Experience the Civic District afresh this August 2023 onwards, with Benchmarks, a new public art trail commissioned by the Civic District Alliance (CDA). Designed by six Singapore-based artists, Lua Boon Kai, Joyce Beetuan Koh, Immanuel Koh, Yang Jie, Jeffrey Tan and Jason Wee, the public art initiative features a series of six unconventional artwork benches […]
Everyday Practices is the inaugural exhibition at Singapore Art Museum (SAM)’s new collection gallery at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, marking the opening of a dedicated space featuring artworks from the SAM collection that reflect contemporary global practices and life today. The exhibition features 21 artworks from 19 artists and 1 artist collective from 10 countries across […]
Singapore Art Museum (SAM) presents Rattan Eco Sprawl: Manifesting the Forest, a newly commissioned artwork by Singaporean artist Zen Teh. This installation is part of Port/raits of Tanjong Pagar, a public art trail by The Everyday Museum that brings artistic perspectives into everyday spaces in the Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood. It joins other works on the […]
Step into the shade of the Albizia tree (Albizia moluccana), a resilient migrant tree species that has quietly spread and flourished in rewilding green spaces across Singapore’s landscape, forming isolated islands amid Singapore’s urban concrete jungle. 5 Albizias, a travelling showcase by artist Robert Zhao Renhui, explores the history of the Albizia tree in Singapore, […]
Are you a theatre maker who enjoys creating collaborative, socio-politically charged works? Join us at an exciting new theatre workshop at The Necessary Stage (TNS) that will spark your creativity and sharpen your critical thinking skills via forum and devising theatre techniques! Led by TNS’ Artistic Director Alvin Tan, and assisted by Associate Artist A […]
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay invites local and international artists, curators, programmers, writers, researchers and practitioners across all disciplines in the performing arts to apply for the Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency, taking place in Singapore between April and June 2026. In its third edition, the Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency is an artistic research […]
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay invites local and international artists, curators, programmers, writers, researchers and practitioners across all disciplines in the performing arts to apply for the Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency, taking place in Singapore between April and June 2026. In its third edition, the Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency is an artistic research […]
Imagined as a transient arts space charged with multidisciplinary artistic expression and public engagement, the SIFA Pavilion lends a powerful new dimension to the Festival’s relationship with the shared public environ; the common space where our plural narratives co-exist. A colossal installation, titled Beneath Tide, Running Water, by visual artist Wang Ruobing doubles as a […]
Singapore’s pinnacle annual performing arts festival, Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), returns from 16 May to 1 June 2025, guided by the overarching theme More Than Ever. Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL) and commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), SIFA 2025 celebrates Singapore’s unique cultural identity and the evolution of its artistic […]
Singapore Art Museum proudly presents Heman Chong: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness, the first major survey exhibition by prolific multifaceted artist Heman Chong. Appropriated from Wikipedia’s defining terms and conditions related to the ever-changing nature of its online lists, the title announces its intentions […]
Experience a talking installation paying homage to the glorious plantations that lined Orchard Road. Witness a magnificent sailboat travelling across the Empress Lawn. Touch, feel and create as you go on a pilgrimage of memories through whimsical and playful interactive kinetic installations that take you on a journey through time and space. Many were once […]
The family-favourite Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 is back with multi-sensory and immersive installations where art meets play! As National Gallery Singapore celebrates its 10th anniversary, the fifth edition of the Biennale invites the young and young at heart to dream big, express their creativity, and explore a hopeful and inclusive future shaped by the core […]
11 October 2024 to 31 August 2025 Daily, 10am–7pm | Fridays, 10am–9pm Peranakan Museum $6 for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents; $18 for Foreigners Family, art, and entrepreneurship converge in the story of three visionary Peranakan women from Indonesia – Nyonya Oeij Soen King, her daughter-in-law Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing, and her granddaughter Jane Hendromartono. From […]
Design Earth: Speculative Fiction for the Climate springs from the conviction that climate change demands urgent transformations in the ways we care for and design the Earth. DESIGN EARTH, a research practice founded and led by Rania Ghosn and El Hadi Jazairy engages the medium of the speculative architectural project to make public the climate […]
Step into the world of transcontinental artist Fernando Zóbel in Fernando Zóbel: Order is Essential, National Gallery Singapore’s first-ever solo exhibition dedicated to the cosmopolitan artist, patron, collector, and scholar. Born in the Philippines to a prominent Spanish family, discover the remarkable journey of his artistic practice spanning across the Philippines, United States and […]
The Taiwan Collateral Event of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is organized by the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA), and NON-Belief: Taiwan Intelligens of Precarity, a curatorial project by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), will represent Taiwan at the Biennale held from May 10 to November 23, 2025, […]
Deadline for nominations: Mon 23 Jun (2359H SGT) Objectifs is excited to announce the launch of a new award, dedicated to celebrating and supporting the exceptional work of mid-career women and non-binary photographers, filmmakers and visual artists who work primarily in lens-based medium, and who are now at a pivotal stage in their careers. Through […]
29 May - 21 June 2025 Marina Bay and neighbouring precincts at South Beach, Singapore River, Raffles Place Asia's leading sustainable light festival, i Light Singapore returns from 29 May to 21 June 2025, to illuminate the city and connect communities through captivating light art installations. Organised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and presented […]
Embark on a fun-filled adventure these June holidays with Civic District Children’s Season 2025! At the heart of this district-wide celebration is the Little Explorer’s Trail – a self-guided journey of arts discovery across five iconic venues: The Arts House at The Old Parliament, Asian Civilisations Museum, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, National Gallery […]
Get ready for a monstrously fun start to the June holidays! Embark on a literary adventure for the whole family at Monstrous Fun! Back for its fourth edition from 30 May – 1 Jun 2025, this programme presented by Arts House Limited is packed with hands-on workshops, and larger-than-life performances and activities, including a Drum-A-Story […]
Get ready for a monstrously fun start to the June holidays! Embark on a literary adventure for the whole family at Monstrous Fun! Back for its fourth edition from 30 May – 1 Jun 2025, this programme presented by Arts House Limited is packed with hands-on workshops, and larger-than-life performances and activities, including a Drum-A-Story […]
Animal Farm (variation), presented by The Finger Players, is a site-specific performance adapted from an excerpt of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. This 30-minute presentation invites audience members to get up close with life-sized puppets, while immersing themselves in the dramatic tension shaped by speech, music, and movement.
An exhibition by Juliana Tan Curated by Ng Hui Hsien 30 May to 22 Jun 2025 Objectifs Lower Galleries Opening: Fri 30 May 2025, 7pm – 9pm Free admission Related events Artist Talk with Juliana Tan and Ng Hui Hsien (Please register here) Sat 14 Jun 2025, 2pm – 3.30pm Free admission A Kind of […]
An old theatre on its last night. Two actors, A and O, find themselves sharing the stage. They bicker, they compete, they create, they wonder, and they wait… and wait, and wait. “We exist because they exist.” “Every play has a beginning / And an end / Life is the same.” But will the audience […]
A spectacular journey through Singapore’s arts scene. Join the OG Singapore Boy Hossan Leong in an extraordinary theatrical experience that weaves four decades of artistic evolution through the eyes of someone who lived through it all. This performance of song and storytelling is inspired by Hossan’s personal journey—which mirrors Singapore’s own cultural awakening—from church pianist […]
Diverse dancers from Southeast Asia and Japan create the imagined world of a colony through dance and movement. Each expressing their personal challenges and aspirations beyond their limitations and comfort zones. They live in enforced proximity in an urban tenement, yet exist as disparate entities distanced by prejudice, ignorance and fear. They struggle to make […]
久唔唱歌忘記歌 (A long time without singing, you forget the song) Has all my revelry now stung me blind Whose now am I, if here no longer mine But of the whims of winds and ghosts and rivers A hundred mouths in breath in width and bigger Than life. I lie beside myself, both quiet, still […]
Singapore, May 2025 — ShanghART Singapore is pleased to present Jewels of Impermanence, London-based artist Han Mengyun's first solo exhibition in the gallery's Singapore space. The title is borrowed from a poem the artist penned amid the unsettling spring of 2020. The show gathers a selection of paintings and drawings made between 2020 and 2025, providing […]
Deadline: Monday 23 June 2025, 2359 SGT Curator Open Call invites Singapore-based curators to submit proposals for an exhibition to be realised at the Chapel Gallery, Objectifs. This is part of our ongoing effort to broaden perspectives by supporting curatorial research and innovative ways of presenting image-based work. The successful proposal will receive: - A […]
Expand your knowledge and practice of puppetry in this hands-on puppetry workshop tailored for theatre practitioners and students! The creators of Bill’s 44th, Andy Manjuck and Dorothy James, present a modernised version of puppetry based on the traditional Japanese form of bunraku, where half life-sized dolls are operated by several performers to act out a narrative. Learn […]
