State of the Arts: Jan 2 to 9
SINGAPORE — News of Madonna’s concert and the availability of Netflix might have been the biggest entertainment news this week, but the arts scene was relatively quiet as it gears up for the year’s opening arts salvo next week: The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival and Singapore Art Week. Nevertheless, there was news of Singaporean film-makers pulling out their films from the Titian Budaya Festival in Kuala Lumpur after a clash with Malaysian censors, including Tan Pin Pin’s documentary Singapore GaGa. Meanwhile, the three finalists for the second Joseph Balestier Award for the Freedom of Art were announced and, curiously enough, two were also finalists from the previous year, including Singaporean Lee Wen. MAYO MARTIN
SINGAPORE — News of Madonna’s concert and the availability of Netflix might have been the biggest entertainment news this week, but the arts scene was relatively quiet as it gears up for the year’s opening arts salvo next week: The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival and Singapore Art Week. Nevertheless, there was news of Singaporean film-makers pulling out their films from the Titian Budaya Festival in Kuala Lumpur after a clash with Malaysian censors, including Tan Pin Pin’s documentary Singapore GaGa. Meanwhile, the three finalists for the second Joseph Balestier Award for the Freedom of Art were announced and, curiously enough, two were also finalists from the previous year, including Singaporean Lee Wen. MAYO MARTIN
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