Visual Art: Cry Now at Prestige Gallery Singapore

In a city that prides itself on speed, efficiency, and forward momentum, slowing down to feel can be a radical act. This January, Prestige Gallery Singapore invites audiences to do exactly that with Cry Now, a group exhibition running from 10 January to 22 February 2026 at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. Opening during Singapore Art Week, Cry Now is a showcase of sensitivity and exploration of … Continue reading Visual Art: Cry Now at Prestige Gallery Singapore

Visual Art: Project Art Hunter newly opens at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

On the fourth floor of Tanjong Pagar Distripark, amid concrete corridors, river-facing windows, and Singapore’s steadily growing arts enclave, a new independent art space has quietly opened its doors. Project Art Hunter is not a gallery in the conventional sense. There are no sales pitches, no white-cube theatrics. Instead, it offers something slower, more personal: an invitation to live with art, even if only for … Continue reading Visual Art: Project Art Hunter newly opens at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Visual Art: Tanoto Art Foundation presents ‘Rituals of Perception’ during Singapore Art Week 2026

In a city defined by speed and constant motion, Tanoto Art Foundation (TAF) is inviting audiences to pause, breathe, and reconnect with their bodies, their senses, and the act of looking itself. This January, the foundation unveils its first major exhibition, Rituals of Perception, opening on 21 January 2026 at New Bahru’s School Hall, in conjunction with Singapore Art Week. Running till 1 March 2026, … Continue reading Visual Art: Tanoto Art Foundation presents ‘Rituals of Perception’ during Singapore Art Week 2026

Visual Art: Eunice Yeo’s ‘WINGS’ Takes Flight at Marina Bay Sands

During Singapore Art Week, visitors to Marina Bay Sands will encounter a radiant presence hovering between sculpture, architecture and light. WINGS, a new large-scale installation by Singapore artist Eunice Yeo, unfolds across the Level 3 Foyer of the Expo & Convention Centre from 18 January to 8 February 2026, offering not only a visual spectacle but a powerful example of art in service of community … Continue reading Visual Art: Eunice Yeo’s ‘WINGS’ Takes Flight at Marina Bay Sands

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: Light to Night Singapore 2026 reveals ‘The Powers in Us’ for landmark 10th edition

The year begins under a different kind of glow. Arriving a full additional weekend ahead of their usual schedule, Light to Night Singapore 2026 opens the arts calendar with a sense of ceremony, casting the Civic District into a luminous state of gathering. For four weekends, the city feels momentarily enchanted, where familiar spaces made strange, histories resurfacing, and art operating as a quiet magic … Continue reading Visual Art: Light to Night Singapore 2026 reveals ‘The Powers in Us’ for landmark 10th edition

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’

Preview: Pretty Ugly by Theo Chen

Theo feels pretty… sometimes.Theo feels ugly… a lot. That push and pull between confidence and self-doubt, between wanting to be seen and wanting to hide, is the central concern of Pretty Ugly, an intimate cabaret performance coming to Singapore this January as part of *SCAPE’s Comma Festival. Performed by musical theatre artist Theo Chen, Pretty Ugly is what happens when that inner voice gets a … Continue reading Preview: Pretty Ugly by Theo Chen

Books: Epigram Books reveals lineup of children’s books and strong local voices in first half of 2026

Despite a shrinking local publishing scene, Epigram Books is doubling down on children’s literature and distinctive non-fiction in the first half of 2026, unveiling nine new titles that span picture books, middle-grade adventures, history, memoir and food culture. Speaking at a media engagement, Epigram founder Edmund Wee framed the new lineup against what he described as a sobering reality for Singapore publishing. With several presses … Continue reading Books: Epigram Books reveals lineup of children’s books and strong local voices in first half of 2026

The Arts House opens 2026 with a celebration of SingLit at VERSE

Kick off the new year with a bold celebration of words, creativity, and collaboration as VERSE 2026 returns to The Arts House at the Old Parliament from 9 to 31 January 2026. Far from a traditional literary festival, VERSE transforms the historic civic space into a multi-sensory playground, where literature meets visual art, music, performance, and digital innovation. Curated by Arts House Group, VERSE 2026 … Continue reading The Arts House opens 2026 with a celebration of SingLit at VERSE