Watch This Cause

They come from all walks of life to give a fresh face to Arbutus watches while raising funds for charity. By S. Sakthivel Artists from different disciplines have come together...
Circus 1903

A Friendlier, Traditional Circus With Modern Values

BACK IN the day, the circus served as an opportunity for the curious to see the bizarre, watch animals "perform" up close even though they had been brutalised into...
Zanotta beanbag, W. Atelier

New Stylish Space For W. Atelier

SOME things are worth waiting for.W. Atelier's new showroom on Henderson Road is now open after some bureaucratic hiccups (mainly to do with installing an elevator), but it's proven...

Mounting A Hunt For Genius

LOVING back is the reason artist Tan Swie Hian is setting up a $10 million fund that will be the seed from which an award for artists will be...

Rogue Beauties

With little more than a month to the release of Rogue One, you need to get your hands on some mint memorabilia for your collection. Before Rogue One: A Star...
Gaurav Kripalani, sifa.sg

SIFA Plays It Safe

SHOULD one person’s taste prevail when presenting a national collection like the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA)? In recent years, SIFA programes have been the result of a funnelling of...
When The Moon Is Orbed, Tan Swie Hian

Master Strokes Of Tan Swie Hian

FROM a bad student to a record-breaking artist, Tan Swie Hian has let nothing fetter his imagination. From poems to philosophy, sculpture to art, this gifted septuagenarian still burns...

Fighting The Juggernaut

WITH 20 years of fighting under his belt, and a few belts to his name, Arvind Lalwani wants a younger breed of fighter to emerge. The second you see him, the...

Singapore Biennale — Scenes In The Mirror

The atlas and mirror are apt references for today’s society. In a world where some borders are being blurred by the Internet, while others are becoming ever more defined by...
Van Gogh, Natalie Hong

Celebrating The Art Of Van Gogh

WHILE the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh lived a troubled and fleeting life, how he interpreted what he saw on canvas has resulted in vivid interpretations that continue to...