Penang Free Sheet
What's on in Penang. A curated list of events in Penang this week, this month and regular events. Theatre, music, exhibitions, workshops, art, tours & more ...
Ono Kang is a man of many talents. The sculptor and installation artist, who is a native Penangite, showcases his works of art for the very first time at Hin Bus Depot. The exhibition focuses on the artist’s lifelong creative works with sculptures using different materials and processes. Mr. Kang has been collecting items of […]
In certain cultures, the written word is the ruler of all art forms. The way the characters interact, and their shapes, may represent the personality of the writer or even the moral timbre of a society. Languages have enjoyed such privileged status in the arts throughout history. In their early works, Picasso and Braque used […]
Artist Khoo Cheang Jin is the President of the Penang Water Colour Society and the co-founder of Penang Urban Sketchers, with whom he can often be seen on Sundays, busy sketching on the streets within the George Town heritage zone. This is his tenth solo exhibition, and he has also participated in many group shows. […]
Inspiring imagination is at the heart of what Hin Bus Depot does, and this month they open their doors wide to anyone to unleash their imaginations by participating in an unusually exciting art offering called “Hin Paint Jam”. As you step into the Hin Bus Depot exhibition space, the first cue that this is no […]
Dogs are everybody’s favourite furry friend and they have been the subject of interest to artists for thousands of years; our distant ancestors have even painted them on the walls of the caves. Looking back at the paintings of hunting scenes in the middle ages, and moving on to 19th century and the portraits of […]
Give it up for Tiffany Choong and her smart, classy, fascinating array of faultlessly executed artworks in her first ever solo art exhibition “Treasure of a Straits Chinese” at the G Art Gallery, on the first floor of the G Hotel Gurney. The thematic continuity of the show wows the audience as they walk through […]