Visual Art: ART SG 2026 brings art, love and community at Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair

ART SG returns in January 2026, and this time, it’s all about feeling art, making art, and sharing art. For the fourth consecutive year, UBS steps in as Founding and Lead Partner of Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, reinforcing Singapore’s growing role as a global cultural gateway. This year’s programme blends performance art, sustainability-driven community activities and support for emerging talent, all under UBS’s … Continue reading Visual Art: ART SG 2026 brings art, love and community at Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair

Visual Art: SAW In 10 Days offers an alternative way of experiencing Singapore’s busiest arts season

Singapore Art Week is often imagined as a whirlwind of gallery openings, exhibition hopping, and visual spectacle. But this January, one programme is inviting audiences to slow down, tune in, and rethink what it really means to experience art. From 22 to 31 January 2026, Post Museum presents SAW in 10 Days | Seeing Art Differently, a public programme that reimagines Singapore Art Week through … Continue reading Visual Art: SAW In 10 Days offers an alternative way of experiencing Singapore’s busiest arts season

Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore and Singtel Group Renew Partnership for the Gallery’s Next Decade

The Singtel Group and National Gallery Singapore today announced the renewal of their partnership for another 10 years, reaffirming a shared commitment to enriching Singapore’s arts and cultural landscape. The Group has been a Founding Partner since the Gallery’s opening in 2015; its support has been instrumental in establishing the Gallery as one of Asia’s leading art institutions. The partnership has shaped Singapore’s cultural calendar … Continue reading Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore and Singtel Group Renew Partnership for the Gallery’s Next Decade

★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Pretty Ugly by Theo Chen

Sincere, vulnerable coming-of-age musical revue that captures a young artist finding themselves. Theo Chen is someone you might describe as mature beyond their years. Having developed a lifelong love for musical theatre, singing, and performing from a young age, Theo has never shied away from the stage. There is a sense that they were always one step ahead of their peers in understanding who they … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Theatre Review: Pretty Ugly by Theo Chen

Singapore Art Week 2026: An Interview with STPI’s Nathaniel Gaskell and curator Stephanie Bailey on The Print Show & Symposium Singapore

If printmaking still conjures images of editions locked behind glass, STPI is intent on changing that perception. Launching during Singapore Art Week 2026, The Print Show & Symposium Singapore positions print firmly at the centre of contemporary culture. Hosted at STPI’s riverside space at Robertson Quay, The Print Show brings together works by 27 internationally renowned artists, from household names such as Jeff Koons, Louise … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2026: An Interview with STPI’s Nathaniel Gaskell and curator Stephanie Bailey on The Print Show & Symposium Singapore

Visual Art: STB Launches Creator Residency Programme at Mondrian Singapore Duxton, in Conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2026

During Singapore Art Week 2026, beyond the galleries and fair halls, art is spilling into the streets, quite literally, as the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) launches its inaugural Creator Residency Programme with a bold public artwork at Mondrian Singapore Duxton. At the centre of it is the hotel’s iconic front staircase, now being reimagined as a large-scale mural by Singaporean artist tobyato and Filipino artist … Continue reading Visual Art: STB Launches Creator Residency Programme at Mondrian Singapore Duxton, in Conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2026

Visual Art: Sotheby’s To Stage Modern and Contemporary Art Auction During SAW 2026, featuring works by Walter Spies and Raden Saleh

Every January, Singapore Art Week transforms the city into a crossroads of creativity, where collectors, curators, and cultural pilgrims converge. This year, one of its most anticipated moments arrives on 25 January, when Sotheby’s stages its Modern and Contemporary Art auction at The Edition Singapore—an elegant setting befitting works that span continents, centuries, and artistic revolutions. More than a sale, the auction reads like a … Continue reading Visual Art: Sotheby’s To Stage Modern and Contemporary Art Auction During SAW 2026, featuring works by Walter Spies and Raden Saleh

Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Announces First Overseas Branch in Singapore Inaugural Exhibition ‘Worlds beyond Reality – Monet’s Legacy II’

On a sunlit stretch of South Beach, where heritage architecture meets the pulse of modern Singapore, a new cultural address is quietly taking root. On 20th January 2026, Hong Kong–founded Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery will open its first overseas outpost in the city, marking a thoughtful expansion rather than a flashy arrival. The debut sets the tone with an exhibition that feels as much … Continue reading Visual Art: Kwai Fung Hin Announces First Overseas Branch in Singapore Inaugural Exhibition ‘Worlds beyond Reality – Monet’s Legacy II’

Visual Art: Kim Association presents ‘Alliance’ – Shaung Li’s first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia

Walking down Singapore’s River Valley, it’s easy to forget how strange our sense of place has become. Trains arrive on time. Screens glow steadily. News of floods, fires, and storms elsewhere scrolls past in real time, absorbed between meetings and meals. It’s precisely this dissonance—between speed and stillness, proximity and distance—that artist Shuang Li taps into with Alliance, her first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia, … Continue reading Visual Art: Kim Association presents ‘Alliance’ – Shaung Li’s first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia

Visual Art: Yanyun Chen and Dave Lim’s ‘Rotan Rattan – Meditations’ at Esplanade Tunnel

In Singapore, childhood discipline occupies a peculiar and uneasy place in collective memory. Rooted in the belief that hardship cultivates virtue, physical discipline was long distinguished from punishment. It was framed as care, as moral instruction, as a necessary measure for shaping obedience and respectability. Yet for those who experienced it, the body remembers pain before it remembers reason. In their new exhibition, artists Yanyun … Continue reading Visual Art: Yanyun Chen and Dave Lim’s ‘Rotan Rattan – Meditations’ at Esplanade Tunnel