After a one-year hiatus, the former Singapore Arts Festival is back with a new name, a new team and a new public engagement initiative that begins this month. Gwen Pew learns more. 23 Jun 2014: It was 2012, and after spending 35 years on the scene, the Singapore Arts Festival went through something akin to a mid-life … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Singapore International Festival of Arts 2014’ Preview
Want to know what happens behind the scenes? Here, we head backstage to talk to some of Singapore’s best crew members who make the magic work on stage. 22 Jun 2014: Tan Ngiap Heng Performance photographer ‘The biggest challenge of photographing performances is the lighting. It’s usually dark, so we need fast lenses and a … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Backstage Heroes
6 Jun 2014: With new shows taking to our stages every week, Singapore’s performance scene is growing like never before. Gwen Pew puts together an essential guide on the local stage. The forefathers (and mothers) who set the scene Young as our local theatre scene still is today, it has nonetheless come a long way … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: 30 Things We Love About Singapore Theatre
With a huge collection of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz’s images having arrived in Singapore last month, Gwen Pew looks back at her life and career. 8 May 2014: Annie Leibovitz is without a doubt one of the biggest and most sought-after names in the world of photography today, and anyone who’s anyone has likely been … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Annie Leibovitz
As the Guggenheim’s No Country exhibition arrives in South-East Asia, Gwen Pew talks to its Singaporean curator June Yap. 6 May 2014: When June Yap was selected by a committee of experts at New York’s Guggenheim Museum to be the curator of their first UBS MAP Global Art Initiative exhibition, No Country, she was handed an enormous … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: June Yap
For his writing and directorial debut this month, local producer Neo Kim Seng has drawn on the experience of having his heart stopped for two hours. Gwen Pew hears more. 16 Apr 2014: Shortly after 8am on 16 May 2013, Neo Kim Seng’s heart was stopped for two hours as doctors corrected a dysfunctional valve. While the … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Decimal Points 810’ Preview
Presented as part of the Singapore Repertory Theatre’s new Made in Singapore series, Dick Lee’s latest play is based on his father’s real experiences during the Second World War. The beautiful and poignant performance gets full marks from Gwen Pew. 2 Apr 2014: We’ve had the pleasure of seeing quite a few good performances in Singapore, but … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘Rising Son’ Review
The Turner Prize nominated artist, Nathan Coley, brings his famous lightbox installations to Singapore. 3 Apr 2014: 2007 Turner Prize nominee Nathan Coley’s debut solo show in Asia is both intriguing and unexpectedly calming. Perhaps it’s the neutral colours he uses in most of his works – black, white, grey, with a blush of purple and … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Nathan Coley
As award-winning Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky makes his solo Singapore debut this month, he shares some of the best shots from his latest series, Water, with Gwen Pew. 3 Mar 2014: Edward Burtynsky’s photographs are not difficult to identify: the sweeping landscapes as nature is carved up by industry and other traces of mankind, all contorted … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: Edward Burtynsky
To celebrate Valentine’s Day this month, One East Artspace will be presenting a group show that features works from six artist couples. Gwen Pew meets them all to hear their stories of love, life and art. 6 Feb 2014: Tan Haur and Loh Kit Mui How they met TH: ‘Mui and I met studying applied … Continue reading Time Out Singapore: ‘We Do! We Do Art!’ Preview
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