Wording Art

Impressions of Monet | Giverny at Gardens by the Bay

September 17, 2024

The exhibition of Impressions of Monet is such a treat, transporting us to Monet’s Giverny right within the grounds of Gardens by the Bay! When I first learnt about Claude Monet (only in uni), I instantly loved his impressionistic artworks. He remains one of my favourite artists, and I count myself very lucky to have viewed his works across Hong Kong, Singapore and London! Visiting Giverny one day remains on my travel list, but it’s so cool that I get to see a replica of Monet’s house and gardens in Giverny right here in Singapore! I also think this might be my favourite exhibition in Singapore in 2024 so far.

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London Art | Angelica Kauffman at the Royal Academy

June 30, 2024

/ Review

I’ve been researching Angelica Kauffman and her London self-portraits for a few years now — and have now completed my PhD! — and it’s been my dream to see this exhibition of her works in person. The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London had planned to hold this exhibition in 2020, but the pandemic came and disrupted these plans. I was so excited when I found out that the Royal Academy was going to re-stage the exhibition Angelica Kauffman this year, and so I absolutely had to visit London to see it!

I think it goes without saying that I loved the show, and to me it’s worth 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. While I had seen a couple of Kauffman’s artworks before, it was amazing to see so much more in person (where I had only viewed them in books or online).

| Cover picture: Detail of Self-portrait at the Crossroads between the Arts of Music and Painting |

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Art of 2023

January 1, 2024

/ Art on the Go, Crossover

2023 was a very big and important year for me — most of it was fussing over the impending deadline of completing my PhD dissertation, which I made in time!! While that was a major milestone, I’m glad to see now at the end of the year that I still made time and took breaks to see art and spend time with friends and family, which is also so important! This year, I decided to share my main highlights and favourites for the art of 2023 in Singapore.

| Cover Picture: Robert Indiana, LOVE Blue Faces Red Sides, 1966–1999, polychrome aluminium |

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Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience | Singapore & London

November 6, 2023

/ Crossover, Review

As what this blog post title suggests, I’ve been to Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience twice! While I was in London last year, I knew I had to check this out, but little did I know it would also come to Singapore in 2023! I couldn’t resist the temptation to go once more — in my home city! I really enjoyed the experience as a whole, and below I share photos and my review of Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience at both locations.

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Art of 2022

January 4, 2023

/ Art on the Go, Crossover

Happy new year! It’s yet another new year and that comes with all the feels – surreal, crazily fast, exciting?! I may be getting ready to dive into the new year and all that it’ll bring (PhD completion, please), but first up, here is my roundup of art exhibitions and museum-going in 2022! I didn’t share reviews of exhibitions that showed in Singapore in the past year, because I didn’t feel ‘wow-ed’ enough by them, but I realise now that I still saw so much art!

| Cover picture: Hiromi Tango, Dr Emma Burrows and Dr Tilman Dingler, Wheel, 2021, at ArtScience Museum’s MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing |

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