Singapore Art Week 2021: Light to Night Festival 2021

Running as part of Singapore Art Week, Light to Night Festival makes a return this week with a host of innovative art experiences, in its first ever hybrid edition. Spearheaded by National Gallery Singapore with Civic District partners The Arts House, Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall, Asian Civilisations Museum, and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, the district-wide festival looks to inspire audiences to … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: Light to Night Festival 2021

Singapore Art Week 2021: Choy Ka Fai’s CosmicWander – Expedition at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) presents CosmicWander: Expedition by Berlin-based Singaporean artist Choy Ka Fai from 16th January to 21st February 2021 at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. SAM’s first exhibition of the year kicks off its 2021 programme calendar, which will see the museum continue to actively offer contemporary art experiences across Singapore at satellite venues and on virtual platforms, while SAM’s buildings undergo redevelopment. Audiences can … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: Choy Ka Fai’s CosmicWander – Expedition at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Art What!: Ernest Chang’s Bling Dynasty at The Stallery, Hong Kong

Ernest Chang, Don’t Say Anything Mean, 2020 © The Stallery HONG KONG – The Stallery & L’Epicerie Fine HK are pleased to present an exhibition of new artworks by the Hong Kong based artist Ernest Chang at The Stallery WCH. Titled Bling Dynasty, the exhibition will feature a series of new works created using techniques drawn from Western and Chinese art and handicraft traditions, including … Continue reading Art What!: Ernest Chang’s Bling Dynasty at The Stallery, Hong Kong

The Banter: An Interview with Tay Tong on Singapore Art Week 2021

As a new year begins, so does another edition of the annual Singapore Art Week (SAW). While COVID may have ravaged 2020, SAW looks to kick off the 2021 arts calendar in good faith with a brand new hybrid edition, as art takes over not just the city, but the internet as well. “What SAW acts as is a platform where we can really put … Continue reading The Banter: An Interview with Tay Tong on Singapore Art Week 2021

Art What!: S.E.A. Focus 2021 offers borderless experience of the best contemporary Southeast Asian art to art lovers around the globe

Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2016 (nothing), 2016. Saffron dyed cotton, thread, metal grommets. Dimensions variable. © Rirkrit Tiravanija. Photo by Jens Ziehe, courtesy of the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin. S.E.A. Focus, the ‘meeting point for contemporary art in Southeast Asia’, returns this January, presenting a diverse range of engaging programmes that facilitates cultural exchanges that celebrate, promote and provoke dialogue about Southeast Asian art amongst collectors, … Continue reading Art What!: S.E.A. Focus 2021 offers borderless experience of the best contemporary Southeast Asian art to art lovers around the globe

Art What!: Justin Lee’s I Am A Con Artist at The Private Museum

This January, The Private Museum (TPM) Singapore presents I am a CON artist: Continuous Contemplations of Justin Lee. The exhibition is a special collaboration between artist, collector and space, locating itself in two spaces with a main exhibition and special showcase happening in conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2021. Alongside a selection of past works from The Teng Collection, a new body of works will … Continue reading Art What!: Justin Lee’s I Am A Con Artist at The Private Museum

Art What!: Baroque Archipelago at Mizuma Gallery

Mizuma Gallery has announced Baroque Archipelago, a group exhibition curated by Tan Siuli, featuring Indonesian artists Agan Harahap, Budi Agung Kuswara, LULULUTFILABIBI, Mella Jaarsma, Octora, and TOTON. Baroque Archipelago brings contemporary art and fashion in conversation with one another, to illuminate parallel approaches in creation and exploration of current issues. The exhibition title makes reference to both the baroque pearl as well as the Indonesian … Continue reading Art What!: Baroque Archipelago at Mizuma Gallery

Art What!: Faith Beauty Love Hope at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Just in time for Christmas and the New Year, three new exhibitions have opened at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM). Aimed at spotlighting the community of people behind the ACM, Faith Beauty Love Hope – Our Stories, Your ACM, Perfect Stranger, and thINK: Chinese Calligraphy, Connoisseurship and Collecting reveal the lesser-known side of the museum through stories from the perspectives of staff, tenants, partners, artists and collectors. … Continue reading Art What!: Faith Beauty Love Hope at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Art What!: Raoul De Keyser at David Zwirner Hong Kong

Raoul De Keyser,​ Passage​, 2010  © Raoul De Keyser / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SABAM, Belgium. Courtesy Family Raoul De Keyser and David Zwirner  HONG KONG – David Zwirner has announced Raoul De Keyser, on view at the gallery’s Hong Kong location. The first solo show of the artist’s work in Greater China, the exhibition will feature paintings from the last twenty-five years of … Continue reading Art What!: Raoul De Keyser at David Zwirner Hong Kong

Art What!: Two new outdoor artworks to be featured around Singapore Art Museum

Finbarr Fallon, ‘Sub/merged’, 2020; image courtesy of the Artist Singapore Art Museum (SAM) presents two larger-than-life artworks by artists Finbarr Fallon, and Darel Seow with Lee Xin Li for the latest presentation on the hoardings surrounding the museum buildings. SAM’s location in the city centre is central to the artists’ artworks, with each responding to the urban landscape in their own way. As sitespecific installations, … Continue reading Art What!: Two new outdoor artworks to be featured around Singapore Art Museum