ART SG and UBS announced Filipino-Canadian inter-disciplinary artist Marigold Santos as the inaugural recipient of the ART SG FUTURES Prize, presented by UBS, at ART SG 2026. Awarded to the most outstanding emerging artist featured in the fair’s FUTURES sector, the prize includes USD 10,000 and underscores a shared commitment by ART SG and UBS to championing new voices, experimentation and the future of contemporary … Continue reading Visual Art: Marigold Santos awarded inaugural ART SG FUTURES Prize by UBS and ART SG

Sun, sand and a giant steel lobster holding an ice cream: this is not your average day at the beach. This January, Sentosa Island becomes the stage for one of Singapore’s most ambitious public art moments as international contemporary artist Philip Colbert unveils Lobster Beach, a large-scale takeover of Tanjong Beach that blends art, leisure and pop spectacle in irresistible fashion. Stretching across shoreline, sea … Continue reading Visual Art: Philip Colbert’s Lobster Beach takes over Sentosa

This January, amid the buzz of Singapore Art Week, one homegrown platform is entering a bold new chapter. S.E.A. Focus 2026 makes its debut within ART SG, Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, bringing with it a powerful curatorial proposition: art as an act of compassion. Staged at Marina Bay Sands from 23 to 26 January 2026, S.E.A. Focus 2026 invites audiences to slow down, … Continue reading Visual Art: S.E.A. Focus 2026 arrives at ART SG to tackle ‘The Humane Agency’

January in Singapore has become a season of recalibration. The city’s usual velocity gives way, briefly to a slower rhythm shaped by exhibitions, conversations, and encounters that extend well beyond gallery walls. With the opening of ART SG 2026, now in its fourth edition, that pause feels intentional. This is a fair increasingly interested not just in scale or spectacle, but in process, dialogue, and … Continue reading Visual Art: Fourth edition of ART SG brings world class art to Singapore once more

Opening this January at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, the 6th VH AWARD Exhibition brings together five newly commissioned media artworks by artists working across Asia and its diasporas. Presented by Hyundai Motor Group’s VH AWARD in partnership with the National Arts Council Singapore, the show feels more like a collective thought experiment, as it asks how we live, remember, and care in an age shaped by … Continue reading Visual Art: The 6th VH AWARD Exhibition opens for Singapore Art Week 2026

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