On the fourth floor of Tanjong Pagar Distripark, amid concrete corridors, river-facing windows, and Singapore’s steadily growing arts enclave, a new independent art space has quietly opened its doors. Project Art Hunter is not a gallery in the conventional sense. There are no sales pitches, no white-cube theatrics. Instead, it offers something slower, more personal: an invitation to live with art, even if only for a moment.

Founded by longtime collector Yeap Lam Yang, Project Art Hunter draws directly from a personal collection built over more than four decades. Yeap’s approach to collecting has never been about speculation or spectacle. It has been about curiosity, proximity, and the joy of returning again and again to works that continue to unfold over time.

That philosophy shapes the space itself. Conceived as an extension of how art exists within a home rather than a showroom, Project Art Hunter encourages visitors to linger, look closely, and resist the urge to rush. Situated within Tanjong Pagar Distripark—already home to the Singapore Art Museum and a growing cluster of studios and galleries—the space feels like a natural addition to the neighbourhood’s evolving creative rhythm.

Yeap’s collection has previously been shared through exhibitions such as Search and Discover: The Joy of Collecting, Latiff Mohidin: Journey to Wetlands and Beyond, and Thinking of Landscape, each offering glimpses into a collection shaped by long friendships with artists and an intuitive, deeply personal eye. Project Art Hunter builds on that history, transforming a private way of engaging with art into a public experience.

Here, emerging and established artists sit comfortably side by side. The emphasis is on dialogue between works, materials, and viewers. It’s an approach that invites audiences to slow down, to look twice, and to discover meaning through repeated encounters rather than instant impact.

The space opens with Search and Discover: Works on Paper, on view from 17th January to 26th February 2026. Curated by John Z.W. Tung, whose practice spans the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Biennale, and numerous independent projects, the exhibition sets the tone for what Project Art Hunter hopes to be.

Works on paper, with their fragility and immediacy, form the focus of the inaugural show. Traditionally associated with experimentation and thought-in-process, the medium lends itself naturally to intimacy. Many of the works on view have lived alongside the collector for years, encountered not as static objects but as companions within the rhythms of everyday life.

Under Tung’s careful curation, discovery is framed not as a single revelatory moment, but as something that unfolds quietly. Meanings accumulate through closeness and return, mirroring Yeap’s own philosophy of collecting and living with art.

Over its 21-month residence at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Project Art Hunter will present four additional exhibitions, alongside a programme of artist talks, curator-led walkthroughs, and conversations designed to deepen engagement rather than overwhelm it.

In a city where independent art spaces have long played a vital role in nurturing experimentation and alternative modes of viewing, Project Art Hunter offers a distinct proposition: a collector-founded space rooted in patience, attentiveness, and care. It suggests that collecting can be less about display and more about relationship, and that discovery doesn’t always need to be loud to be meaningful.

For visitors, the experience is refreshingly unhurried. This is a place to return to, not rush through. A reminder that art, like any good lifestyle habit, reveals itself best when given time.

Project Art Hunter is located at 37 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, #04-01A, Singapore 089064. Openings hours are from 11am – 8pm (17th-26th February 2026, Singapore Art Week extended opening hours), and 12pm – 6pm Wed – Sun (Regular exhibition hours, excluding Public Holidays)

Their Opening Exhibition, Search and Discover: Works on Paper, runs from 17th January to 26th February 2026 (excluding P.H.).