The Beauty of Charcoal
Museums rock. You can not possibly leave a museum without a sense of awe. Especially art museums. Beauty, even if it is in the eye of the beholder, is never over-rated. Take my little walk-around at...
View ArticleFancy Hotel
Last Saturday, we went to a fancy 6-star hotel to celebrate our service award win. Yes, it was good fun, the food was good and the company even better. But I want to talk about the hotel. The hotel...
View ArticleArt Works in “The Art Thief”
TNL read a book. Wow. You don’t say. The stuff I read at work or even after work is classified under “To Do”. Didn’t some one once said, “Oh, you are a librarian, ah? So you like to read lah” ? Reading...
View ArticleArtvibe Exhibition ‘FUSION’
FUSION is a collection of works by the artists at NUS. As the name suggests, this collection represents a wide variety of works. It showcases the diverse talents of the students – their perspectives...
View Article早期华人南来的奋斗史
国大中文图书馆与中文系东南亚华人研究群在2月25日(星期三)下午3-5时于中央图书馆四楼的第一讲堂联合主办讲座“早期华人南来的奋斗史”,主讲者为韩山元先生,他是新加坡著名文史工作者及华文报业的资深报人。...
View ArticleArtsBuzz: A Tribute to Michael Jackson
Weird, violent and hyperactive. These were the misconceptions I had of mentally ill people before I started volunteering for IMHope, a project under the NUSSU Voluntary Action Committee (NVAC). Till...
View ArticleExhibition Miniature: What is Art But a Mould?
Hi, my name is Ravindi and I’m a first year Engineering student. As a member of NUS Artvibe, I have an avenue to express my artistic creativity. When I heard that there was an opportunity to exhibit at...
View ArticleExhibition: On Dreaming
We all have dreams. But not all of us have the courage to pursue them. We wish, we hope, we long for. We think and keep thinking. I’m afraid of trying, Of failing. I love art. I fear it too. We live,...
View ArticleBook and Art Exhibition on Chinese Popular Religion @ Chinese Library
To promote the growing interest in research on Chinese popular religions of the NUS community, an exhibition showcasing over 180 publications on Chinese temples in Southeast Asia was put up in the...
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