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Clement Yong

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Clement Yong is a correspondent on the arts beat, covering books, theatre and the visual arts. He has been with The Straits Times since 2019.

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Secondary: The Musical asks tough questions of Singapore’s educational system and meritocracy

Secondary: The Musical by Checkpoint Theatre was first staged in 2024.
Secondary: The Musical by Checkpoint Theatre was first staged in 2024.

Singapore Literature Prize trims categories from 18 to 8, raises prize money to $5,000

Prasanthi Ram receiving her award from Meira Chand at the Singapore Literature Prize ceremony in 2024.
Prasanthi Ram receiving her award from Meira Chand at the Singapore Literature Prize ceremony in 2024.

Voilah! 2026 spans immersive ocean exhibition and Islamic objects from the Louvre

vOilah! has a French food market at VivoCity as part of its continued partnership with Mapletree.
vOilah! has a French food market at VivoCity as part of its continued partnership with Mapletree.

Breakdancing opera countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski comes to Singapore

Jakub Jozef Orlinski is on an intense Asia tour that has proven just how much people still crave opera.
Jakub Jozef Orlinski is on an intense Asia tour that has proven just how much people still crave opera.

‘We did not expect to have so much to learn from Singapore’: Historian Wang Gungwu in new memoir

Wang Gungwu in his Novena home.
Wang Gungwu in his Novena home.

Stage adaptation of Murakami’s End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland values beauty over pain

Tatsuya Fujiwara and Misato Morita in End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland.
Tatsuya Fujiwara and Misato Morita in End Of The World And Hard-Boiled Wonderland.

Constellations a fizzy multiverse romance made sweeter by chemistry of two leads

Juliana Kassim Chan and Marwyn Ho in Constellations.
Juliana Kassim Chan and Marwyn Ho in Constellations.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei shows his Lego brick works at Tang Contemporary in first solo here

The crows in Ai Weiwei's Wheat Field With Crows have been supplanted by the drones of war.
The crows in Ai Weiwei's Wheat Field With Crows have been supplanted by the drones of war.

$539k of SG Culture Pass credits spent on SingLit; call for inclusion of non-fiction titles

Book displays bearing SG Culture Pass stickers at Books Kinokuniya in Takashimaya Shopping Centre.
Book displays bearing SG Culture Pass stickers at Books Kinokuniya in Takashimaya Shopping Centre.

Art dynasties: Meet the Singaporeans with art running through their veins

(Clockwise from top left) Artist Karen Hoisington, Batik artist Ika Zahri Sarkasi, photographer Chua Yang and artist Lim Hock Ann.
(Clockwise from top left) Artist Karen Hoisington, Batik artist Ika Zahri Sarkasi, photographer Chua Yang and artist Lim Hock Ann.

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