DESIGN

S$40 million boost for design: Singapore’s 3‑year strategy to supercharge sector under master plan

It is part of a 10-year road map with new initiatives like the inaugural Singapore Design Biennale in May 2027

Dick Lee and Jacintha Abisheganaden look back at their friendship, collaboration and marriage.
LIFE & CULTURE

Jacintha and Dick Lee revisit love – but remain guarded

The most revealing thing about their show, Lush Life, is how much it refuses to reveal

Dries Van Noten launches his foundation in a 15th-century Venetian palazzo.
STYLE & TRAVEL

Dries Van Noten’s next act is bigger than fashion

No longer designing collections, he’s now curating a world of craft at the Fondazione Dries Van Noten

The New York-inspired "brownstone" house.
DESIGN

Inside a Singapore home that trades glass walls for New England charm

Digital wind simulation was used to help plan a climate-adaptive ‘brownstone’ house

The overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize will be announced on Jun 30.

Was a winning entry of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize generated by AI?

The Serpent in the Grove by Jamir Nazir is among five regional winners selected from around 7,800 submissions

The return of the Festival Village at the Singapore International Festival of Arts drew large crowds with its varied attractions, such as Noli Timere.
ARTS

Sifa 2026: A festival finds its balance

Chong Tze Chien’s first outing as festival director offers art for everyone – seriously

The intermediate terrace house sits on a 32-metre long plot.
DESIGN

An urban designer’s own, multi-generational home

This intermediate terrace house defies convention to deliver light and life in shared spaces to its occupants

Amanda Heng goes against the grain in Venice with a radically quiet work.
FEATURE

‘Do nothing’: Amanda Heng’s un-Singaporean artwork at the Venice Biennale

The Singapore Pavilion is a meditation on rest, ageing and the body

Hamlet as you've never seen it, staged by Teatro La Plaza and played by a cast of actors with Down syndrome.
ARTS

Sifa 2026: classic theatre, radically reimagined

Hamlet, Hedda Gabler and Death of a Salesman return with bold new interpretations

ClassiCon's Soft Stone sofa comes by way of Singapore-born, Porto-based designer Gabriel Tan.
DESIGN

Spotlight on Milan Design Week 2026

The prestigious fair’s latest edition showcases new innovations and fancy novelties