Artwork
The art of finance: What lines the halls of Singapore’s banking giants?
Art adorns the halls of Singapore banks to inspire their clients and employees and sometimes, to depict the bank’s own story
Inside the Vatican studio preserving the mosaics of St Peter’s Basilica
The 12 artists on staff also produce smaller artworks that Pope Leo uses for a kind of ‘mosaic diplomacy’
When art makes the rounds: Geneco, Yellow Ribbon create a roving gallery
The aim is to not only bring awareness of giving second chances, but to highlight the importance of familial ties
At Art Basel, dealers reap rewards by sidestepping politics and war
The fair featured a preponderance of safe, apolitical works – which played to the mood of buyers
Mirrors, marble and mud: Desert X returns to California
[Los Angeles] Mysterious metallic mirrors, stacks of imported marble boulders and a 3D-printed mud hut appeared in the California desert on Saturday (Mar 8), as the biennial outdoor art festival Deser...
Chinese artist cashes in on Buddha-like Trump statues
DONALD Trump is not typically known for his calm or reserve, but in a craftsman’s workshop in rural China the US president-elect sits in divine contemplation.
Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' inspires Bosnian park
A Vincent Van Gogh aficionado in Bosnia has turned a plot of land into a giant, living reproduction of the painter’s masterpiece, Starry Night, composed of thousands of plants.
Is it art – or is it interior decorating?
When we acquire a painting surely we are asking, ‘Where could I put that? Where would it fit?’ And does it go with the sofa?
Cheong Soo Pieng work doubles estimates at Christie’s auction; Sotheby’s shows Georgette Chen orchids
Nanyang artist Cheong Soo Pieng’s Mother And Child (1973) more than doubled its pre-sale estimate, selling for HK$655,200 (S$113,230) at Christie’s spring auction in Hong Kong on Wednesday (May 29). T...
A conservation terrace house made for entertaining – and works of art
The subdued exterior of this Emerald Hill residential shophouse hides a theatrical interior
