T Singapore: The New York Times Style Magazine - July 2020

In this issue

In our Art, Design & Technology issue, we look at the ways in which these three pillars have transformed our artistic and cultural landscape. Cover subject, Chinese actress NiNi, talks about the evolving role of celebrity and her need to give back to society in our cover interview. Elsewhere in the issue, we look at the artists who changed the landscape, from black artists in the United States in the '60s and '70s to painter, sculptor and printmaker Frank Stella. Finally, our annual watch report combines the best of design and technology as we highlight the watches to know, love and covet in 2020.

The Artist Eternal

Frank Stella’s Minimalist abstractions helped change the direction of painting at the start of his career. Now at the end of it, the 83-year-old artist looks back to his beginnings.

10+ mins

This Is Not The End Of Fashion

After the disruption of the industry on a global scale, it is the experience of fashion that will pull us back in.

8 mins

THE ARTISTS

For decades, the art world ignored artists of colour — an institutional neglect it’s now trying to correct. But in the 1960s and ’70s, in Los Angeles and New York, three galleries led the way in showing the work of black artists, many of whom are now among the most influential of our time.

6 mins

The Artist Of Everyday Things

The artist Leow Wei Li paints pictures using ordinary household materials and ingredients, navigating the intersections of art and the Singaporean identity in the process.

4 mins

A Single Thread

Silk was introduced along Georgia’s ancient trade routes centuries ago. Today, the people working to preserve silk-making are defending not only a traditional craft but the country’s history as well.

10+ mins

Walking On Air

Cross-brand collaborations are a dime a dozen, but few demonstrate the astute awareness of Kim Jones. The designer’s ability to make the biggest trends in fashion work for him can be seen in his Air Dior capsule released as part of the Fall ’20 menswear collection.

4 mins

Ones To Watch

In what was supposed to be presented in the highly exclusive, rarefied confines of watch fairs, watch brands have adapted seamlessly by showcasing their new releases through virtual events or behind Zoom windows. Here are the 10 best watches of the year to connect with.

10 mins

All The World's A Stage

For the actress NiNi, one’s true self and role in society are constructed — and reconstructed — in a perpetual process of performance and presentation.

7 mins

The Meadows Bloom

For a decade, the master gardener Dan Pearson has been creating a landscape that blurs the lines between the natural and the man-made, and which celebrates the English countryside.

5 mins

The Fashion Gangs

Clothing design is often perceived as the work of a solitary and singular talent, of an outsider looking in. But as Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing, Maria Cornejo, Gucci’s Alessandro Michele and Telfar Clemens prove, making clothes is in fact the ultimate act of collaboration. Introduction by Alice Newell-Hanson

10 mins

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T Singapore: The New York Times Style Magazine Description:

As one of the most influential style and culture magazines in the world, T, The New York Times Style Magazine, illuminates the many facets of style - fashion, beauty and the finer things in life - with incisive commentary and artistic vision. With its Singapore edition now, T Singapore aims to interpret what is current, shedding light on popular culture and offering new and interesting ways to perceive. It is a guide to the cultural conversation through stories that are smart, sharp, exclusive and entertaining, with a distinct point of view.