Reviews of current and coming shows and events in Penang.
Penang Street Food Festival, November 23rd-24th 2019
The Penang Street Food Festival is back for its third year, with two days dedicated to Penang’s favourite cuisine. This year’s food extravaganza will bring together around 100 hawkers, with something to appeal to everyone’s taste buds, all crammed within a few...
George Town Literary Festival, Nov 21-24 2019
The award-winning George Town Literary Festival returns for its 9th year with the jam-packed schedule of book launches, workshops and conversations with writers over one weekend that we have come to expect. This year's festival theme, “forewords/afterwords”, is...
Forbidden Fruit, Until December 8th 2019
This exhibition, newly opened at ChinaHouse Art Space, comprises 100 works on paper by Malaysian artist Rebecca Duckett-Wilkinson. The pieces deal generally with women, their bodies, & sexuality, and attitudes around these in Malaysia in general and in...
Tales From Malaysia Baru (27 Nov – 1 Dec 2019)
“Everyone wanted to change the government but no one is willing to change themselves” is the message that critically-acclaimed Penang-based playwright Fa Abdul wants to communicate with her new feature-length comedy, Tales from Malaysia Baru. The two-hour play set in...
A Day in George Town, Until November 10th 2019
It was a busy weekend for art lovers in Penang! Yesterday afternoon the 4th exhibition of the weekend opened, at the storied The Art Gallery, in Pulau Tikus, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month. And true to form Director Tan Ee Lene has curated an...
8” x 6” Project II Continued, Until November 8th 2019
If you didn’t have time to visit the 8” x 6” Project II in its first home at City Hall, don’t worry. It has moved and has re-opened in the art gallery at penangpac in Straits Quay. The first 8’’ by 6’’ Project launched as part of Open Studios Penang 2019, and...
New Exhibitions at ChinaHouse, October-November 2019
Yesterday evening two exhibitions opened at ChinaHouse, linked by the fact the two artists are both Syrians and friends who are based here in Penang, and that both were curated by Ivan Gabriel, but very different in every other way. One is outside, one is inside; one...
Simplicity and Contemplativity, Until October 27th
The latest exhibition at Galeri Seni Mutiara, Simplicity and Contemplativity, shows the work of Thai artist, Muhammad Rojana-Udomsat, who demonstrates a high skill level in a range of different media. Yet despite spanning across a range of disciplines there is a...
Kecik-Kecik Group Show, Until November 3rd 2019
The Kecik-Kecik group art exhibition was conceived as a way to bring contemporary art to a wider audience in Penang. The show opened at Ming Fine Arts in Straits Quay in August 2019, with works from around 25...