Artists

Japan’s ‘polka dot queen’, avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, dies at 97

Yayoi Kusama died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on Aug 14.

US voices ‘significant concerns’ over Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen’s prison sentence

Gao Zhen (left) and his brother Gao Qiang with their artwork, titled Mao’s Guilt, in Beijing in 2009.

China sentences artist Gao Zhen to 3 years’ jail for ‘insulting heroes’, says rights group

Gao Zhen (left) and his brother Gao Qiang with their artwork, titled Mao’s Guilt, in Beijing in 2009.

Broadway icon Lea Salonga to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Sept 4

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Five must-see works at National Gallery Singapore’s Crossings and Art Remembers shows

ST picks five works not to miss at the exhibitions, which are free for Singaporean citizens and permanent residents.

National Gallery Singapore’s Art Remembers features local Counter-Strike and crushed iPhones

Art Remembers features a playable artwork by Singaporean artist Charles Lim Yi Yong and Geek Culture founder Lim Yeong Chun which sets the Counter-Strike game in an HDB estate.

‘I’m just an art lover from the outside’: BTS’ RM gets his feet wet as SFMOMA museum curator

BTS leader RM is curating an ambitious exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art from October.

Lee Kuan Yew’s engraved Montblanc fountain pen sells for $461,500 at auction

The silver Montblanc Meisterstuck No. 146 fountain pen carries the custom inscription “SM Lee Kuan Yew”.

Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter’s hometown

The thieves took three of five remaining panels (above) that made up an altarpiece known as Polittico di San Gregorio.

Stolen Matisse works tied to infamous art thief in Brazil

Eight art pieces by French artist Henri Matisse displayed at Mario de Andrade Public Library in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug 14.

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