Category: Review
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Joseon Korea | Royalty and High Culture
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in ReviewManaged to come back to Singapore in time to see Asian Civilisations Museum’s special exhibition Joseon Korea: Court Treasures and City Life! I think anyone interested in anything Korea probably got their start from Korean pop culture: either Kpop or Kdramas. For me, it was kdramas that did me in. ;) Many Korean historical dramas…
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Artist and Empire | Looking at Colonialism
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in ReviewNational Gallery Singapore’s latest retrospective of Yayoi Kusama’s works is super popular now, but I’m going to take the time to catch up with their previous special exhibition! The first exhibition that I saw this year was National Gallery Singapore’s second special exhibition ‘Artist and Empire: (En)countering Colonial Legacies’ in collaboration with Tate Britain. The…
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M. C. Escher | Journey to Infinity
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in ReviewOne of the exhibitions I would highly recommend to see in Singapore right now would be Journey to Infinity: Escher’s World of Wonder at ArtScience Museum. I wasn’t familiar with Escher before, beyond his Drawing Hands that I’ve seen everywhere but never attributed to an artist. This exhibition was bigger than I expected it to be and…
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Wu Guanzhong: Beauty Beyond Form
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in ReviewNational Gallery Singapore opened late November last year, and I was of course eager to check it out during my summer in Singapore! It’s at the site where the former Supreme Court building and City Hall used to be, which have now been restored and combined to form Singapore’s newest art museum. The architecture is gorgeous…
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Lynn Chadwick in Central
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I just got back from a very refreshing month in Singapore, which was a great break from Hong Kong’s rapid pace. Yet there is something about Hong Kong’s energy that makes me not able to stay away for long, and it definitely feels good to be back! I went to see Lynn Chadwick’s sculptures back…