Reviews of current and coming shows and events in Penang.
Christmas Concerts in Penang, 2018
December is a time of year when many of us, religious or otherwise, enjoy listening to the familiar melodies of Christmas music, carols and songs. Well this year in Penang we are truly spoiled for choice as the line up of concerts in December is almost...
Tales from the Jamban, December 13th-16th 2018
We are big fans of Fa Abdul, who describes herself as "Storyteller. Playwright. Columnist. TV Scriptwriter. Producer. Facebooker. Photographer. Loner." Her deeply insightful commentaries about the Malaysian psyche are what make her now long-running "Tales" series of...
Tang Yeok Khang’s Moment, Until November 25th 2018
Tang Yeok Khang celebrates his 5th Solo exhibition this month, entitled "Moment". It is being held at Galeri Seni Mutiara on Armenian Street. The artworks range in price at about RM6000 in price, which is reasonable for someone of his standing in the art...
Tang Hon Yin Retrospective, Until Jan 31st 2019
This exhibition is a retrospective showing the entire career of Datuk Tang Hon Yin, a local Penangite who has been painting since he was young. It spans over two floors as you investigate 7 decades and is well worth the hike upstairs from the basement to the third...
George Town Literary Festival, Nov 22-25 2018
The George Town Literary Festival, founded only in 2011, has already become a cornerstone of Penang's annual creative calendar. So well-organised that at this year's London Book Awards it won "The International Excellence Award for a Literary Festival’, this...
Spotlight Group Exhibition, Until December 3rd 2018
This show sets out to showcase upcoming talent from all over Malaysia. Launched as a competition by the Penang Art District, submissions were few but of a fairly good quality. The judges ranged from a plethora of different backgrounds but were able to spot the most...
Lyrical Abstraction, Until January 31st 2019
Richard Wong is a Malaysian Artist from KL. This exhibition is the result of research made in 2009 during a trip to the Canadian Rockies and stems from his love of listening to and being within nature. He described nature as having its own “music”, and chose the title...
Trendy Vibes, Until Nov 22nd 2018
Another amazing art exhibition has recently opened at The Art Gallery Penang curated as usual by Ms Ee Lene Tan. Her vision, this time was to invite eight artists to produce artworks which are trendy, that is to say modern, up to date, and stylish, according...
Brahms Sonatas for Piano & Violin, November 2nd & 3rd 2018
It is a rare and welcome opportunity to be able to listen to all three Brahms Sonatas for Piano and Violin. Brahms was a German Romantic composer, often grouped with Beethoven and Bach as one of the ""Three Bs" of music. Brahms composed music for symphony...