Visual Art: IMBA’s ‘Botero in Singapore’ sees the city embracing life in full volume

IMBA will present Botero in Singapore at Gardens by the Bay, a landmark, first-of-its-kind celebration of one of the world’s most beloved artists, Maestro Fernando Botero. Jointly presented with the Fernando Botero Foundation as part of IMBA’s official launch, the exhibition brings together close to 130 original works across three dynamic formats, the world’s first Botero immersive experience, a major gallery exhibition of paintings, drawings … Continue reading Visual Art: IMBA’s ‘Botero in Singapore’ sees the city embracing life in full volume

Preview: SCO launches 《春乐满狮城》(Spring Melodies of the Lion City), first CNY album in over a decade

If Chinese New Year in Singapore had a soundtrack for 2026, this would be it. After more than a decade, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) is welcoming the festive season with a brand-new Chinese New Year album — one that feels both comfortingly familiar and unmistakably local. Titled 《春乐满狮城》(Spring Melodies of the Lion City), the digital release reimagines traditional New Year tunes through a Singapore … Continue reading Preview: SCO launches 《春乐满狮城》(Spring Melodies of the Lion City), first CNY album in over a decade

Visual Art: Ibrahim Mahama’s Digging Stars makes art of care and caring

Ibrahim Mahama’s Digging Stars unfolds not only as an exhibition, but as a proposition for how art might be made, shared, and sustained under conditions of structural inequality and scarcity. While the works on view trace material histories of colonialism, trade, and industrial labour, the exhibition also gestures toward a broader set of questions: where does art take place, who is it for, and what … Continue reading Visual Art: Ibrahim Mahama’s Digging Stars makes art of care and caring

Visual Art: Wan Hai Hotel – Singapore Strait turns the Warehouse Hotel into living art

For twelve days in January, The Warehouse Hotel ceases to function merely as a site of transit and hospitality. Instead, it becomes something more porous, more unstable, and more alive. As part of Singapore Art Week 2026, Wan Hai Hotel: Singapore Strait transforms the hotel lobby into a speculative maritime commons, one in which performance, sound, moving image, and object-based works unfolded not as static … Continue reading Visual Art: Wan Hai Hotel – Singapore Strait turns the Warehouse Hotel into living art

Visual Art: KENGO KUMA: MAKERU Architecture — The Ecology of Rhythm and Particle at New Art Museum Singapore

Step inside New Art Museum Singapore’s newest exhibition, and the world begins to shift. Walls breathe, floors whisper, and light drifts through porous layers of wood and bamboo. KENGO KUMA: MAKERU Architecture — The Ecology of Rhythm and Particle presents architecture not as static objects to be admired, but as lived, sensorial experiences — a choreography of material, memory, and environment that unfolds through the … Continue reading Visual Art: KENGO KUMA: MAKERU Architecture — The Ecology of Rhythm and Particle at New Art Museum Singapore

Visual Art: Dawn Ng’s ‘The Earth Laughs in Flowers’ unveils the universe’s secrets in masterful use of colour and the abstract

There is a moment, just after stepping backstage at Singapore Repertory Theatre’s KC Arts Centre, when the outside world falls away. The usual orientation of theatre-going is reversed: instead of facing the stage, you enter and are on it. Darkness settles in. Sound softens. And suddenly, you are no longer an audience member; you are inside a mindscape. The Earth Laughs in Flowers unfolds within … Continue reading Visual Art: Dawn Ng’s ‘The Earth Laughs in Flowers’ unveils the universe’s secrets in masterful use of colour and the abstract

Visual Art: HOBBYHORSE – Rhythm and Forms of Play takes over Funan for Creative Intersections 2026

This Chinese New Year, it’s time to spend some time at Funan and horse around. Returning for its sixth edition, Creative Intersections gallops into Singapore Art Week 2026 with HOBBYHORSE: Rhythm and Forms of Play, a mall-wide experiential exhibition that transforms Funan into a playground of art, imagination, and motion. Running from 22 January to 22 February 2026, the free-to-enter showcase invites visitors to rediscover … Continue reading Visual Art: HOBBYHORSE – Rhythm and Forms of Play takes over Funan for Creative Intersections 2026

Visual Art: Human Being Human – Selections from the Collection of John and Cheryl Chia at The Private Museum

In a world shaped by constant change, fractured identities, and collective uncertainty, one question quietly persists: what does it really mean to be human? This is the starting point of Human Being Human, a major exhibition opening at The Private Museum, Singapore, in conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2026. Running from 19 January to 26 April 2026, the exhibition offers an intimate yet expansive look … Continue reading Visual Art: Human Being Human – Selections from the Collection of John and Cheryl Chia at The Private Museum

Preview: Alliance Française de Singapour presents the 2026 French Excellence Programme – À TABLE!

Wine, like art, is never just about what’s in the glass. It carries memory, place, ritual and emotion, ideas that sit at the heart of À TABLE!, the latest edition of the French Excellence Programme by Alliance Française de Singapour. Running from 7 February to 18 April 2026, the sixth instalment of the programme invites audiences to explore French winemaking not only as a craft, … Continue reading Preview: Alliance Française de Singapour presents the 2026 French Excellence Programme – À TABLE!

Singapore Art Week 2026: STPI’s The Print Show & Symposium Singapore offers a deep dive into the productive disorder of print

If printmaking still carries the reputation of being secondary, thought of as editions locked behind glass, conceptually subordinate to painting or sculpture, STPI’s The Print Show & Symposium Singapore 2026 makes a deliberate case for its relevance now. Launched during Singapore Art Week, the initiative positions print not as a supporting medium but as a central, adaptive force within contemporary culture: materially rigorous, politically charged, … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2026: STPI’s The Print Show & Symposium Singapore offers a deep dive into the productive disorder of print