Art What!: Virtual reality installation We Live in an Ocean of Air makes its Asian debut at ArtScience Museum, alongside the ArtScience Cinema

Visitors to ArtScience Museum will soon be able to take a captivating multi-sensory journey through the ecosystem of a vast forest in its upcoming virtual reality installation, We Live in an Ocean of Air at the Museum’s permanent VR Gallery. Created by Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF), one of the world’s leading experiential art collectives, We Live in an Ocean of Air is a 12-minute long … Continue reading Art What!: Virtual reality installation We Live in an Ocean of Air makes its Asian debut at ArtScience Museum, alongside the ArtScience Cinema

Art What!: The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Winners Announced, Azin Zolfaghari Named Grand Prize Winner

The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) announces Iranian artist Azin Zolfaghari as the Grand Prize winner of The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize with a cash prize of US$30,000 for her work, Density (2021), a mixed media work of a desolate building façade. Faezeh Baharloo, also of Iran, is awarded the Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize of US$5,000 for her work, Untitled 1 (2021), an acrylic painting exploring humankind’s relationship with the … Continue reading Art What!: The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Winners Announced, Azin Zolfaghari Named Grand Prize Winner

Art What!: Ever Present – First Peoples Art of Australia at National Gallery Singapore

Art as a concept has existed since time immemorial around the world, across various cultures and civilisations, even if left unrecorded in history. For the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia, art has always been an important part of their culture, with artefacts and artwork found to date as far back as 1890 and beyond. Across the past and present, such art has been … Continue reading Art What!: Ever Present – First Peoples Art of Australia at National Gallery Singapore

Art What!: Gallery Wellness Festival 2022 – Art Restores

Catering to the mind, body and soul, National Gallery Singapore’s inaugural Gallery Wellness Festival 2022: Art Restores will see guided movement workshops, audio tour experiences of paintings and sculptures, bullet journaling in response to artworks and even sound baths presented in new and different ways to harness the restorative power of art for holistic well-being. From 3 – 12 June, Gallery Wellness Festival introduces wellness … Continue reading Art What!: Gallery Wellness Festival 2022 – Art Restores

Art What!: Alfonse Chiu’s This Is What We Believe at 136 GOETHE LAB

Goethe-Institut Singapore presents This Is What We Believe, a solo exhibition by Alfonse Chiu, as part of the second phase of projects presented at 136 GOETHE LAB. This Is What We Believe explores how faith and collective beliefs in relation to politico-economic apparatuses conjure imaginary, yet inherent, benchmarks for value—of space and time, people and things. These economic imaginaries are shaped in turn by tactics … Continue reading Art What!: Alfonse Chiu’s This Is What We Believe at 136 GOETHE LAB

Art What!: Singapore Biennale 2022 partners Darat al Funun – The Khalid Shoman Foundation for its artist residency programme

The Singapore Biennale 2022 (SB2022) announced its partnership with Darat al Funun – The Khalid Shoman Foundation. Through this partnership, the two institutions will conduct two artist residency programmes that will take place from 16 May 2022 to 31 July 2022 and September to November 2022 in Jordan and Singapore respectively this year. The presentations produced as part of the residency will be featured as … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Biennale 2022 partners Darat al Funun – The Khalid Shoman Foundation for its artist residency programme

Art What!: i Light Singapore returns June ’22 to illuminate Marina Bay

After a two-year hiatus, i Light Singapore, Asia’s leading sustainable light festival, is finally making a return with its eighth edition from 3rd to 26th June 2022. Organised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and presented by DBS, the Festival welcomes visitors to immerse in the creative artworks of professional and student artists that spark fresh perspectives on the environment and the world around us, … Continue reading Art What!: i Light Singapore returns June ’22 to illuminate Marina Bay

Art What!: Gagosian to Present Louise Bonnet’s First Exhibition in Asia, Coinciding with Her Inclusion in the Venice Biennale

There are all these rules about openings in the body, about things leaking out. That’s interesting to me—the body out of control. —Louise Bonnet Gagosian is pleased to present Onslaught, an exhibition of new paintings by Louise Bonnet that coincides with her inclusion in The Milk of Dreams at the 59th Biennale di Venezia, which opened on April 23. This is her first exhibition in … Continue reading Art What!: Gagosian to Present Louise Bonnet’s First Exhibition in Asia, Coinciding with Her Inclusion in the Venice Biennale

Art What!: Come Together and Experience Public Art Trust’s Five New Commissions from Jurong to Punggol

Bring out your inner child with the simple joy of a seesaw, share your secrets through a larger-than-life paper cup, or marvel at a giant version of a Marie biscuit. From now till 30 October, the public can engage with five public art installations located across three park spaces in Singapore – Bishan-AMK Park, Jurong Lake Gardens, and Punggol Waterway Park. Commissioned by the Public … Continue reading Art What!: Come Together and Experience Public Art Trust’s Five New Commissions from Jurong to Punggol

Art What!: Cultural Medallion recipient Goh Beng Kwan celebrates 85 years in solo exhibition #GBK85

In celebration of his 85th year of life, renowned Singaporean artist Goh Beng Kwan and ArtAF are presenting a comprehensive solo exhibition entitled #GBK85 to reach out to new audiences, bring communities together and inspire younger generations. This landmark exhibition will be held at Conrad Centennial Singapore from 20th to 29th May 2022 within an entire 6th floor of guest rooms and a suite, as … Continue reading Art What!: Cultural Medallion recipient Goh Beng Kwan celebrates 85 years in solo exhibition #GBK85