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Time Out
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
The best things to do with Mum on Mother's Day in Singapore in 2025
For a special one-on-one time with mummy dearest, take her out to one of the city's prettiest spots for a stroll. Gardens by the Bay is home to a myriad of beautiful floral exhibitions, including the current Tulipmania that's blooming from now till May 17, 2025. This year's edition of the annual display features rows of vibrant tulips and life-sized replicas of Türkiye's iconic landmarks, including the Trojan Horse. Take this opportunity to capture beautiful photos with Mum.
CNA
26-04-2025
- CNA
CNA938 Rewind - The Wellness Hour - On My Day Off Tulipmania
CNA938 Rewind Play Travel back to the Ottoman Empire—through tulips! Janine Tan speaks with Grace Yang, Senior Manager of Conservatory Operations at Gardens by the Bay, about this year's Tulipmania—where 65,000 tulips from Türkiye bloom amidst replicas of ancient temples and a Trojan Horse, offering a vibrant passport-free escape into the flower's storied roots.
Wall Street Journal
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
‘Botanical Revolutions' Review: To Paint the Lily
Holland's talented 17th-century painters are partly to blame for the madness of Tulipmania: Their delicate depictions of the flowers, compiled in catalogs (or tulpenboeks) and shipped across Europe, inspired some speculators who then drove the prices of rare tulip bulbs to absurd levels. The red-marbled watercolor petals of 'Two Tulips' (above, ca. 1637, by an anonymous artist) might have prompted a Dutchman to drop thousands of guilders on the exotic flowers, enough at that time to buy a mansion. His investment eventually wilted, but interest in such paintings helped the Dutch art market bloom. In 'Botanical Revolutions: How Plants Changed the Course of Art,' Giovanni Aloi offers a rich bouquet of vegetal art, including a 16th-century Aztec manuscript illustrating medical herbs and Ansel Adams's ghostly photograph 'Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, Northern California' (ca. 1960). Even weeds prove historic, as in Albrecht Dürer's meticulous 1503 watercolor 'The Great Piece of Turf.' Plants have also long provided artmaking material for artists. Some 50,000 years ago, humans crushed red berries and painted water lilies onto cave walls in modern-day Australia. Johannes Vermeer relied on dye from rubia tinctorum to add blush to his subject's cheeks in 'The Girl With a Wine Glass' (ca. 1659). Sixteenth-century Venetian craftsmen mastered a process of stretching woven hemp into paintable canvases, which made art more portable and later enabled the plein-air work of artists such as Claude Monet—who declared his Giverny garden his 'greatest masterpiece.' Mr. Aloi, who teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, drops in colorful anecdotes at opportune moments, explaining how tall grasses inspired Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie-style architecture; and how monstera leaves birthed Henri Matisse's cutouts, as in the joyous 'La Gerbe' (1953). The text is occasionally spoiled by dour soliloquies on the West's 'false guise of purity' or life's 'all-pervading sense of meaninglessness'—but no rose is without its thorn.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
SG60 deals: Up to 60% off local attraction tickets
SG60 deals have been rolled out as part of Singapore's celebration of its 60th birthday. The SG60 deals, offered by 23 local attractions, such as the Bird Paradise and Science Centre Singapore, are meant for Singaporeans and permanent residents. The deals were announced by Minister of State for Trade and Industry Mr Alvin Tan on 6 Mar (Thu) in the debate over his ministry's 2025 budget. Check out these highlights. Celebrate Easter at Asia's biggest bird park, the Bird Paradise Singapore. Between 15 Mar and 20 Apr, children enter free with every full-paying adult, exclusively for residents. Kids Enter Free (1 Adult + 1 Child) – WildPass Rate from S$49 at 20 Mandai Lake Road, Singapore 729825 +65 6100 0694 Daily: 9am – 6pm | | Redeem SG60 deals at the Gardens by the Bay by enjoying more than 60 percent off on unlimited visits to 6 gorgeous floral displays, including Sakura and Tulipmania at the Flower Dome at just S$22 from 8 Mar to 12 Oct. Adult Ticket from S$22 and Child (Aged 3-12) Ticket from S$15 at 18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953 +65 6420 6848 Daily: 5am – 2am | | Celebrate SG60 at SuperPark Singapore, a family-oriented indoor recreation complex with tube slides, pedal cars and obstacle courses. Buy 2 tickets and enjoy 60 percent off the 3rd ticket. Also, seniors above the age of 60 get 60 percent off admission. Only available for online bookings, use the promo code SG60 at checkout. Regular Off-Peak Ticket from S$30.90 and Senior Ticket from S$12.36 at 3 Temasek Boulevard, #02-477, Singapore 038983 +65 6239 5360 Mon to Fri: 10.30am – 8pm Sat & Sun: 9am – 9pm | | Budget 2025: $800 CDC vouchers, $500 in LifeSG credits and thousands more announced The post SG60 deals: Up to 60% off local attraction tickets appeared first on
