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

How is climate change affecting Singapore and the region and how can our societies build a more sustainable future? Commemorating Earth Day in April, the National Museum of Singapore and the Maybank Foundation launched three original video artworks on 20 April, selected from an Open Call commissioning series held between April to May 2021. The series serves to showcase creative and contemporary responses to the … Continue reading Art What!: Rooting For Change – Artistic Responses to Climate Change and Sustainability by The National Museum of Singapore and the Maybank Foundation

Samsung Electronics has announced a collaboration with National Gallery Singapore to bring consumers a curated selection of prominent artworks by Singaporean and Southeast Asian artists from the Gallery’s collection as part of the electronics giant’s effort to expand its Art Store repertoire. The ten artworks ranging in style and medium will be made available via the Samsung Art Store for its Lifestyle TV, The Frame. … Continue reading Art What!: Samsung’s The Frame now displays Southeast Asian masterpieces from National Gallery Singapore

The word ‘revolutionary’ is a term that’s often thrown around loosely these days. But for Korean artist Nam June Paik, the pioneer of video art, that’s a term that encapsulates his entire career. Having continually pushed at the possibilities technology could offer, Paik essentially revolutionised the art world with his incorporation of television sets, satellite broadcast and robotics into his work. Born in 1932, Paik … Continue reading Art What!: Nam June Paik – The Future is Now at National Gallery Singapore

As a pinnacle event in Asia’s arts calendar, Singapore Art Week (SAW) is set to take over the island and beyond with a diverse range of visual arts experiences 2 and sensibilities. Happening from 14 to 23 January 2022, SAW 2022 will see our Singapore and global arts community come together once again in full strength with this joint initiative by the National Arts Council … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Week 2022