Art


3D video replaces huge sets in Verona as full operas resume

The Verona Arena amphitheater in northern Italy has returned to staging full operas for the first time since the pandemic — but with one big difference. The monumental sets that normally fill the vast ...

July 4, 2021, Sunday


From tokens to tattoos at 1st ‘CrypTOKYO’

TOKYO tattoo artist Ichi Hatano’s usual business has dwindled during the pandemic, but now he’s keen to mine a new stream of income at Japan’s first crypto art exhibition. Hatano’s ink featuring Japanese ...

July 4, 2021, Sunday


American and French artists reviving hope with giant Paris mural

A colorful human face emerges from waves like a call for hope above a Parisian street, in a giant message of optimism from American and French street artists painting a massive mural in the French capital ...

July 4, 2021, Sunday


‘Forgotten’ Oriental lute making comeback in Iran

THE Oriental lute is making a comeback in Iran after decades in the shadows as musicians reconnect with an instrument integral to Arab and Turkish musical tradition in a fragmented region. Known as the ...

April 25, 2021, Sunday


This is a robbery: Great art heist is still a mystery

AFTER dreaming for many years of visiting Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, I was surprised by its dour presence when I finally arrived on its doorstep. The original building presented a rather ...

April 25, 2021, Sunday


Finding your inner peace in art

WHEN working as an art inspirer in Singapore, Ingela Johansson noticed many of her students “were looking for purpose,” rather than just creativity. “And that sparked the idea of how we can bring this ...

April 25, 2021, Sunday


Vivid show features dancing pumpkins, polka dots in trees

AN expansive new show featuring works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, famous for mesmerizing polka dots, speckled pumpkins and fascination with the natural world, has opened at The New York Botanical ...

April 18, 2021, Sunday


More than just pretty pictures: Learning new ways we can harness art for healing

Spending six weeks inside her apartment during a complete lockdown when the coronavirus pandemic swept Kuala Lumpur in 2020, Swedish artist Ingela Johansson found her usual approach of painting did not ...

April 18, 2021, Sunday


Rio de Janeiro artists languish in online exile

GEORGIA Szpilman’s soprano voice resounds beautifully in the apartment’s small living room, although the space lacks the acoustics of where her choir used to sing — Rio de Janeiro’s majestic municipal ...

April 18, 2021, Sunday


Shang explores the matter of life and death

UNLIKE ancient Greek mythology where Gods and Goddesses are at the helm, in Shang Liang’s new solo exhibition “Mortal at the Helm,” the Chinese avant-garde artist explores the ultimate potential of the ...

April 4, 2021, Sunday




 

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