Visual arts

Eight Henri Matisse art engravings stolen from Brazil library

A Brazilian police patrol stands in front of the Mario de Andrade Public Library in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on Dec 7.

Singapore’s Ho Tzu Nyen and Eugene Tan make ArtReview’s Power 100 list

Artist Ho Tzu Nyen (right) and Dr Eugene Tan, director and chief executive of both the National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum, have been named the top 100 most influential people in the art world by ArtReview on Dec 4.

Arts Picks

Sonny Liew’s Charlie Chan revisited with portraits of LKY, sketches, collectible art

Graphic novelist Sonny Liew's portraits used in his award-winning The Art Of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2015) is on show at a three-chapter exhibition at Waterloo Centre and Bras Basah Complex.

Life with ex-partner Vanessa Paradis was ‘bliss’, says actor Johnny Depp

US actor Johnny Depp poses at his art exhibition titled A Bunch Of Stuff in Tokyo on Nov 27, 2025.

Cultural Medallion 2025

Painter Nai Swee Leng believes ink as abstract and vital as Western art

(From left) Chairman of the National Arts Council Ms Goh Swee Chen, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam conferring the Cultural Medallion to 2025 recipient Mr Nai Swee Leng.

Arts Picks

Rare Chua Ek Kay ink works from a private collection on show at Lasalle retrospective

The Clarity After at Lasalle College of the Arts

Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $71m, record for woman artist

El Sueno by Frida Kahlo is pictured at Sotheby’s Marquee Sales Series in New York on Nov 8.

Arts Picks

Use your Culture Pass credits for The Fourth Trimester and Singapore Ballet’s Cinderella

Singapore artist Jimmy Ong's Musang Kings is a charcoal sketch.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 20, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting troops at a buffer zone inside Syria on Nov 19, in a photo released by his office.

‘Beggars belief’: Londoners baffled by bizarre Christmas mural

A disturbing array of figures in the festive mural included a Father Christmas with a pained expression and a beard that is half orange and half white.

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