I stumbled upon this fairly new (few months old) attraction at Ipoh Old Town one day while out for lunch in the area. As I was rushing for time, I had to make another trip there just to find out what Ipoh Booth Cart is all about. Situated on the upper floor of the corner shop ... continue reading »

What began as a simple idea to enliven the dirty walls of shop houses along the back lanes of Old Town in Ipoh, inspired by Ernest Zacharevic's work in Penang, has now evolved to be a new destination for city tourists to Ipoh. Eric Lai's "art lane" stretching the whole of Lorong Panglima, which he and ... continue reading »

Street art has taken Ipoh by storm, once again, with the recent launch of Oldtown White Coffee's "Art of Oldtown Project" by Ernest Zacharevic. Today, I am sharing an image intensified post with you with scant information on where in Ipoh these wall art pieces are found. The clue is that most of them are near to ... continue reading »

While we are on the topic of wall art that has been keeping Ipoh abuzz these past few months, I cannot leave out Monroe Lane. This art, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike, and separate from those that I wrote about earlier by painter Eric Lai, belongs to Burps & Giggles, the food joint along Jalan Sultan ... continue reading »

Inspired by the popular wall art in Penang by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, Ipoh art teacher Eric Lai embarked on a similar project to bring life to the dirty back lanes of Ipoh. Planned for six pieces of art on the back lane walls of shop houses between Jalan Sultan Iskandar (Hugh Low Street) and ... continue reading »