So today was a cultural day, insofar as I spent a good deal of it in museums. This year marks 50 years of Singapore’s independent nationhood and every institution on the island (of which there are quite a few) seems to be focussing on aspects of the island nation’s story. My discovery of the day…
Category: Art and Culture
Boat Quay on the Singapore River by night
Evening at Boat Quay on the Singapore River
Port Arthur named nation’s No 1 attraction
Along with my hard-working colleagues, I am very proud that the Port Arthur Historic Site took out two major awards at the recent Qantas Australian Tourism Awards. As well as being named Australia’s best Major Tourism Attraction, Port Arthur took the award for Heritage and Cultural Tourism. You can read more about it in this…
Valuing public art
Further to the recent article on valuing the arts that I posted, the always engaging and informative Rebecca Fitzgibbon discusses the value of large-scale public art with particular reference to recent public discourse on the topic in Tasmania and further afield in an opinion piece in today’s Mercury newspaper. Often perceived as a waste of…
Some photos from my 2008 trip to Bali
Some photos from my 2008 trip to Bali, compiled into a movie. Enjoy!