Once a lifeline of trade and labour, the Singapore River has long captivated artists for its grit, rhythm, and symbolism. This essay explores how the artists essential  to Singapore's Art History have used the river as both subject and metaphor, reflecting shifting identities, values, and ambitions.

The history of Taiwanese art mirrors the island’s fight for identity—caught between colonial legacies and cultural rebirth, artists turned to their work as resistance, reflection, and reclamation.

In recent decades, Indonesian art has grown into one of the most dynamic visual cultures in Southeast Asia—but its roots run deep. This piece traces the shifting artistic and political currents that have shaped Indonesian modernism, and how the two main schools of art based in Bandung and Yogyakarta continues to reshape what Indonesian art means.