A major show at this year’s Month of Photography Asia (MOPAsia) is an exhibition of over 60 photographs by France’s leading contemporary photographer, filmmaker and writer, Alain Fleischer at the Singapore Art Museum.

The exhibition entitled Alain Fleischer: Time Exposures features his photography dealing with the theme of photography and cinema in which he explores the notions of time and movement in both art forms. An important feature of the exhibition is the work titled Ecran Sensible (Sensitive Screen), which was specially created in Singapore during a Master Class workshop with students from the School of Fine Arts at Lasalle College of the Arts. Ecran Sensible is a work which brings together analogue and digital photography and film technologies to produce a photographic print derived from moving images. Photographs in the exhibition span Alain Flesicher’s artistic career from the 1970s to the present.

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Venue: Singapore Art Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road
Time: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily
Ticket Price: $8 (students & senior citizens concession apply)
Presenter: Singapore Art Museum, Phish Communications and the French Embassy

WingTai Holdings proudly presents together with STPI the first ever exhibition of French modern master Henri Matisse (b. France, 1869-1954). Supported by the French Embassy, this exhibition comprises 52 prints, three drawings and one painting dated 1917. This rare collection which is valued at €2.5 million (est. S$5 million) comes directly from the estate of Matisse.

This exhibition of rare and fine portraitures exemplifies the artist’s relentless study of the female form and his fascination with Oriental inspired interiors and textiles. In these works, Matisse conveys the sensuality of the bare female form not through erotic detail but in the simplicity of his drawings. These simplified forms become one with their surroundings (as in the Orientalist odalisque portrayals), at the same time serving the interests of an artistic experiment in form and composition. These works highlight the virtuosity of Matisse, where the restrained handling of lines clearly embodies the spirit of the artist.

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In this exhibition, photo art from the 1990s is presented. The title of the exhibition real space-conceptual space describes three different working aspects whose interrelations are evident in the architectural images by Heidi Specker, in the images of Susanne Brügger, as well as in Thomas Demand's interior views.

The special emphasis on space in connection with 'reality' and 'picture', points to photography, which transforms space and time into an image. The results of this process are represented in this exhibition with 8 black and white photos by Susanne Brügger, 7 large-format colour photographs by Thomas Demand, and 12 colour prints by Heidi Specker.

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Venue: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery 3, 80 Bencoolen Street
Time: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Mon - Sat
Ticket Price: Free Admission
Presenter: Goethe-Institut Singapore and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts

This exciting event will bring together 13 exceptional pianists to showcase all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas over 10 recitals. These pianists, ranging from local to international renowned pianists include Ong Lip Tat, Rena Phua, Ng Chong Lim, Douglas Humpherys, Patsy Toh, Lim Tshui Fang, Albert Tiu, Loo Bang Hean, Ernest Lim, Bobby Chen, Foo Mei Yi, Boris Kraljevic and Valentin Schiedermair.

Through these recitals, we hope to present the genius of Beethoven, his change of musical styles in form and structure from the early to his later sonatas and how he challenged the pianos in his time which led to the evolution of our present day pianos. You will be ushered into the epic journey of Beethoven’s life from a miserable childhood to years of triumph, and from the tragedy of total deafness to sublime musical transfiguration.

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Venue: The Lee Foundation Theatre, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, 151 Bencoolen Street
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Price: $25 (on sale from 20 May)
Ticket Bookings: SISTIC 6348 5555 or www.sistic.com.sg
Presenter: Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and DynamicWorkz

The production is a dark comedy by modern Irish playwright Martin MacDonagh set on the small Aran Islands community of Inishmaan off the Western Coast of Ireland, circa 1934, the inhabitants are excited to learn of a Hollywood film crew's arrival in neighbouring Inishmore to make a documentary about life on the islands. "Cripple" Billy Claven, eager to escape the gossip, poverty and boredom of Inishmaan, vies for a part in the film, and to everyone's surprise, the orphan and outcast gets his chance.

Venue: Esplanade Theatre Studio, 1 Esplanade Drive
Time: 2 p.m. (student matinee) & 8 p.m.
Ticket Price: $45 (evening standard), $15 (student matinee)
Ticket Bookings: SISTIC 6348 5555 or www.sistic.com.sg
Presenter: Dramatic Developments

Created by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini and adapted from Carlo Gozzi’s play of the same name more than eight decades ago, this famous opera is based on a Persian folk story.

In it, the merciless Chinese princess Turandot is wooed by many but refuses to let any man have her. Princes come from afar to seek her out but she ensures their defeat by demanding that they answer three impossible riddles. So far, all have failed and been executed. Then one day, an exiled prince takes up the challenge and engages with the princess in a battle of wits that stirs up a maelstrom of passion, transformation and self-sacrifice.

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Venue: Esplanade Theatre, 1 Esplanade Drive
Time: 8 p.m.
Ticket Price: $130, $110, $88, $68, $58, $48, $38, $25
Ticket Bookings: SISTIC 6348 5555 or www.sistic.com.sg
Presenter: The Singapore Lyric Opera Ltd, Singapore