Art What!: Singapore Art Museum launches series of family friendly programmes to connect art with different communities

Families and young audiences will get a chance to let their creative juices flow through a series of upcoming exhibitions and programmes organised by Singapore Art Museum (SAM). SAM will be offering family-friendly art exhibitions and activities in collaboration with artists and the wider community across physical and virtual spaces this school holiday. These include a new community-based initiative Art in the Commons: Data Visualising … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Museum launches series of family friendly programmes to connect art with different communities

Art What!: Bizarre Bazaar at UltraSuperNew Gallery

It wouldn’t be October without Halloween, and this year, UltraSuperNew Gallery are getting in on the morbid delights, with their first ever Bizarre Bazaar. Inspired by the body horror and freaky art of manga artist Junji Ito, and themed HORROR, FILTH and GLAMOUR, after the Boulet Brothers’ incredible drag reality TV series Dragula (if you’re not watching Season 4, why?!), this year’s bazaar celebrates different … Continue reading Art What!: Bizarre Bazaar at UltraSuperNew Gallery

Art What!: National Gallery Singapore to host blockbuster exhibition on ‘father of video art’ Nam June Paik this December

National Gallery Singapore is set to host blockbuster exhibition Nam June Paik: The Future is Now this December. Known as the  “father of video art”, futurist and internationally renowned artist Nam June Paik’s work transports visitors into an immersive and multisensory world of videos, in the monumental artist’s first major retrospective in Southeast Asia.  Prior to arriving in Singapore, the exhibition has toured from London’s Tate Modern, to … Continue reading Art What!: National Gallery Singapore to host blockbuster exhibition on ‘father of video art’ Nam June Paik this December

Art What!: National Gallery Singapore brings art to the void decks with The People’s Gallery

National Gallery Singapore aims to bring art closer to people’s hearts and everyday lives by turning void decks into a gateway to art. The People’s Gallery, which rolls out island-wide today, transforms more than 25 such open spaces into galleries for the public to discover 50 surprising artworks by Singapore and Southeast Asian artists, using QR codes and Augmented Reality (AR) technology. This exciting new … Continue reading Art What!: National Gallery Singapore brings art to the void decks with The People’s Gallery

Art What!: Antony Gormley at National Gallery Singapore

Visitors to National Gallery Singapore can look forward to a unique and participatory experience through the exhibition Antony Gormley. On display from 6th August 2021 to 30th October 2022, the exhibition features the new large-scale installation Horizon Field Singapore (2021) as part of the Gallery’s annual Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission Series. For the first time, this year’s commissioned work is complemented by three … Continue reading Art What!: Antony Gormley at National Gallery Singapore

Art What!: Singapore Art Museum’s ‘The Gift’

Who doesn’t like receiving presents? Christmas may not be a few months yet, but the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) has a gift for you – their newest exhibition, The Gift, running at National Gallery Singapore from 20th August to 7th November 2021. But how does a gift equal art? According to SAM, The simple act of gifting transforms an ordinary object into something much more … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Museum’s ‘The Gift’

Art What!: A Most Absurd Guide at UltraSuperNew Gallery

Mama Magnet and UltraSuperNew Gallery present: A Most Absurd Guide — A commodity of oddity that’s in fact, not an actual guide. A Most Absurd Guide is an art exhibition that takes visitors through ways in which to navigate the existential dread of a world that’s quite literally on fire.  Three artists acrossSoutheast Asia sprinkle their own pungent essence of bizarre cultural attitudes specific to their region. From Yogyakarta, Krack! Studio … Continue reading Art What!: A Most Absurd Guide at UltraSuperNew Gallery

Art What!: Singapore Art Museum to expand into local neighbourhoods and Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) has announced its new strategic direction, aligned with its vision to provide thought-provoking and meaningful everyday encounters through contemporary art. Challenging the notion of a museum as a single physical space that houses artworks for visitors, SAM will infuse art into the everyday by presenting in unexpected spaces around Singapore and actively collaborate with partners and communities to drive positive change … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Museum to expand into local neighbourhoods and Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Art What!: The Voice of Things at West Bund Museum, Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA – After “The Shape of Time”, the inaugural exhibition of the collection, the Centre Pompidou × West Bund Museum Project is revealing the second chapter of its semi-permanent exhibition, “The Voice of Things”, on display from the summer of 2021 until the start of 2023. The new exhibition brings together a collection of emblematic works, ranging from the avant-gardes of the early 20th … Continue reading Art What!: The Voice of Things at West Bund Museum, Shanghai