By LILY JAMALUDIN Tucked away inside the repurposed warehouse of KongsiKL hangs Chang Yoong Chia’s Meat on the Chopping Block. It’s an eerie sight: painted …

By HAMIDAH ABD RAHMAN I found myself giggling at a certain photograph that was framed within the walls of the photography exhibition. It was a …

By FARAH DIANPUTRI  I was on my Cuti-Cuti Malaysia weekend in Kuantan, Pahang, when I found a small gallery space nestled up a staircase at …

By ELLEN LEE  WHAT happens to an artwork once it’s been exhibited? What happens to most things once they’ve run their course? Sometimes, they get …

“You just got to say to yourself, ‘I’m a free man in here’”- he tapped his forehead – “and you’re all right.” – George Orwell

By WAI LU YIN The saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is a self-reminder when I get to know someone. We are often …

By Natasha P “P!NK, A Group Art Exhibition” at Rumah Tangsi featured the work of Anjali Nijjar Venugopal (ANJU) who takes the viewer on an …

By LILY JAMALUDIN Anurendra Jegadeva’s latest for Wei Ling Gallery, in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, is a collection of works created under lockdown. It’s a vast …

By ELLEN LEE “Sesumpah” means “chameleon” in Malay, but in Se{SUMPAH}, a group exhibition which recently had a run at the Black Box MAPKL in …

By CLARISSA LIM KYE LEE A common sight in South-East Asia is a crowded pasar pagi or morning market. Shuffling bodies intersecting with sprays of …