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Lens Flare and the series Untitled Basel Lens Flare (6168, 5950, 7497) were part of a solo project by the artist presented at ArtBasel in 2009...

Happy Birthday to the “Worst Masterpiece” | Unanswered Question Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar February 12 marks the 100 th birthday of Rhapsody in Blue ...

Central Station, Alignment, and Sumo are “situation portraits” that present whimsical characters within distorted and troubling worlds...

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Migrant Ecologies Project: A Grain of Wheat Inside a Salt Water Crocodile | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Grain of Wheat July 8, 2019 The first known image of the crocodile, shot in 1887 at the mouth of the Serangoon River...

Music – a propaganda promoting the Khmer Rouge socialist identity (via the Phnom Penh Post) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles January 21, 2019 Shortly after their rise to power in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge sought to change the social identity of the Khmer people...

SMU Series: More Than Just Managers, Enabling the Arts | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash October 4, 2018 This article is the third in a series of essays by students from the Singapore Management University Arts and Culture Management programme...

Ponderosa Pine IV belongs to a series of large-scale photographs of trees taken by Graham and depicts a particular species that live in Northern California...

Artist Hajime Sorayama claims Beyoncé copied his work in Renaissance tour Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Intellectual property news Artist Hajime Sorayama claims Beyoncé copied his work in Renaissance tour The artist, known for his distinctive sexualised androids, took to Instagram to denounce what he claims are unauthorised uses of his work in the concert tour’s imagery Theo Belci 12 December 2023 Share Beyoncé performing in a mirrored, retrofuturist costume during her Renaissance World Tour Photo by Raph_PH, via Flickr The Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama has criticised superstar Beyoncé in an Instagram post, claiming the musician appropriated imagery from his trademark erotic robots in visuals and merchandise for her Renaissance tour—which grossed $575m and spawned a successful documentary ...

Weekly Picks: Malaysia (15–21 October 2018) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Weekly To Do October 15, 2018 No Black Tie Ivory Series presents ‘To The Moon’ , at No Black Tie, 15–16 Oct, 8pm Part of No Black Tie’s 20th anniversary celebrations, To The Moon draws inspiration from the likes of Jean-Philippe Rameau, Louis Couperin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Henry Purcell, and Gluck...

Art that Moves: Marc Nair | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Photo: National Arts Council June 19, 2018 Art that Moves is an occasional series where we ask artists and other creative workers to reflect on artworks, performances or events that were personally important to them...

"MAT" at Objectifs: Pluralisms, perceptions and podcast failings | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Zulkhairi's photo (right) by Racy Lim August 1, 2019 (3,747 words, 12 -minute read) Editor’s note: This is a transcript of a podcast recording which cannot be shared due to poor audio quality...

Sable Elyse Smith’s Pivot III resembles playground equipment uselessly reconfigured...

Monsters' Ink: A Fiend’s Diary & Heather | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tuckys Photography December 2, 2019 By Nabilah Said (1,500 words, 7-minute read) Spoiler Alert: The following contains major spoilers for the shows A Fiend’s Diary and Heather...

Frequencies of Tradition, Monthly film screenings at The Roxie Dates: Wednesdays, April 20, May 18, June 15, July 13, 2022, 6:45 pm (doors open 6:15 pm*) Location: Little Roxie Theatre, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 Fiona Tan, Ascent (2016), 80:00 mins Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 6:45 pm (doors open 6:15 pm) Ascent (2016) reflects on Japan’s Mount Fuji and its great significance to the country and its people...

Weekly Southeast Asia Radar: Protests over Marcos-sponsored play; the Spaniard in Singapore films | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar The Star/Azhar Mahfof September 11, 2019 ArtsEquator’s Southeast Asia Radar features articles and posts about arts and culture in Southeast Asia, drawn from local and regional websites and publications – aggregated content from outside sources, so we are exposed to a multitude of voices in the region...

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The virtual reality work Aquaphobia by Jakob Kudsk Steensen examines it’s title subject matter – the fear of water...

Drawn from the widely circulated images of protests around the world in support of women rights and racial equality, the phrase I can’t believe we are still protesting is both the title of Wong Wai Yin’s photographic series and a reference to similar messages seen on protest signages...

Following the Asian Art Museum’s public event, Lessons on the Far East , the HonourableEast India Institute (HEII) launches its latest project, Why are we going to Brunei? at Kadist Art Foundation...