We last saw crochet artist Kelly Limerick‘s beautiful mixed media artwork adorning the walls at Gucci’s revamped Marina Bay Sands store last Nov and now, she’s back with her inaugural solo show with an art gallery. Titled Unbecoming, the exhibition focuses not so much on the end product but rather, the process itself; Limerick crocheted five vases – before turning a flame onto these meticulously crafted creations.

Limerick’s body of work have often turned heads due to their intricate construction and sheer visual delight but it feels like she’s at a defining point in her art practice where she’s now exploring the undoing of her time-intensive creation – and through this paradox of unmaking, generating new conversations about an art form that she has been exploring for more than two decades.

Craft-centric mediums have had a history of being under-valued or perceived as “less” than art – as Limerick astutely points it out on her Instagram page; the question often asked of craft-centric artists is ‘how do you make this?’ With this new series of works, Limerick hopes that the narrative becomes ‘why do you make this?’ instead.

Fans of the artist’s works should visit Cuturi Gallery this weekend in particular; Limerick will also be executing a live performance in which she crochets a carpet that connects the five artworks in the Unbecoming series.

April 23 to May 8 at Cuturi Gallery, 61 Aliwal St 

Few brands are as thoughtful as Aesop when it comes to narrative-building. In a nod to International Women’s Day, the skincare house has just debuted two ephemeral Women’s Library at its stores in The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands and VivoCity.

Both stores have been cleared of Aesop products – the latter have been temporarily replaced by books penned by Singapore and regional women and women-identifying authors and allies. There are more than 50 titles in total, all purchased from four collaborating publishing houses who champion local literary voices – namely Epigram, Ethos Books, Sea Breeze Books and Math Paper Press (the selection of books was composed of their recommendations).

There’s everything from short stories to experimental poetry, across a wide variety of authors including Pooja Nansi, Melissa De Silva, Amanda Chong, Stephanie Chan, and Annaliza Bakr. Better yet, customers visiting the stores get to select a book of their choice – with no purchase required.

Aesop also enlisted one of our favourite musicians Weish to create a custom soundtrack playing at the two stores that comprises an audio collage featuring voices from the various women collaborators on this lovely project.

On now till April 24 at #B2-90A The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands and #01-06/07  Vivocity

Fans of Le Corbusier should head down to the National Design Centre this week. The institution is hosting LC101 which is touted as the largest showcase of the works of the Swiss architect and modernist pioneer in Singapore. Organised by RT+Q Architects, the show features more than 100 models of built and sketched creations from his rich career that spanned six decades.

The works are arranged in chronological order, starting from Villa Fallet, Le Corbusier’s first commission that was built in 1905 and bookended by Pavilion Le Corbusier, his final design which was completed in 1967, allowing visitors to see how the architect’s oeuvre developed and changed over the years.

Besides the models, LC101 will also be presenting Le Corbusier’s prints and furniture from the personal collections of architect Manuel Der Hagopian and interior designer Peter Tay.

“Besides being the godfather of modern architecture, there is also a great deal to learn from Corbusier in terms of his sustainability principles and the relationship his buildings have with the environment,” says Erwin Viray, co-curator of the exhibition, professor and chief sustainability officer at Singapore University of Technology and Design.

In a nod to Corbusier’s sustainability ethos, 75 per cent of the models are 3D-printed while the rest are hand cut, all of which are made of biodegradable PLA plastic.

On now till May 8 at National Design Centre, 111 Middle Rd