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More than 100 ink works by pioneer artist Cheong Soo Pieng are on show at Artspace@Helutrans
Artcommune gallery founder Ho Sou Ping and curator Tan Yong Jun at the exhibition Tonalities: The Ink Works Of Cheong Soo Pieng (above), which features the artist s works from the early 1950s to 1983, the year he died.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
Artcommune gallery founder Ho Sou Ping (right) and curator Tan Yong Jun (left) at the exhibition Tonalities: The Ink Works Of Cheong Soo Pieng, which features the artist s works from the early 1950s to 1983, the year he died.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
May 10, 2021
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This week’s activities will either have you in stitches or appreciating the world. Chuckle along with two comedy and improv shows that’ll crack you up. After, shop till you drop at HYGGE Marketplace or explore fine art and heritage museums.
1. Watch an Incredibly Tragic Closing
Laugh out loud with local sketch comedy group, Otters United Funny Club. For the past month, this outrageous group has been performing a lineup of original sketches at The Substation – and selling out.
Now, see them one last at this iconic venue with their final show, aptly titled Incredibly Tragic Closing. With all new sketches in the style of legendary comedic shows like Key & Peele and Saturday Night Live, catch their last performance featuring improv team, The Clingys.
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Life Weekend Picks Podcast: New National Gallery exhibition spotlights veteran local artists
The works of Sufi mystic Mohammad Din Mohammad at the Something New Must Turn Up: Six Singaporean Artists After 1965 show.PHOTO: NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE
The works of Sufi mystic Mohammad Din Mohammad at the Something New Must Turn Up: Six Singaporean Artists After 1965 show.PHOTO: NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE
PublishedMay 6, 2021, 10:00 pm SGT
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Continuing to piece together the stories of Singapore’s art scene, National Gallery Singapore presents the works of six Singapore post-independence artists who deserve greater public recognition: Chng Seok Tin, Goh Beng Kwan, Jaafar Latiff, Lin Hsin Hsin, Mohammad Din Mohammad and Eng Tow. Titled Something New Must Turn Up: Six Singaporean Artists After 1965, this is the first time a joint exhibition of this scale for local artists has been staged at the gallery, showcasing more than 300 artworks and 100 archival materials and objects from paintings and sculptures to mixed-media installations and artefacts.