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Animal FarmThe Finger Players Drama Centre Theatre May 15, 4pm The best thing about The Finger Players’ adaptation of Animal Farm, English author George Orwell’s classic 1945 novella, are Loo An Ni’s astonishing puppets. Each operated by a single puppeteer, the exo-skeletons with just masks and feet to identify the individual animal characters are a marvel of inventive construction.

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1x1x1 Fost Gallery’s 1x1x1 exhibition has a clever gimmick – the works measure no more than 1m in any dimension. This limitation has challenged some of the artists in the show who usually work on a larger scale. Interdisciplinary artist Grace Tan, for example, is better known for her large-scale public artworks such as Woven Field (2015) at Downtown Line’s Little India station and Symmetry At Duo (2017).

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UPDATED May 11, 2025, 11:15 AM

4 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ong Sor Fern

SINGAPORE  - A trio of Singaporean artists have landed high-profile engagements in the international contemporary art scene. Artist Ho Tzu Nyen has been appointed artistic director of the 16th edition of the Gwangju Biennale, to be held in the South Korean city in September and November 2026. The renowned contemporary arts event is the oldest biennale in Asia, founded in 1995.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Ong Sor Fern

SINGAPORE – The Esplanade’s new Studios season offers a buffet, both literally and metaphorically, where audiences can choose their level of participation in three food-focused productions. The annual season returns from July 18 to Sept 14. Early-bird tickets go on sale on May 8. This is the final instalment of the Studios’ pilot trilogy of programmes centred on Land. The theme of Sustenance explains some of the food focus for 2025.