Feb 2, 2019 | Community, Festivals
No where else does Chinese New Year quite like Penang. For two weeks Penangites let off fireworks, watch parades and lion dances, visit temples to burn incense, spend time with family, and of course eat, eat and eat. Every year there is also a large-scale George...
Jan 25, 2019 | Art, Exhibitions
This show is a joyous celebration of the last five years of Hin Bus Depot. Looking at the work on the walls I felt as if I was with old friends, as so many were imbued with happy memories from the past. Hin Bus Depot opened five years ago and since then they have...
Jan 20, 2019 | Art, Exhibitions
Gerak (which means Movement) is a rare opportunity to see up and coming artists from all over Malaysia in a magnificent heritage building, the State Museum’s building on Macalister Road (a former maternity hospital). Hidden amongst the wide stretching lemon...
Jan 18, 2019 | Art, Exhibitions
Singaporean artist Poh Siew Wah’s works are made up of three of my favourite things in art: they are colourful, bright and playful. I was instantly drawn to the bright splashy inkworks inspired by traditional Chinese calligraphic art. These splashes rely on absorption...
