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Jom’s arts editor wanders through Yee I-Lann’s stunning survey show at the Singapore Art Museum. The Sabahan artist may insist she’s a poor weaver of mats, but she’s certainly a powerful weaver of worlds.
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Dear reader, This is Faris, taking over newsletter duties from Sudhir for the week. I’m in London wading through archives at the British Library. In the silence of the stacks, among other time-travellers, I’ve encountered some intriguing people. There’s a Tamil Muslim woman from Melaka who bequeathed...
Philip Holden uses critical fabulation to tease out the intellectual journey of one of Singapore’s founding fathers from the larger, dominant fabric into which it has been tightly woven.
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