Dinh Q. Lê in Conversation: Crossing the Farther Shore, at National Gallery Singapore

National Gallery Singapore, City Hall Wing, Level B1, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium 1 St Andrew’s Road, Singapore, Singapore

Displayed for the first time in Asia in the exhibition Living Pictures: Photography in Southeast Asia, Vietnamese American artist Dinh Q. Lê’s installation Crossing the Farther Shore (2014) is a rare record of the everyday lives of Southern Vietnamese people in the pre-Vietnam war period, reflected through abandoned images collected by the artist himself. In […]

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Let’s Learn About…Bronze!

Asian Civilisations Museum 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore

This month, Let’s Learn About…Bronze! online. Find out how this metal has been used since ancient times to make vessels, tools, and statues. ACM & Friends Fun Pack: Download and use this fun activity kit, specially designed for children and adults across all learning abilities, and have an enjoyable time learning about the ACM collection […]

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NUS Arts Festival 2023: Spaces Between

NUS University Cultural Centre 50 Kent Ridge Cres, Singapore

NUS Arts Festival returns to campus with our latest edition: Spaces Between! Running across 3 weekends in March, you'll be spoilt for choice with over 20 different shows spanning multiple genres and disciplines like dance, music, theatre, film, art installations, dialogue, and more! The theme Spaces Between examines the idea of liminal spaces, the uncomfortable unknown as we transition between phases, and states. […]

$15

Exhibiting The Body: Compulsions, Caveats and Cautions

Asian Civilisations Museum 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore

In art, the body is a carrier of thoughts rather than a representation of its physicality alone. It can be a vehicle for capturing the various moods, energies or values that drive society. Looked at another way, artistic imagery, in turn, also has an influence on people—decisions on what kind of bodies have been regarded […]

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Textile Masters to the World: The global desire for Indian cloth

Asian Civilisations Museum 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore

From 24 March 2023 Daily, 10am - 7pm | Fridays, 10am - 9pm Asian Civilisations Museum, Level 3, Fashion and Textiles Gallery   The Asian Civilisations Museum presents Textile Masters to the World: The global desire for Indian cloth with a selection of exquisite garments and textiles at its Fashion and Textiles Gallery. Featuring 27 […]

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The Panchatantra: Unforgettable Fables from Ancient India

Asian Civilisations Museum 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore

Many Indian children grow up with seemingly simple tales from a fascinating treasure-house of stories, the Panchatantra. But this classic work of ancient literature, originally written in Sanskrit, appeals to all.  This talk, a reprise of a recent Monday Morning Lecture, brings you intriguing fables of humans and animals set in five major threads and […]

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How Fiction Works with Claire Keegan

Asian Civilisations Museum 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore

In this series of five in-person workshops, let Claire Keegan open doors to the world of fiction and develop your understanding of its forms, structures and techniques. During the course, Claire Keegan will introduce you to various aspects of the fiction form such as dialogue, point of view, humour, drama versus tension and more. Enjoy […]

$150

Lunchtime Concerts

Asian Civilisations Museum 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore

Fridays, 3 March 2023 to 21 April 2023 Fridays except 24 March and 7 April, 12.30pm–1.30pm Asian Civilisations Museum Free   Lunchtime Concerts return to ACM! Relax and unwind to the music of the talented students of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST) on selected Fridays in March and April   14 April: […]

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Golden Point Award 2023

Online

Singapore’s only multi-lingual writing competition is back! Whether you are a writer by profession or hobby, we welcome you to showcase your writing talents. Golden Point Award offers the short story and poetry categories in Singapore’s four official languages. To celebrate 30 years of discovering talented new writers, the competition introduces a new category - […]

$16
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Between Ground and Sky

Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Recital Studio 1 Straits Boulevard

Between Ground and Sky is an interdisciplinary production exploring the poetic world of renowned Malaysian-American poet Shirley Geok-lin Lim through contemporary art song and corporeal theatre. Born to a Peranakan mother and a Chinese father, Lim grew up in British Malaya with Malay and Hokkien as her first languages. She later pursued her graduate studies […]

$25
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