Outsider Art Museum Amsterdam Remember my post about Het Dolhuys - museum of the mind- in Haarlem? Well, Outsider Art Museum Amsterdam is a new museum in Amsterdam and it originates from a collaboration between the Dolhuys, The Hermitage and organisation Cordaan. They currently have an exhibition going on about outsider art in China. Ofcourse I had […]
Why you should visit Haw Par Villa now
Haw Par Villa is my favorite spot in Singapore It’s no secret that Haw Par Villa aka Tiger Balm Garden is my number one attraction in Singapore. Whenever we have visitors I always suggest to show them around in that huge, almost forgotten theme park. As a result, I visited Haw Par Villa probably around […]
Haw Par Villa - Singapore’s Best Kept Secret
Haw Par Villa aka Tiger Balm Gardens Since I first stumbled upon Haw Par Villa, also called Tiger Balm Gardens, I am totally fascinated by this place. The fact that it is not all polished up, like many places in Singapore, plus that it often is empty, adds enormously to it’s appeal. It feels like […]
Sand sculpture festival Zandvoort
Since beginning of august there are beautiful sand sculptures to be admired in Zandvoort, a beach town in the Netherlands. The sculptures are part of the European Championship Sand Sculpture Festival Zandvoort 2014.
Selfie Sunday #1 - Haw Par Villa Singapore
Selfie Sunday is a new serie on the blog. Not perse every sunday, and not perse a ‘real’ selfie (taken by myself). Weird definition of series and selfies you have, Curly! Yeah, I know;-). Let’s just say that you will find a picture of me here regularly on sundays. A picture with a story. Today we […]
5 amazing outsider art places
I love art!!! Not so much the elitist and intellectual kind of art, but more street art, murals, and outsider art. The latter also referred to as ‘Art Brut’ or ‘Raw Art’. Galleries tend to intimidate me or make me feel uncomfortable. The approach and look of many galleries makes the art seem distant and […]
Rediscover Singapore: Reliving Haw Par Villa
Singapore celebrates it’s 50th birthday this year, and so does the Singapore Tourism Board. Through a series of events and activities The Board commemorates 50 years of tourism development and promotion in Singapore. The program involves three phases: Reminisce, Rediscover and Celebrate. One part of Tourism50 is e.g. Project Postcard. A series of nostalgic postcards has […]
Nek Chand Rock Garden in Chandigarh, part 5
As promised, my fifth and last post about the Nek Chand Rock Garden shows you the animals in this garden. Not the real ones. Apart from the stray dog that was walking through the area, it seems that it is a very popular place amongst birds to nest. But I was talking about the sculptures and mosaic […]
Nek Chand Rock Garden, part 4
In today’s post we see some other varieties and tomorrow we will end with the animals of the Rock Garden. One-, two- or even three-faced pebble figurines. Dozens of what look like Madonna’s to me, but it is more likely that where I see Madonna’s or Greek mythological characters, they are local, ethnic groups: Concrete Madonna’s? […]
Nek Chand Rock Garden in Chandigarh, part 3
Let’s continue our exploration of the Nek Chand Rock Garden. As we learned yesterday, the whole place is built from scrap. Literally. All the materials are recycled. One of the materials he used were bangles. You know, the famous Indian bracelets that are very commonly worn up to this day. Often made out of glass. Source: http://curlytraveller.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bangles1.jpg […]