Charity auction of artwork Wings to support youth in public rental housing

Wings: A Charity Auction

One-year-old auction platform Annexe is holding a sale of four wing sculptures created by Singapore artist Eunice Yeo from upcycled glass fragments, steel structures and reclaimed crystal pieces. Proceeds will go to supporting the Singapore Red Cross Young Hearts Programme for children and youth living in public rental housing.

The wings can be viewed at the foyer on Level 3 of Sands Expo & Convention Centre till March 1, when the auction closes.

Though offered as four lots – titled Flourish, Inflection, Seraph and Quill – they were imagined by the artist to be shown together in different permutations, in the full quadruple or as pairs.

They draw inspiration from insect wings in the manner of how they bear weight and are translucent to light. In the initial phase, hundreds of participants placed fine grass fragments on the steel frames, before Yeo refined their surface and re-engineered them.

The larger wings are estimated to be worth between $28,000 and $38,000, while the smaller ones are between $18,000 and $28,000. Bids can be placed on the Annexe website. The donation is 250 per cent tax-deductible.

Where: Foyer, Level 3 Sands Expo & Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Avenue
MRT: Bayfront
When: Till March 1, open 24 hours
Info: str.sg/wVXZN

Red Hill Blood River Project

Singapore composer Ng Kang Kee is the brains behind this experimental project with the gory title.

Together with Kelantanese wayang kulit master Mohd Kamrulbahri Hussin, Taiwanese flautist Hua Pei and four Singapore-based musicians on percussion, pipa, violin and cello, Ng has created an eight-movement music work investigating the paradox of heroism – its mythology and its bloody cost.

The piece will be played at Stamford Arts Centre on Feb 8, with plans to develop it into a full-scale theatrical work integrating sound, image and movement.

The project is inspired by the plangent song-poem Man Jiang Hong, or Whole River Red, often attributed to Song Dynasty general Yue Fei after the capture of its emperors by Jurchens. There is also local resonance with the tale of how a boy came up with an ingenious plan to stop the attack of swordfish along Singapore shores, only to be executed, his blood staining the soil red and giving the site the name of Bukit Merah, or Redhill.

Where: Stamford Arts Centre, 155 Waterloo Street
MRT: Bencoolen/Bugis
When: Feb 8, 2.30pm
Admission: $30 (SG Culture Pass eligible)
Info: str.sg/tQcJ

Manolo Valdes

Catch the last weekend of Opera Gallery’s showcase of major Spanish painter and sculptor Manolo Valdes, whose paintings are unashamedly brutish and sculptures, ruinous and thorny.

The 83-year-old artist has a museum dedicated to house his works in his birthplace Valencia, supported by the municipal government, that will open in late 2026 or early 2027. Four of his monumental sculptures can also be found at Gardens by the Bay.

Visitors to Opera Gallery will mostly encounter his Cabeza series – busts in bronze or resin crowned by various dramatic headdresses made from more industrial materials such as wire or Murano glass. These would not be out of place at a high fashion showcase, and are said to have been inspired by the artist coming across a woman in a park surrounded by butterflies.

There are also his painted wood and aluminium sculptures of Spanish King Philip IV’s daughter Margaret Theresa, as seen in compatriot Diego Velazquez’s iconic painting Las Meninas.

Go up close to Valdes’ paintings to see how he layers burlap, wood and oil. The semi-cartoonish portraits call to mind the sardonic repetition of figures by pop artists like Andy Warhol, and give his harsh visions a cheeky sensibility.

Where: Opera Gallery, 02-16 Ion Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn
MRT: Orchard
When: Till Feb 8, 11am to 8pm daily
Admission: Free
Info: str.sg/7uxM