Arts Picks: President’s Challenge Art Exhibition, More Than Music gig and Rajesh P. Kargutkar show
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Leo Hee Tong is one of 60 artists whose work is available at a discount at the President’s Challenge Art Exhibition 2024.
PHOTO: ARTUALIZE
President’s Challenge Art Exhibition 2024
Art lovers can snag masterpieces at a discounted price and also do their bit for charity at the inaugural President’s Challenge Art Exhibition 2024, which opens on July 25.
Participating artists include Cultural Medallion recipients Iskandar Jalil and Chng Seok Tin, second-generation Nanyang artists Low Hai Hong and Leo Hee Tong, as well as M. Razali Mahat and Abu Jalal Sarimon.
A total of 60 works, ranging from oil paintings to Chinese calligraphy to sculptures, from 60 Singaporean artists will be available for sale.
Prices start at $300 and go up to $65,000, discounted by 50 per cent from their original retail prices.
Half the exhibition’s proceeds will go to the President’s Challenge, which was initiated by former President SR Nathan in 2000 to bring intersectional groups together to help the less fortunate.
ARTualize gallery founder Low Sok Leng, who organised this first art exhibition for the President’s Challenge charity drive, decided to offer works at a discount to encourage support for charity and to ensure more Singaporeans can afford the works.
“We hope to raise $50,000 or sell 80 per cent of the artworks,” she says, adding that she hopes the exhibition will become an annual event.
Where: TAG @ Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 02-01B, 39 Keppel Road artualize.com.sg
MRT: Tanjong Pagar
When: July 25 to 30, 11am to 7pm daily
Admission: Free
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Duos
More Than Music presents its final concert of 2024, featuring co-founders Abigail Sin and Loh Jun Hong.
PHOTO: MORE THAN MUSIC
For their final concert of 2024, More Than Music is teaming up with pianist Clarence Lee and violinist Ye Lin for a spirited evening of piano and violin music.
The programme includes the Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sentimiento from Danses Andalouses by Spanish composer Manuel Infante and a sonata for two violins by Hungarian-American composer Miklos Rozsa.
Co-founded by pianist Abigail Sin and violinist Loh Jun Hong, the More Than Music classical concert series takes place in more intimate and informal settings. The duo, who have been friends since they were teenagers, aim to make classical music more accessible.
Where: Esplanade Recital Studio, 1 Esplanade Drive duos.peatix.com
MRT: Esplanade
When: July 27 and 28, 7.30pm
Admission: $20 for students, $30 for public
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Cramped Spaces
Colour Day is one of 10 oil paintings in Rajesh P. Kargutkar’s solo exhibition with The Culture Story in Singapore.
PHOTO: THE CULTURE STORY
Mumbai artist Rajesh P. Kargutkar returns to Singapore for a solo exhibition titled Cramped Spaces at The Culture Story gallery. With 10 oil paintings and 10 works on paper, he highlights the lived experiences and routines of his subjects.
Exploring the idea of crowded spaces, the artist’s paintings capture snippets of daily life in the Mumbai chawls – dense residential buildings – where he grew up.
From families squeezed into single-room units (kholis) to the bustling shared corridors, the works are colourful depictions of the residents’ lives.
Currently teaching at the International School of Geneva in Switzerland, he previously participated in group shows at The Culture Story and The Luxe Art Museum in Singapore.
He will be at the opening on July 27 from noon to 5pm and at a public viewing event on Aug 3 from 1 to 5pm. To view the works in between and after those dates, e-mail admin@theculturestory.co
Where: The Culture Story, 03-06 Thye Hong Centre, 2 Leng Kee Road theculturestory.co
MRT: Redhill
When: July 27 to Oct 4, 10am to 6pm daily, noon to 1pm on July 27 and 1 to 5pm on Aug 3
Admission: By appointment only
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