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Explore Singapore Art Gallery Weekend 2023

Singapore's vibrant artistic community is gearing up for an exciting event that will captivate art lovers and collectors from around the world. The Singapore Art Gallery Weekend, which will take place from September 15 to October 1, 2023, will coincide with major events such as the Grand Prix, TOKEN2049, and Singapore Design Week. This annual gathering, organised by the Art Galleries Association Singapore (AGAS), pays tribute to Singapore's diverse range of art and cultural manifestations.

August 15, 2023

Neo Japan: Pop Art Explored

From 2 – 8 August 2023, Neo Japan: Pop Art Explored - a colourful exhibition showcasing contemporary works by Japanese artists, will be on view at Artspace@Helutrans.

July 24, 2023

Mod Dogs: A Showcase of Emanations, Fragments and Wayward Artifacts

From 10 - 25th June 2023, artists Stephen Brameld and Jay Staples unveiled their brainchild, Mod Dogs; a showcase of world-making through large scape painting, sculpture, video and performance at the PS Art Space in Fremantle, Australia.

June 30, 2023

Singapore Designers at Milan Design Week 2023

DesignSingapore Council will bring Singaporean design to the global stage with the exhibition Future Impact at Milan Design Week, the world’s largest design event. Opening to the public from 18 to 23 April 2023, Future Impact celebrates Singapore's forward-looking design and its positive impact on everyday life.Co-curated by global design thought leader and consultant Tony Chambers and Milan-based author and curator Maria Cristina Didero, Future Impact spotlights Singapore as a hub of innovation and creativity, in which impactful design solutions and technology intertwine to shape a brighter future while emphasising the urgent need for sustainability in design and production today.

March 28, 2023

The Definitive Guide to Hong Kong Exhibitions this Month

Hong Kong is brimming with events this March with exciting exhibitions around the city as well as two renowned art fairs: Art Central, and Art Basel Hong Kong 2023. Art enthusiasts, art collectors, artists, and galleries flock to the city to experience the best of Hong Kong's art world. Scroll down to check out some of the upcoming highlights!

March 20, 2023

City As Studio: A Graffiti and Street Art Exhibition by K11 MUSEA and K11 Art Foundation

From 20 March to 14 May 2023, China’s first major exhibition of graffiti and street art will be on at K11 MUSEA. Curated by Jeffrey Deitch and presented by K11 Art Foundation, City As Studio coincides with Art Basel Hong Kong, and the monumental exhibition will feature over 100 works by more than 30 artists. This exhibition will showcase the breadth and depth of the graffiti and street art scene across generations, styles, and geographies.

March 16, 2023

Yoshitomo Nara’s First Australian Solo Exhibition

From 26 February to 25 June 2023, Yoshitomo Nara: Reach Out to The Moon, Even If We Can't will be on view at The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA). This show marks Yoshitomo Nara's first Australian solo exhibition and brings together major sculptural works alongside paintings, drawings, ceramics, and photography by the world-renowned artist.  Nara rose to international prominence in the 1990s for his exquisitely rendered, instantly recognisable portraits of alternately sweet and vicious big-headed figures and melancholic figurative sculptures. His work in all mediums is the result of his innovative distillation of an enormous array of references and inspirations. These include memories of growing up in rural Northern Japan amidst the lingering presence of World War II, political events of the 1960s and 1970s, the sound and graphics of pop, rock and folk music, literature, art from Japan’s Edo and modern period, as well as the new expressionism he encountered while studying and living in Germany in the late 1980s and 1990s. All of which, and more, is finely honed into work that is both intimate and worldly, full of rebellious protest and powerful poise.

February 02, 2023

London Art Fair Returns!

London Art Fair has returned to launch the international art calendar at Islington’s Business Design Centre from 18-22 January 2023. Explore an exceptional line-up of over 100 leading Modern and Contemporary galleries from across the globe. Discover emerging and established contemporary artists alongside an outstanding selection of 20th century masters. Engage with sensational live performances, immersive installations and an inspiring programme of talks and tours which will provide a timely review of the art market today, highlight trends in photographic practice, share tips on building your art collection, and more.   

January 16, 2023

Your Guide to Singapore Art Week 2023!

Singapore Art Week (SAW) returns with its 11th edition from 6 to 15 January 2023! Helmed by the National Arts Council (NAC), the event brings together local and international art enthusiasts, collectors, and the curious to congregate at Singapore's premier visual arts season. An annual pinnacle event in Asia’s visual arts calendar, SAW 2023 will see over 700 artists and curators from Singapore and around the globe to present more than 130 programmes and exhibitions.  This edition serves as a nexus for creative collaborations where artists can expand new forms of art even beyond their usual practice, providing a platform for them to build capabilities and strengthen cross-sector collaborations such as Art x Design and Art x Tech. With its continued focus on thought leadership, SAW 2023 will also present a consolidation of panels and talks featuring invited artists and experts to share insights and experiences on pertinent topics in the art world today. Bringing together players from the Singapore and international visual arts ecology, this edition will also see two significant art fairs taking place – homegrown art platform S.E.A. Focus, as well as the inaugural edition of ART SG. With the return of the Singapore Pavilion from the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia and the ongoing Singapore Biennale, SAW 2023 exemplifies the strength and unity of Singapore's visual arts community in creating a distinctive city for the arts.

January 05, 2023

ART SG 2023: Southeast Asia's Largest Art Fair is Here!

The wait is almost over. The inaugural edition of ART SG, Southeast Asia’s largest ever art fair, opens on Thursday, 12 January (preview Wednesday, 11 January). Running until Sunday, it is Asia Pacific’s biggest art fair launch in a decade, taking place at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre. The new international art fair for Singapore and Southeast Asia will be bringing together over 150 leading galleries from around the world to Singapore. Presented by Founding and Lead Partner UBS and organised by The Art Assembly, ART SG offers a meeting point in Southeast Asia for collectors around the world to convene in one of the most dynamic cultural landscapes globally. This marks the launch of the first fair of such scale and international significance in the region. Singapore has developed a dynamic cultural scene as a key hub within the Southeast Asia region and is home to some of the fastest-growing economies in the world. As a gateway to the region, Singapore is a nexus for the region's extensive and knowledgeable collector base to connect with artists, curators, and cultural stakeholders. Co-timed with Singapore Art Week, ART SG will be a critical meeting point for international galleries and collectors.  Across ART SG, visitors will be able to see exceptional artworks from the region and worldwide across four sectors. In addition to the main GALLERIES sector, ART SG will present three other sectors: FOCUS, a contextualised sector featuring galleries presenting solo or duo artist programmes or curated thematic presentations; FUTURES, a sector dedicated to supporting young galleries under the age of six years, presenting specially created presentations for ART SG; and REFRAME, for galleries presenting art that is engaged with, made, or presented using digital technology, which includes digital painting, animation, immersive installations, augmented or virtual reality, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Scroll down to check out some of the gallery highlights!  GALLERIES Sector

November 26, 2022

Highlights from Singapore Design Week 2022

This year, Singapore Design Week (SDW) made its much-anticipated return after a two-year hiatus to showcase the best of design from Singapore and beyond from 16 - 25 September. Following a major strategic review, SDW relaunched the event with a brand new vision that demonstrated Singapore's distinctive brand of creativity and explored design through three defining pillars: 'Design Futures', 'Design Marketplace', and 'Design Impact'. United by the three festival pillars, SDW 2022 brought together more than 50 events and 200 designers. 

November 21, 2022

Dubai Design Week Returns!

Dubai Design Week returns for its eighth season from 8 - 13 November 2022, providing individuals and companies with a platform to showcase their design experience and thinking by ways of installations, exhibitions, and experiential mediums. Curated in strategic partnership with Dubai Design District (d3), a member of TECOM Group PJSC, and supported by Dubai Culture, the annual event is one of the region’s most significant cultural occasions with a line-up of programming demonstrating Dubai’s commitment to design. The fair is scheduled to take place at d3, a regional hub for art, design fashion, and architecture. This year's programming will focus on designing for a sustainable future that will be integrated across the week’s activities in a range of disciplines including architecture, product design, interiors, and multimedia by international and regional designers.

October 28, 2022