Visual Art: Digital Art Week Asia’s New Media art exhibition ’99 Years’ comes to Tiong Bahru Air Raid Shelter

This January, one of Singapore’s most intriguing art experiences isn’t happening in a white cube gallery or a glossy museum hall. Instead, it unfolds underground, inside a rarely opened air raid shelter in Tiong Bahru. From 19 to 26 January 2026, Digital Art Week Asia (DAWA) presents 99 Years, a new media art exhibition set within Singapore’s only surviving pre-war civilian air raid shelter, built … Continue reading Visual Art: Digital Art Week Asia’s New Media art exhibition ’99 Years’ comes to Tiong Bahru Air Raid Shelter

Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore unveils blockbuster 2026 lineup of exhibitions

As Singapore Art Week approaches once again, the 2026 art season is already shaping up to be a major one, with anticipation and curiosity as to what lies ahead in the coming months. And across the calendar, National Gallery Singapore’s season is already shaping up to be one of its most ambitious years yet. This year, the Gallery brings together landmark international collaborations, reappraisals of … Continue reading Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore unveils blockbuster 2026 lineup of exhibitions

Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore’s ‘Fear No Power – Women Imagining Otherwise’

There is an intriguing double meaning embedded in the title of National Gallery Singapore’s latest exhibition. Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise is not only an act of defiance against entrenched systems of authority; it is also a quiet injunction directed inward. To fear no power is to recognise one’s own capacity to act, imagine, and effect change. Across five artistic practices, the exhibition foregrounds … Continue reading Visual Art: National Gallery Singapore’s ‘Fear No Power – Women Imagining Otherwise’

Visual Art: IMBA to present over 130 original Botero works at Gardens by the Bay and Shangri-La Singapore

Few artists are as instantly recognisable as Fernando Botero. His voluptuous figures, rounded, theatrical and quietly mischievous, have long occupied museums and public squares around the world. In early 2026, they arrive in Singapore in spectacular fashion. Set against the soaring greenery of Gardens by the Bay, Botero in Singapore is a landmark cultural moment: a first-of-its-kind showcase bringing together more than 130 original works … Continue reading Visual Art: IMBA to present over 130 original Botero works at Gardens by the Bay and Shangri-La Singapore

Arts of Thailand: An Interview with Dr Apinan Poshyananda on the state of contemporary art in Thailand, and Bangkok Art Biennale 2026

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Bangkok is a city that never resolves itself. It glitters and it crumbles, it meditates and it riots, it worships and it forgets. It is a city of angels perpetually shadowed by its own Mara; its doubts, temptations, desires, missteps. Few people understand this duality as intimately as Prof. Dr. Apinan Poshyananda, the driving force behind the Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) for … Continue reading Arts of Thailand: An Interview with Dr Apinan Poshyananda on the state of contemporary art in Thailand, and Bangkok Art Biennale 2026

Dib Bangkok: Bangkok’s newest art museum brings the unseen, the unsaid and the unknown into focus with opening exhibition ‘Invisible Presence’

BANGKOK, THAILAND – There is something a little daunting about reaching Dib Bangkok’s location for the first time. Down a narrow, nondescript alleyway, the GrabBike we’re on slows, hesitates, and seems to take a moment to register what lies ahead before riding off. A large, gated building emerges, its blackened exterior giving little away, with only a narrow opening through which to enter the premises … Continue reading Dib Bangkok: Bangkok’s newest art museum brings the unseen, the unsaid and the unknown into focus with opening exhibition ‘Invisible Presence’

Arts of Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum Unveils a World-Spanning 2026 Exhibition Programme

HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) has announced an ambitious and richly layered exhibition lineup for 2026, unveiling nine new exhibitions that bring together national treasures from the Forbidden City and masterpieces from some of the world’s most renowned museums. Spanning Chinese imperial art, global jewellery, Eastern Orthodox icons, Buddhist masterpieces, contemporary digital works, and ancient Egyptian artefacts, the programme promises a … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum Unveils a World-Spanning 2026 Exhibition Programme

Singapore Art Week 2026: STPI launches The Print Show & Symposium Singapore

If you think printmaking is all etchings and editions locked behind glass, Singapore Art Week 2026 is about to change your mind. This January, STPI launches The Print Show & Symposium Singapore, a first-of-its-kind regional platform that places prints firmly back at the centre of contemporary culture. Running from 22 to 31 January 2026, the inaugural edition brings together blockbuster names, radical thinkers, and a … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2026: STPI launches The Print Show & Symposium Singapore

Dib Bangkok: Bangkok’s first international contemporary art museum opens this weekend

BANGKOK, THAILAND – Bangkok is no stranger to sensory overload, from the heat to the constant movement of tourists, to the food and its stimulating burst of culture. But come 21st December 2025, the city will gain a place designed for something rarer: pause. Dib Bangkok, Thailand’s first international contemporary art museum, is preparing to open its doors as a bold new cultural landmark, one … Continue reading Dib Bangkok: Bangkok’s first international contemporary art museum opens this weekend

Arts of Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum Announces Optimised Exhibition Arrangements for “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums”

HONG KONG – Since opening to the public on 20 November, the Hong Kong Palace Museum’s (HKPM) special exhibition “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums” (“Ancient Egypt Unveiled”) has welcomed over 60,000 visitors over the first three weeks. Jointly organised by the HKPM and the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, the exhibition is proudly supported by Bank of China (Hong Kong), the Museum’s Strategic Partner, with Cathay and UnionPay International as the Major … Continue reading Arts of Hong Kong: Hong Kong Palace Museum Announces Optimised Exhibition Arrangements for “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums”