Bangkok’s Best Art Museums: From Buddhism to Batman
We all know and love Bangkok for its food culture, but this bustling city is home to so much more. Get to know a different side of Bangkok and visit s…
Art & Design
City Nomads’ guides, reviews, happenings and recommendations on art in the world – Exhibitions, shows, openings and more.
Designs On Asia: Canvas House, An All-White Co-Living Shophouse In Tanjong Pagar, Singapore
Among the colourful shophouses lining Blair Road, number 28 stands out like a ghost. Save for the heritage black-and-gold signboard and the aged swing…
Knowledge of Design Week 2020: Into The Looking Glass Of Our Virtual Future this August
This year has been a rollercoaster ride of unprecedented times, prompting a re-evaluation of our ideas of wellbeing, travel, and work, among others. Well, one thing trying to help us make sense of it …
Designs On Asia: Stiletto House, A Curvaceous Home That Thinks Outside The Box In Singapore
Picture a house in your mind and it's almost certain to be rectilinear – squarish walls, boxy roof, compact lines and right angles. This is especially…
Designs On Asia: House Partying In Style At 1027 Sticks, A Monochrome Apartment In Singapore
House parties are the new night out – at least in our post-pandemic times. And if homes were city hotspots, Redhill condo apartment 1027 Sticks would …
One Essential Nation: Why Can’t Singapore Understand The Different Worths Of Its Cleaners and Artists?
All art, the great Oscar Wilde once said, is quite useless. In a remarkable letter to a young fan, he compared art's uselessness to that of flowers: "A flower blossoms for its own joy. We gain a momen…
Designs On Asia: Living Zen In Shizukokoro, A Ryokan-Style Apartment In Singapore
More than a sleeping spot for travellers, ryokans are rooted in the philosophy of Zen – a space where peace breathes and the mind is free of worldly c…
Designs On Asia: This Resort-Inspired Apartment In Singapore Brings Home The Bali Vibes
If we had a penny for every time we've dreamt of Bali during this home quarantine, we'd fund our first-class flight over in three days flat. What happ…
Made In Quarantine: Check Out Art Inspired By Isolation In Online Exhibition ’14-Days Stay Home Notice’
With each of us alone together in COVID-19 lockdown, it's truly a lonely planet out here right now. Cut off physically from loved ones and social distractions, what happens when we must confront our b…
Virtual Vacations: Travel Through Your Screen with Northern Lights Livestreams, Otter Cams, And Osaka Street Tours
There's a bug going around now that the world's on lockdown – the travel bug, that is. Now that our globetrotting is on hold for the year, there's no …