Artists

Dutch museum spreads 362kg of peanut butter in tribute to late artist Wim T. Schippers

Two museum workers are spreading a floor of peanut butter, without chunks, in the Depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam on July 3.

Can’t get enough of Dear You? 4 spaces to track Singapore’s vestiges of the remittance letter

Teochew cinematic sensation Dear You and the dialect policy debate unfolding in Parliament have breathed new relevance into these landmarks.

Artist Chua Mia Tee, Singaporean master of social realism, dies at 94

Chua Mia Tee died from pneumonia on July 10.

Non-profit launches $10m accelerator programme for early-career S’pore artists with $2,000 stipend

Singaporean artists Shayne Phua (left) and Rofizano Zaino will receive a stipend of up to $2,000 monthly for a year under arts non-profit Artery’s new Artist Accelerator Programme.

‘Rest easy, Uncle’: Pek Kio twig artist Y.L. Thien dies at 83

Retired hawker Y.L. Thien has been making art out of twigs in Pek Kio since 2020.

Batik brilliance: Choo Keng Kwang anchors gallery showcase with Chuah Thean Teng and Seah Kim Joo

Choo Keng Kwang’s Tropical Charms I to V (1969) is the star attraction in artcommune’s new show.

Village People frontman Victor Willis dies at 74

Victor Willis (centre), the frontman of the 1970s disco group Village People, has died at the age of 74.

About 240,000 NDP packs designed by artists with disabilities to be distributed this year

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam with artists behind the artworks for this year’s NDP pack at the National Stadium on June 30.

To take us to the heavens, artist James Turrell went underground

American artist James Turrell’s latest creation, As Seen Below – The Dome, at the ARoS museum in Denmark features an opening in the sky.

Finding Joy

Taylor Swift’s face is easier to sketch than Tom Cruise’s. Drawing both is equally thrilling

Most faces are easy targets, like Taylor Swift, says the writer. Others pose real challenges.

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