6 Feb 2013

Art Stage Singapore 2013

Welcome to the third edition of Art Stage Singapore 2013.
 
Art Stage Singapore is Asia's premier international contemporary art fair. The fair has a strong Southeast Asian focus, and features over 120 leading regional and international galleries.
 
The fair consists of:
- Galleries section
- Project Stage section. This section is for emerging Asian artists
- Singapore Platform. This platform showcase some of the most interesting and innovative Singaporean artists
- Indonesian Pavilion.
 
Other than that, there are also had a series of educational programmes, such as talks and discussions with thought leaders and industry professionals.
 
This year, Art Stage Singapore has partnered with SOTA (School of the Arts) to design a tour programme which will be conducted by professional art guides for school and general public.
 
The tour will walk students and visitors through the vibrant art scenes of Southeast Asian Countries (Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore). The tour covered six artists and projects across the fair.
 
It's my pleasure to be one of the media who had been given a chance to review this event. Thanks a lot.

Persimon ~ Oh Chi-Gyun
 
A Lost Siamese ~ Chatchai Puipia
 
 
Mao ~ Tom Sanford
 
Face ~ Han, Young-Wook
 
 
Floating Island ~ Kibong Rhee
 
Faith of Mountain ~ Budi Kustarto
 
Faith of Cow ~ Budi Kustarto
 
Soeharto: piye kabare... :) /  Wasup Soeharto... :) ~ Dipo Andy
 
 
Let Me Blow It ~ Lampu Kansanoh
 
 
 
Anusorn Charoensuk & Me
 
 
Zhu Yiyong



 
 
 
 
 Zhang Huan , Berlin Buddha
 
The Series of Intelligent Youth ~ Xiao Hong


 

Dale Chihuly


Chen Chun-Hao

13 Jan 2013

MINT Museum of Toys

Hello all,

Today I want to share with you about MINT Museum of Toys. Big thanks to the Mint Museum of Toys management for giving me the opportunity to review this museum.

Short introduction about MINT Museum of Toys
MINT (Moment of Imagination and Nostalgia with Toys) Museum of Toys is the world's first purpose-built museum for toys and opened to public in May 2006.

This museum have more than 50.000 pieces of vintage toys and childhood memorabilia from more than 40 countries, including Singapore, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, the United States, and Bulgaria.

The collection ranges from the mid-19th Century to the mid-20th Century.

MINT Museum of Toys have 4 levels of displays and each level has a different theme.
Level 2: This level displays collection of Beatles, The Tumbling Toy (oldest in the museum from 1840s), Games of the Past, Queen's Jubilee collection and many more.

Level 3: This level displays Childhood favourites, like Bonzo the Dog, Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Golliwogs, Door of Hope dolls, Michael Lee dolls and many more.

Level 4: This level displays famous Hero Characters in their era, like Tin Tin, Popeye, Batman, Green Hornet, James Bond, Ultraman, Gigantor and many more.

Level 5: This level theme is about Outer space. You may found Space paraphernalia, Robots, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Star Wars, Dan Dare and many more.

MINT Museum of Toys Details
Location: 26 Seah Street, Singapore 188382

Nearest MRT: City Hall MRT. This museum located next to Raffles Hotel.
Operation Hours: 9:30AM - 18:30PM (Daily, including weekends and Public Holidays)
Ticket Price:
- S$15.00 (Adult)
- S$7.50 (Child from 2+ to 12 years old, Senior Citizens 60 years old and above)
- Free (Child below 2 years old)
- S$36 (Family promotions, contain 2 adults and 2 children’s)
- S$42 (3 adults and 1 child)


Astro Boy
 
Mickey Mouse
 
Donald Duck
 
Kamen Rider
 
Nody
 
Michael Lee dolls
 
Popeye
 
Tin Toys
 
Popeye and Friends
 
Tin Toys
 
 
White Rabbit
 
Tin Tin
 
 Superman

Robin

Pinocchio

Snow White

Dopey

Casper and Wendy

Sinterklaas

KAMAR JFK Rocking Chair


 
MINT Museum of Toys