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy, an army of all-white, modernised version of the terracotta soldiers greats you when you enter the gallery. Read the rest of this entry »
The verdict is out. After being locked up in a room for several days, the jury panel have finally selected the 15 finalists for the Asia Pacific Brewery Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011 Finalists Exhibition.
Aimed at recognising the single most outstanding contemporary visual artwork produced in the preceding three years, the award is open, by nomination, to all visual artworks, regardless of medium, subject matter and size. Read the rest of this entry »
The monthly Market of Artists and Designers (MAAD) is now on Friday nights.
About 60 stalls of mostly handmade originals, made in Singapore
Live music, curated by Patrick Chng and Andy Yang
Bar
Free admission to the Red Dot Design Museum Singapore
Shop for unique yet affordable gifts.
Choose a portrait style for your next social media profile.
Linocut portrait printmaking. Courtesy of MAAD and Monster Gallery.
Watch artists, illustrators and musicians in action.
Check out the crowd if you want to set up your free stall next month.
MAAD Pyjamas
This Fri 7 Oct 11 night, 5pm – 12 midnight
Red Dot Design Museum (nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar)
Pyjamas? Optional.
Sanity? Optional.
Fun genes? Turn them on!
Because of our size, it might be easy to think of Singapore as always having been a city-state – but this is not so. Singapore was granted city status on September 22, 1951 – just 60 years ago. Mok Ly Yng writes about the 60th anniversary of the city status of Singapore, and it is shared on Otterman’s blog.
You can read about the 60th anniversary of Singapore city on Otterman’s blog here.
When I was studying history in secondary school, we covered mainly events that happened in mainland Southeast Asia, and across the waters in Indonesia and the history of the Philippines remained largely a mystery to me. In fact, it was only a couple of years ago that we saw our first major exhibition of the Philippines in the form of Land of the Morning: Philippines and its People at the Asian Civilisations Museum.
Joze Rizal, Father of Filipino Nationalism
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Did anyone catch the Thaipusam celebrations this morning? Today (more accurately, since yesterday) Hindu devotees in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore have gathered to celebrate Thaipusam, a feast dedicated to the Hindu god Murugan. It is a colourful sight, and most observers will probably remember it for the massive kavadis that devotees carry.
Jerome has some pictures of the Thaipusam celebration in Singapore this morning – you can check them out here.
As we look to the start of the decade of the twenty-teens, how about turning around and taking a look back at the world 50 years ago? The 1960s or Swinging Sixties were noted for social revolutions worldwide – for women, blacks and new and emerging nation-states – like Malaysia, and subsequently Singapore in 1963 and 1965 respectively.
Without a doubt, the internet has been this generation’s world-changing technological revolution, and there are young people hitting twenty that would not have known a world without the internet. Before the internet, however, a similar technological revolution took place with the introduction of the television.
If, during your next weekend getaway, decide to head up north to the Pearl of the Orient, look out for this white colonial-period building that has something in common with Singapore:
