Tag: Painting
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Women Who Read Are Dangerous | Book Review
Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate the day, I wanted to share about this art book that I just finished reading – Women Who Read Are Dangerous – that focuses on women reading in art!
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Art of 2018
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I say this every year but how is it the end of 2018?? I don’t want to leave December as I feel like I don’t want to put 2018 down just yet, but time is moving ahead! 2018 has been my full year back in Singapore since moving back, and at first, I thought there…
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Colours of Impressionism | Curating Colour?
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in ReviewThe news of National Gallery Singapore’s latest collaboration with Musée d’Orsay was a big deal for me, especially owing to the fact – like my sister likes to joke to me about – that this exhibition basically sums up my degree. Or at least, my favourite style and period in art history, which is 19th century…
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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…