The National Arts Council (NAC) launches a public roadshow, Growing Home: A showcase about The Arts Plan and You, inviting the public to embark on an interactive journey that explores the endless possibilities of the next five-year masterplan for Singapore’s arts, and to share their views. From live silkscreen printing sessions to becoming a curator for a day, visitors will see The Arts Plan (TAP) … Continue reading Growing Home: An Interactive Showcase on Highlights of Our SG Arts Plan (2023 – 2027)

National Gallery Singapore’s Light to Night Festival – a marquee event of Singapore Art Week – makes its post-pandemic return to the Civic District from 6 – 26 January 2023. This edition of the festival features a myriad of art-meets-lifestyle activities, Singapore premiere of artworks by artists from around the world, as well as new immersive day-to-night installations. All happening on-site at the Civic District, … Continue reading Art What!: Light to Night Festival 2023 – Here & Now

Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL), the Aliwal Urban Art Festival (AUAF) makes its return on 14 January 2023 for its seventh edition to showcase Singapore’s vibrant urban culture scene at the Aliwal Arts Centre (AAC). Taking place on the last weekend of Singapore Art Week 2023, the Festival will feature renowned local artists from different urban art practices in an exciting array of free … Continue reading Art What!: Aliwal Urban Art Festival 2023

“We must forget in order to remain present, forget in order not to die, forget in order to remain faithful.”- Marc Augé, ‘Oblivion’ For the House; Against the House returns for its third edition with two new motions up for debate. Titled ______ is Dead, the debate-oriented series presents ‘The Museum is Dead’ and ‘Desire is Dead’ conceptualised by Singaporean curators John Tung and Adele Tan respectively. … Continue reading Art What!: OH! Open House’s For the House; Against the House 2023 – The Museum is Dead and Desire is Dead

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) will officially open Joo Choon Lin: Dance in the Destruction Dance at Tanjong Pagar Distripark this month, inviting audiences into a sensorially rich landscape that reimagines perceptions of form, reality, and human consciousness through everyday objects. Open to the public from 13 January to 16 April 2023, the exhibition by Singaporean artist Joo Choon Lin is the second solo exhibition under … Continue reading Art What!: Joo Choon Lin – Dance in the Destruction Dance at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Organised by Arts House Limited, Textures, the annual literary festival that celebrates Singapore literature (SingLit) makes its comeback from 6 – 15 January 2023, in conjunction with the Light to Night (L2N) Festival and as part of the Singapore Art Week (SAW). After two years of bringing local literary arts to the heartlands, Textures 2023 returns home to where it first began, celebrating the nation’s … Continue reading Art What!: Textures 2023 by Arts House Limited

The multidisciplinary public arts festival ARTWALK will return to the vibrant streets of Little India and Katong-Joo Chiat for its ninth edition from 6 to 15 January 2023. ARTWALK 2023 explores the theme of Echo—how our culture, heritage and traditions reverberate like sound waves. The metaphor of an echo reminds us that our culture is in constant flux, never stagnant. This year’s ARTWALK calls on … Continue reading Art What!: ARTWALK 2023 by LASALLE College of the Arts

After its successful seven-month run at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte 2022), Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book (Pulp III) by artist Shubigi Rao and curated by Ute Meta Bauer, Founding Director of NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University (NTU ADM), will be one … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia returns to Singapore during Singapore Art Week 2023

Helmed by the National Arts Council (NAC), Singapore Art Week (SAW) returns to kickstart the new year with its 11th edition from 6th to 15th January 2023, drawing local and international art enthusiasts, collectors and the curious to congregate at Singapore’s premier visual arts season. An annual pinnacle event in Asia’s visual arts calendar, SAW 2023 will see over 700 artists and curators from Singapore … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Week 2023