Art What!: SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark launches ‘Lonely Vectors’ and ‘Superfluous Things: Paper’

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) at Tanjong Pagar Distripark has launched a new suite of exhibitions for audiences of all ages and interests. In Lonely Vectors, the exhibition takes its cue from the Distripark’s proximity to the port, exploring global economy, and its choreography of movements. In Superfluous Things: Paper, artists explore the role of paper in today’s world as a carrier of ideas. Following other … Continue reading Art What!: SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark launches ‘Lonely Vectors’ and ‘Superfluous Things: Paper’

Art What!: Singapore Art Museum launches multi-site exhibition Lonely Vectors

From 19 February to 11 September 2022, Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is launching a new multi-site exhibition titled Lonely Vectors, which will unfold in three stages. It will first open at the local libraries and public hoardings, then focus on the site of SAM’s space at Tanjong Pagar Distripark – a logistics warehouse near a busy shipping port. Lonely Vectors presents a series of artworks and new commissions that draw attention to … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Museum launches multi-site exhibition Lonely Vectors

Art What!: Singapore Art Museum presents Wikicliki at National Gallery Singapore

Can a museum engage artists in a discussion about what it means to collect? Taking the cue from artists’ changing modes of creating and presenting work, SAM presents its latest exhibition Wikicliki: Collecting Habits on an Earth Filled with Smartphones to explore key strategies needed in the collection of contemporary art today. The exhibition borrows its title from http://dbbd.sg/wiki, the constantly evolving work by artist … Continue reading Art What!: Singapore Art Museum presents Wikicliki at National Gallery Singapore

Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Appoints Eugene Tan as New Director

From 1st April 2019, Dr Eugene Tan takes over as the Director of SAM, in addition to his current role as Director of National Gallery Singapore. Dr Tan’s leadership at the Gallery has resulted in successful partnerships with international museums such as Tate, Centre Pompidou, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT), as well as the … Continue reading Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Appoints Eugene Tan as New Director

Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Announces The SAM Mini Mobile Museum

  With their main museum buildings undergoing renovation, the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) has become roving nomads as they find new, unusual venues to stage contemporary art, taking the art out of the galleries and now, into libraries with the SAM Mini Mobile Museum. Held in partnership with the National Library Board, the travelling art exhibition is set to bring contemporary art out of the … Continue reading Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Announces The SAM Mini Mobile Museum

Museum Musings: Weixin Quek Chong Wins Grand Prize at Singapore Art Musuem’s President’s Young Talents 2018

The Singapore Art Museum has announced the winners of the seventh edition of the President’s Young Talents at an awards ceremony graced by Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore. Taking home the Grand Prize was artist Weixin Quek Chong with her artwork titled sft crsh ctrl, while Yanyun Chen‘s The scars that write us garnered the most votes by members of public … Continue reading Museum Musings: Weixin Quek Chong Wins Grand Prize at Singapore Art Musuem’s President’s Young Talents 2018

Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Introduces SAM Touch Collection, Specially for the Visually-Impaired Community

The Singapore Art Museum has introduced the all new SAM Touch Collection today, one of several initiatives by SAM to extend the contemporary art experience to audiences of all backgrounds and abilities. The SAM Touch Collection, as its name suggests, comprises art specifically developed to travel and engage with the visually-impaired community. The development of the SAM Touch Collection began back in 2014, with focus group … Continue reading Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Introduces SAM Touch Collection, Specially for the Visually-Impaired Community

Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019

Singapore-based Indonesian artist Boedi Widjaja has been co-comissioned by the Singapore Art Museum and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) to produce a two-part architectural and sound installation, to be presented at ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) in Brisbane, Australia and the Singapore Biennale 2019. This is the first project to be developed from a five-year partnership between the two … Continue reading Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019

Museum Musings: President’s Young Talents 2018 at Singapore Art Museum

The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) returns this October with the 7th edition of the President’s Young Talents 2018 exhibition. Held at SAM at 8Q from 4th October 2018 to 27th January 2019, the latest edition of the exhibition features five Singaporean contemporary artists – Yanyun Chen, Weixin Quek Chong, Debbie Ding, Hilmi Johandi and Zarina Muhammad. Inaugurated in 2001 by SAM, the President’s Young Talents … Continue reading Museum Musings: President’s Young Talents 2018 at Singapore Art Museum

Museum Musings: Installation in Progress at SAM

The Singapore Art Museum has launched its newest presentation this week. Titled Installation in Progress, the presentation is a retrospective on the SAM’s own history as it explores ideas of exhibitions and exhibition-making. Tracing the time from SAM’s opening in 1996 to its present day expansion and growth, Installation in Progress will be located at SAM Curve at the Singapore Art Museum till 26th August 2018. Having produced over 300 … Continue reading Museum Musings: Installation in Progress at SAM