8 Days - November 02, 2017

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8 DAYS

NOV 2 – 9

SKYLIGHT SPECTACULAR - CLARKE QUAY

Singapore and Malaya art

scenes. This showcase

features key works from his

six decade-long career.

Till May 20, 2018.

Wu Guanzhong: A Walk

Through Nature. This

exhibition explores 16

works which Wu painted of

China from the 1960s until

the 2000s. Join Wu on his

search for beauty — not

only via the landscape,

but also within the painted

forms in his work.

Till Apr 22, 2018.

Listening to Architecture:

The Gallery’s Histories

and Transformations.

Spanning two galleries

and a connecting walkway,

the inaugural exhibition

offers insights into the

histories and architectural

designs of the two national

monuments and their

transformations into a

home for Southeast Asian

art. It also features never-

before-seen artefacts

excavated from the Gallery’s

grounds.

Ongoing. Daily. Sat–Thur,

10am–7pm; Fri, 10am–9pm.

PH/Eve of PH will follow the

operating hours of the day

it falls on. National Gallery

Singapore, 1 St Andrew’s

Road. General admission: $20;

free for Singaporeans/PRs.

Additional entrance fees apply

to special exhibitions. http://www.

nationalgallery.sg

The Substation:

Discipline the City

Singapore’s first and oldest

independent art space

examines complex cultural

issues in this three-part

exhibition featuring works

from artists such as Jiehui

Avery Chen, Calvin Chua

and Kuang-Yu Tsui. It will

also feature a permanent

gallery, an architectural

case competition, and

a punk-in-residence

programme titled A

Manifesto for Space, which

will see a different punk

using a space within The

Substation monthly for their

own purpose and without

restriction. There will

also be a series of public

programmes and events.

Till Nov 26. Wed–Sun, noon–

8pm. The Substation, 45

Armenian Street. Free. http://www.

disciplinethecity.sg.

17 Volcanoes

This exhibition is shaped

around a series of

expeditions from Singapore

to Java by Dutch geologist

Franz Junghuhn to 17 of

his favourite volcanoes.

It aims to question the

traditional opposition

between the urban and

rural, and includes works by

international artists such

as Armin Linke and Bas

Princen.

Till Dec 30. Tue–Sat. 10am–

6pm. NUS Museum, 50 Kent

Ridge Crescent. Free.

21st German Film Festival

2017

Singapore’s biggest foreign film festival returns with its

21st edition, presenting over 30 films spanning art-house,

comedy, documentary and music films across two weekends.

Highlights include Western, the festival’s opening film which

explores the tensions faced by a group of Germans working

in a foreign land — it premiered at the recent Cannes Film

Festival; The Bloom of Yesterday, a romantic comedy set

within the unlikely backdrop of the Holocaust; as well as

compelling drama Club Europe. Also, meet the filmmakers

of To Be a Teacher (Jakob Schmidt), Raving Iran (Susanne

Regina Meures) and actress Sylvaine Faligant of Club

Europe at the post-show events.

Nov 2–12. Various times & venues. More info http://www.goethe.de/

singapore/germanfilmfestival.