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LONDON CONTEMPORARY 18TH EDITION
2026-07-10 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space 253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG, ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space 253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG, London, N1 5LG, United Kingdom
ITSLIQUID Group, along with YMX Arts, is proud to present the 18th edition of LONDON CONTEMPORARY, hosted at the ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space from July 10 to July 23, 2026. This international exhibition will be a dynamic platform for global creators to showcase their latest research, focusing on the fluid evolution of new identities within the shifting landscapes of contemporary spaces. Through a diverse range of media, the selected artists explore how we define ourselves and interact with the modern world, offering a profound look at the intersection of personality, architecture, and digital environments.

LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2026 – 18TH EDITION
2026-07-10 11:00 - 2026-07-23 16:00 (Europe/Rome) | ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space 253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LGù, 253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG, 253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG, London, GB, N1 5LG, United Kingdom
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2026 – 18TH EDITION
July 10 – 23, 2026
ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space, London
ITSLIQUID Group, along with YMX Arts, is excited to present the 18th edition of LONDON
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2026, taking place from July 10 to July 23, 2026, at
ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space in London. The international exhibition brings
together contemporary artists from around the world, creating a dynamic platform where
artistic research investigates the fluid evolution of identity within the ever-changing
landscapes of contemporary society.
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2026 invites a profound exploration of the human
experience through the relationship between body and space, reflecting on the
hybridisation of identities within the cultural, physical, social, and urban landscapes of
contemporary society. Inspired by London’s unique atmosphere, the exhibition examines
how the city’s dynamic energy shapes personal narratives and collective experiences,
influencing how individuals perceive themselves and interact with the world around them.
Through diverse artistic practices, the artists investigate the connections between desires,
needs, and fears, revealing the transformative processes that shape human existence. In
this context, the exhibition becomes a space of metamorphosis, where memory,
perception, and emotion converge, creating a dialogue between personal identity and the
collective urban environment.

Fo(u)r Humours: A Group Exhibition Curated by Justin Loke
2026-07-11 12:00 - 2026-09-12 19:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Cuturi Gallery, 61 Aliwal Street, Singapore 199937, Singapore, 228210, Singapore
Cuturi Gallery is pleased to present Fo(u)r Humours, a group exhibition curated by Justin Loke featuring Anna Du Toit, Chiew Sien Kuan, Immanuel Koh, John Low, Lu Ping Yuan, and Marla Bendini.
Reimagining the ancient theory of the four humours through a contemporary lens, the exhibition explores mood as the bridge between viewer, artwork, and the world. Bringing together six artists whose practices engage with atmosphere, perception, memory, and materiality, Fo(u)r Humours considers how artworks generate their own distinctive temperaments and modes of attunement within Singapore’s humid tropics.
Exhibition Opening: 11 July, Sat | 3 – 4 pm: Curator’s Tour; 4 – 7 pm: Opening reception with traditional ice cream cart (first 150 guests enjoy a free scoop on the house!)
RSVP for the Opending Day activities here.
Gallery Opening Hours : 12pm – 7pm, Tues – Sat (Closed on Sunday, Monday and Public Holidays)
Venue: Cuturi Gallery, 61 Aliwal Street, Singapore 199937

Book Launch Party | Free To Play: A Video Games Anthology
2026-07-11 15:30 - 17:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Filmhouse, 6001 Beach Rd, #05-00, Singapore 199589, Singapore, 199589
Test your video game knowledge, party to classic gaming tunes, and hang out with the creators of Difference Engine’s latest anthology!

All this and more at the book launch party of Free To Play: A Video Games Anthology – a multi-medium collection of comics, prose, creative non-fiction, and multimedia stories celebrating video games and gaming culture. What you can expect:

Creator sharing
Video game trivia by Wormhole
Beats by DJ Hojyn
Wormhole pop-up booth

This event is a collaboration between Difference Engine, Wormhole, and Filmhouse ❤️‍🔥
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Entry is free with registration, and tickets are only needed to play the trivia. Registration begins at 3.15pm and we recommend coming early to grab a seat (first-come-first-served)! Limited seating, but standing room is available.

SLA25 Rediscovery Trail
2026-07-14 08:00 - 2026-09-13 23:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Singapore
SLA25 Rediscovery Trail

Visit 25 State Properties, Rediscover 25 Stories

In celebration of SLA’s 25th anniversary, the SLA25 Rediscovery Trail invites you to explore 25 SLA-managed State properties across Singapore and rediscover how these spaces have been thoughtfully reimagined into vibrant social, lifestyle, and community destinations.

From 14 July to 13 September 2026, plan visits with OneMap, enjoy over 140 exclusive promotions, and collect limited-edition mementos along the way.

Common Room
2026-07-16 - 2026-08-02 | Drama Centre Black Box, National Library Building (Level 5), 100 Victoria Street, #05-01 National Library Building, Singapore 188064, Singapore, Singapore, 188064, Singapore
When two young adults get the rare opportunity to share a living space of their own in Singapore, it’s all too easy to fall into mundane patterns of domestic responsibility. But within these rote routines lies the magic of profound late night conversations about one’s place in the world, spontaneous deep dives into exes and lost friends, and musings about what the future holds.
Common Room by ants chua is a celebration of the emotional, physical, and relational work of queer living. Directors Claire Wong and ants chua reveal a rare insight into the domestic spaces that allow us to be the most vulnerable, and the tender efforts we make to grapple with our past mistakes and our present selves. This intimate two-hander sees actors Genevieve Tan and Siti Sara Hamid delicately unfold the layers of identity, of queerness, and of vocation.
An exploration of loving, living and dreaming amidst the relentless rhythm and rupture of daily life, Common Room is both familiar and new; at once poetic and irreverent. Amidst the ongoing rupture and repair of friendships, despite the impossibilities and failures of language, how can we continue reaching toward each other?

BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY - 9TH EDITION 2026
2026-07-16 18:00 - 2026-07-25 19:00 (Europe/Madrid) | HUB/ART Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain Carrer del Dr. Trueta 183, Carrer del Dr. Trueta 183, Barcelona, Spain
ITSLIQUID Group is delighted to announce the 9th edition of BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY 2026, taking place from July 16 to July 25, 2026, at ITSLIQUID Art Space – Barcelona. Dedicated to contemporary artistic languages, the exhibition brings together painting, photography, video art, installation, sculpture, and performance art, creating a dynamic platform where artistic research meets the vibrant cultural energy of Barcelona.
Exploring the connection between body and space, BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY 2026 reflects on how identities evolve within today’s cultural, social, and urban contexts. Through its two curatorial sections, MIXING IDENTITIES and FUTURE LANDSCAPES, the exhibition invites us to investigate transformation, perception, and coexistence in the contemporary world.
MIXING IDENTITIES analyses the hidden dimensions of identity through an immersive journey into the labyrinths of consciousness. At the same time, FUTURE LANDSCAPES explores abstract and conceptual spaces where boundaries dissolve, opening new dialogues between body, mind, soul, and environment. Within this framework, the selected artists offer unique perspectives on memory, transformation, and the relationship between individuals and the spaces they inhabit.

VISIONS – ANIMA MUNDI 2026
2026-07-17 18:00 - 2026-07-31 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Palazzo Albrizzi – Capello, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello Associazione Culturale Italo-Tedesca (ACIT) Cannaregio 4118, Venice, Italy, Venice, 30121, Italy
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the opening of VISIONS, the third appointment of ANIMA MUNDI 2026. The exhibition will open on July 17, 2026, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello in Venice and will remain on view until July 31, 2026. ANIMA MUNDI is the vital energy that flows through all things, the subtle force connecting every form of existence, from natural to artificial, visible to invisible. Understood since Plato’s Timaeus as the soul of a living universe, it returns today as
an intuitive awareness of an invisible but active network that sustains transformation, coexistence, and renewal across matter, time, and life. It is the underlying rhythm that links ecosystems, human and non-human entities, and balances the continuous evolution of the world. Within this framework, artists, designers, and architects are invited to explore how this universal energy manifests today, investigating the subtle
correspondences between soul and body, humanity and nature, and organic and synthetic worlds. Among the selected artists, Andrew R. Gibbs’s layered compositions in “Cities of Change” explore the emotional impact of transforming urban landscapes, where architecture and collective memory intertwine to reveal the fragile relationship between place and identity. Similarly, Hiromasa Maeda’s “City Layered” interprets the glass-and-concrete skyline as a palimpsest of reflections, shifting perspectives, and fleeting traces of human presence, suggesting that cities acquire meaning only through those who inhabit them. In parallel, Nuvy Kim (N12Y.3) and Ilinca-Ruxandra Pipelea translate inner
experience into material form: drawing on the precision of her background in jewellery making, Kim’s ceramics and paintings transform fractured perfection into ambiguous, ungendered anatomies and psychologically charged spaces. Pipelea, by contrast, constructs immersive environments through vibrant chromatic fields and richly layered textures, using colour and gestural accumulation to evoke the unseen rhythms of nature, memory, and emotional perception. A quiet, introspective sensibility runs through the figurative work of Dominika Łuszcz
and Marga Garcia: Łuszcz’s elongated, folk-inflected portraits contain restrained psychological tension and cultural traces, and Garcia’s “Surrectio” reads the figure as an emergent, feminine rebirth – silent, inward, and resilient. This intimacy of feeling appears elsewhere in Inna Stelmachowicz’s meditative images, where silence, material, and light render moments of honesty and inner tension, and in Diana Rîmbu’s intuitive paintings, which invite reflection and healing through emotional resonance grounded in an architectural sense of space. Movement, rhythm, and the transmutation of performance into image animate the photographic work of Danny Johananoff, whose slow-shutter studies dissolve choreography into painterly currents that make tradition feel timeless; Satyajett Salokhey’s large-scale ink gestures similarly capture bodily impulse and subconscious residue, balancing control and spontaneity. Asnaby Samuel’s canvases introduce a mythic, mnemonic counterpart: drawing on Sahara oral traditions, his “Djinns” series treats drums and surfaces as carriers of memory and projection, where attention and presence activate ambiguous spiritual forces. Finally, Filomena Parra’s “A Dança do Vidro” offers a lyrical conclusion: glass becomes suspended light and gentle choreography, a study in fragility and fluidity that echoes the formal restraint and emotional subtlety threaded through the show. VISIONS offers a cohesive journey through contemporary visual practices, further enriched by a great selection of video artworks.

Writing and Performing Your Personal Story
2026-07-18 09:00 - 2026-07-25 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | The White Space at *SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link, Singapore 237978, Singapore, 237978, Singapore
Checkpoint Theatre is pleased to offer a SkillsFuture Credit-eligible course led by Associate Artists Adib Kosnan and Lucas Ho.
Aimed at participants with minimal or no prior experience of writing or performing, this course will teach you to craft and deliver a short self-written story about your personal life.
Participants will be given the tools to distil and craft their stories in a polished manner on the page, and then be equipped with effective communication techniques to present their story in an accomplished manner.
You will write a monologue over the course of this session, and deliver it at the end, with guidance and feedback from the instructors.
By the end of the course, you will have gained practical experience in the writing and performing of your personal story. The writing and speaking skills acquired will be effective in various personal, social, and professional situations such as job interviews, wedding speeches, networking sessions, and even first dates!
Course Outline
Writing (2.5hrs)

Elements of a personal story
– Strengths and challenges of your personal journey
– Making it memorable
– Reading and discussing examples of well-written personal stories
Sharing your personal story
– Knowing your audience: personal, social and/or professional
– Identifying moments in your personal journey to share in your story
Writing your personal story
– Blending honesty and craft: shaping your personal story into something accessible and relatable

Delivering (2.5hrs)

Telling your story
– Using narratives for self-expression and confidence building
– Connecting with your audiences
Putting it all together
– Exploring physicality and vocal variety through exercises which will help establish presence and focus as you share your stories.

Sharing (2hrs)

Delivering your story
– 5 – 7 mins per participant
Feedback
– Participants will be given feedback and space to refine their work to a presentation that is articulate and relatable.

Course Runs
DATES (Choose one): Saturday 18th or 25th July 2026
TIME: 9am – 5pm (with a 1 hour lunch break)
LOCATION: The White Space at *SCAPE (2 Orchard Link, Singapore 237978)
*Do note that lunch is not provided
Course Fees
$350 (SkillsFuture claimable)
Registration
To register for this course, please click on the link below and fill out the registration form:
Registration Form: https://forms.gle/XttuTfRHsSnRMift9
For more info: https://tinyurl.com/skillsfutureworkshop
When filling out the form, please select whether you would like to use your SkillsFuture credits — either in full, or partially, or not at all.
If you wish to use your SkillsFuture credits to completely offset the course fee, you will be contacted by Checkpoint Theatre Limited with further instructions on payment and submitting a claim on the MySkillsFuture portal.
If you wish to use your SkillsFuture credits to only partially offset the course fee, you will be contacted by Checkpoint Theatre Limited with further instructions on submitting a claim on the MySkillsFuture portal, as well as for payment to the company for the remainder of your course fee.
If you do not wish to use your SkillsFuture credits at all, you will be contacted by Checkpoint Theatre Limited with further instructions on payment directly to the company.
Please note that credits under “SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career)” are not eligible to be used for this course.
Registration will only be confirmed when:

For participants using SkillsFuture Credits to offset all or part of the course fee — Payment has been made to Checkpoint Theatre Limited for the remaining course fee if the course fee is partially offset by SkillsFuture credits, and once you have submitted a claim on the MySkillsFuture portal.
For participants not using SkillsFuture Credits — Full payment has been made directly to Checkpoint Theatre Limited.

Please ensure that you are able to attend the entirety of the session. Refunds will not be given if you are not able to attend the session, or if you have to leave early during the session.

About The Instructors
Adib Kosnan
Adib is an actor, writer, director, educator, and an Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre. He is also a National Arts Council (NAC) scholar with a MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Adib has performed in numerous productions for the English and Malay-language stage since 2003, and writes and directs extensively in both languages. His play 28.8 (2017) was nominated for Best Original Script at The Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2018. He is also a founding member of Singaporean playwright collective Main Tulis Group.
Adib views theatre as a space to shape thought and life through socially engaged work. As a co-lead artist for Both Sides, Now: Mengukir Harapan (2021–2022), Adib spearheaded engagement around end-of-life conversations within the Malay-Muslim community. He also worked on Air (2024), a verbatim theatre project amplifying Orang Seletar voices on displacement and identity. Adib also teaches forum theatre and facilitation as an Adjunct Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts.
As an educator, Adib conducts and facilitates Checkpoint Theatre’s school and public workshops and programmes. He especially enjoys the collaborative nature of theatre and sharing what he has discovered from wearing his multiple hats.

Lucas Ho
Lucas Ho is a writer, director, and educator; and an Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre in Singapore. In 2023, Lucas received the National Arts Council Postgraduate Scholarship, and attended the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, UK, where he completed an MFA in Writing for the Stage and Broadcast Media, with distinction.
His full-length plays include FRAGO (2017), The Heart Comes to Mind (2020), and Tender Submission (2023) which was nominated for Best Original Script at the Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2024.
Lucas has taught the introductory and advanced playwriting seminars at the National University of Singapore, and was part of the faculty of Literary Arts at School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA). While at SOTA, he created Singapore’s first 7-hours-a-week, 8-week-long playwriting programme for 13-year-olds.
Lucas also serves as a script reader, moderator, and playwriting resource person for Centre 42, an incubatory space committed to the development, documentation and promotion of Singapore theatre. He has led table reads and mentored playwrights as part of this platform.
He has also edited various play anthologies by Checkpoint Theatre, including Faith Ng: Plays Volume 1 (2016) and Joel Tan: Plays Volume 1 (2015). Lucas continues to direct and facilitate Checkpoint Theatre’s school and public workshops and programmes — where original Singaporean writing is presented, and where participants are guided to create their own works.

Intermission by Esmond Loh
2026-07-18 17:00 - 2026-08-16 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Haridas Contemporary, CT Hub 2, 114 Lavender Street,Unit05-72, 338729, Singapore
Haridas Contemporary is thrilled to present Esmond Loh’s (b. 1995) latest solo exhibition with the gallery. Titled Intermission, Loh explores the pauses that emerge within the ongoing performance of everyday life. Intermission features 17 new paintings.
Set against a backdrop of rural and urban landscapes that appear ambiguous yet intimately familiar, this series of new works conjures figurative scenes of individuals caught between roles. Within such precious pockets of time, in a society shaped by perpetual momentum and productivity, Loh draws our attention to the suspense that envelops these private vignettes of rest, waiting, or escape.

CHARGED by Teater Ekamatra
2026-07-23 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Singapore
Written by Chong Tze Chien and winner of Best Script at The Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards in 2011, CHARGED is set during Chinese New Year and opens on a tense night in camp, where the only soldiers left on guard duty are Malay and Indian. The uneasy quiet is broken by the arrival of Corporal Russell Lim. Old resentments surface, insults escalate, and taboos are shattered. By dawn, two soldiers, one Chinese and one Malay, lie dead.
As Investigating Officer Victor de Souza pieces together the chain of events, he confronts a maze of half truths, silences, and conflicting loyalties.
Set within the suffocating hierarchy of army life, the play confronts the fraught question of race with unsparing candour and a sharp refusal of easy political comfort.
Led by director Mohd Fared Jainal, with lighting design by Adrian Tan and sound design by Safuan Johari, CHARGED features a dynamic ensemble of performers: Brendon Fernandez, Irsyad Dawood, Teoh Jun Vinh, Krish Natarajan, Ali Mazrin, Izzul Irfan, Siti Hajar Abdul Gani, and Serene Chen.

SAM Art Carnival
2026-07-25 10:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Rd, #01-02 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 089065, Singapore, 089065, Singapore
Celebrate SAM’s 30th anniversary at the SAM Art Carnival, a free one-day celebration of art, creativity and discovery for all ages.
Enjoy free admission to all exhibitions at SAM, including Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness and the newly opened Maria Taniguchi: Afterimage. Look forward to a vibrant programme of hands-on workshops, performances and guided tours throughout the day.
Get creative with drop-in art experiences inspired by SAM’s exhibitions. Experience colour beyond sight by creating tactile colour cards in Feeling Colours, experiment with watercolour spray painting and cyanotype printing, make beaded charms or try your hand at punch needle. There will also be face painting, carnival-style games, treats, giveaways and live performances throughout the day. Highlights include performances by young Singaporean busker Shayne Ko, as well as a spectacular smoke, magic and bubbles show.
Make a day of it at SAM with free exhibitions, art-making activities and family-friendly experiences for all ages. Located just a short walk from the newly opened Cantonment MRT Station, SAM is now even easier to visit.

Klook ‘Make a Memory, Gift a Memory’
2026-08-01 00:00 - 2026-08-31 23:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 238891, Singapore
Klook is launching its inaugural ‘Make a Memory, Gift a Memory’ campaign this National Day. Running throughout the month of August, the campaign encourages Singaporeans to experience local arts and heritage through curated SG Culture Pass-eligible offerings on Klook, with every eligible booking on selected activities made using SG Culture Pass credits unlocking a matching experience for a migrant worker through Klook’s partnership with ItsRainingRaincoats.
Please find the full release attached in this Google drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hELEJhGyTgxUT2g0Iv3lXdd-JX2C21k8?usp=sharing
Feel free to contact us if you require any additional information or would like to speak with a Klook spokesperson.

Light Together Bras Basah.Bugis 2026
2026-08-01 - 2026-09-05 | Bras Basah.Bugis, Bras Basah, Singapore, Singapore
Light Together Bras Basah.Bugis (LTB) 2026, taking place from 1 August to 5 September 2026 in conjunction with the Singapore Night Festival, is a new night-time experience to celebrate National Day in Bras Basah.Bugis (BBB).
Organised by HeritageSG, LTB 2026 will see lights and digital experiences transform historical buildings and hidden spaces across BBB into experiential zones, sparking imagination and uniting communities in honour of the nation’s birthday.
This year, local folklore comes alive across 5 BBB locations – Artsplace @ Waterloo Centre, Reflection Pool @ Bras Basah MRT Station, Stamford Place, Stamford Walkway and the National Museum of Singapore (1 – 12 Aug) – inviting festival-goers to explore our local stories in a new light.
For more information, please visit: https://www.heritage.sg/brasbasahbugis
*The website will be updated with information about LTB 2026 on 1 August 2026, 12PM.

Yellow Ribbon Community Arts Festival (YRCAF) 2026
2026-08-14 - 2026-08-20 | One Holland Village, 7 Holland Village Way, Singapore 275748, Singapore
Discover inspiring stories of hope and transformation at the Yellow Ribbon Community Arts Festival (YRCAF) 2026.
Themed “We Are Each Other’s Second Chances”, YRCAF celebrates art as a form of reflection. From 14 to 20 August, explore more than 60 artworks by inmates and ex-offenders at One Holland Village, including a collaborative artwork that shows how every act of support can make second chances possible.
On 15 and 16 August, enjoy live performances by the Yellow Ribbon Performing Arts Centre Alumni Band, Amplify SG and take part in a series of free hands-on fringe activities, including coaster making and henna painting.
Visit the YRCAF 2026 Pre-launch Installations at Our Tampines Hub, on display until 31 July, featuring two interactive installations that invite visitors to reflect on the role we all play in building a more inclusive community.
Experience a specially curated Yellow Ribbon art installation, “You And I, Believing…”, at the Singapore Night Festival from 21 August to 5 September near the Singapore Management University lawn.

Yellow Ribbon Community Arts Festival (YRCAF) 2026
2026-08-14 - 2026-08-20 | One Holland Village, 7 Holland Village Way, Singapore 275748, Singapore
Can a canvas become an avenue for second chances?
Discover inspiring stories of hope and transformation at the Yellow Ribbon Community Arts Festival (YRCAF) 2026.
Themed “We Are Each Other’s Second Chances”, YRCAF celebrates art as a form of reflection. From 14 to 20 August, explore more than 60 artworks by inmates and ex-offenders at One Holland Village, including a collaborative artwork that shows how every act of support can make second chances possible.
On 15 and 16 August, enjoy live performances by the Yellow Ribbon Performing Arts Centre Alumni Band, Amplify SG and take part in a series of free hands-on fringe activities, including coaster making and henna painting.
Visit the YRCAF 2026 Pre-launch Installations at Our Tampines Hub, on display until 31 July, featuring two interactive installations that invite visitors to reflect on the role we all play in building a more inclusive community.
Experience a specially curated Yellow Ribbon art installation, “You And I, Believing…”, at the Singapore Night Festival from 21 August to 5 September near the Singapore Management University lawn.

Taiki Sakpisit: 13 Nightmares
2026-08-15 12:00 - 2026-10-04 18:00 (Asia/Singapore) | ShanghART Singapore, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22, 108937, Singapore
Opening Reception : 15 August 2026, 4pm
Exhibition Period : 15 August 2026 – 4 October 2026
ShanghART Singapore presents 13 Nightmares by Taiki Sakpisit, opening on 15 August 2026. Over the past two decades, Sakpisit has developed one of Southeast Asia’s most distinctive practices, dissolving the boundaries between cinema and contemporary art. Frequently drawing upon Thailand’s histories, folklore and political imaginaries, Sakpisit’s works are rooted in the unstable terrain where personal memory and collective consciousness continually intersect.

The premise of this exhibition can be traced back to a nightmare Sakpisit experienced in Singapore in 2018. A phone call from his brother awoke him from the nightmare, informing him about the passing of a family member. Since then, Sakpisit has become increasingly drawn to the intersections between dreams, memory, grief, and premonition, culminating in this exhibition.

In his first solo exhibition with ShanghART Singapore, Sakpisit transforms the gallery into a labyrinth of moving images, photography, sound and spectral presences. A series of photographic works appear as snapshots and fragments from different realities, layering upon one another. Drawn from the artist’s collection of photographs shot over the past few years as a core part of his working process, the images form a quiet yet intense distillation of Sakpisit’s memories and encounters with place and history.

Anchoring the exhibition, the two-channel installation transforms cinematic language into a spatial, sculptural, and psychological encounter. Within this shifting landscape, animism, supernatural presences, and altered states appear as recurring motifs through which Sakpisit evokes fear, vulnerability, and the persistence of the unconscious. Together, they construct a landscape haunted by historical trauma and contemporary anxieties.

Working across experimental film, photography, and installation, Sakpisit continues to expand cinema beyond the conventions of projection, inviting audiences to inhabit images physically and experience the moving image as an environment rather than a sequence of projected frames. Rather than following a linear narrative, visitors navigate the exhibition as they might recall a dream: through fragments, repetitions and sudden dislocations.

Counterweight: The Systems of Two
2026-08-15 17:00 - 2026-10-17 19:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Whitestone Gallery Singapore, 39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, #05-03/06, Singapore, Singapore, 089065, Singapore
Whitestone Gallery Singapore is pleased to present an artist couple duo exhibition curated by Tamares Goh, Counterweight: The Systems of Two, opening on 15 August 2026. Featuring two prominent Singapore artist couples, Chow and Lin and Ruobing & Sai, the exhibition showcases how their shared lives and collaborative or parallel practices offer fresh interpretations of contemporary global and local realities. This time, Chow and Lin will present 42 works of their practice for this exhibition as research-based observers, shaped by their inner worlds and family. While Ruobing & Sai will highlight the collaborative tension inherent in their works, Something For Green (2014) and from Tide… sound check (2026), capturing the delicate “tug and pull” of two identities merging into a singular entity.

Checkpoint Theatre and Restaurant Nouri present A MATTER OF TASTE
2026-08-18 19:00 - 2026-08-30 22:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Restaurant Nouri, 72 Amoy Street, 72 Amoy Street, Singapore, Singapore, 069891, Singapore
Checkpoint Theatre and Restaurant Nouri present A Matter Of Taste
📆18—30 Aug
📍Restaurant Nouri, 72 Amoy Street
A FINE DINING EXPERIENCE AND TALK
Written by Ivan Brehm and Huzir Sulaiman
Conceived and edited by Huzir Sulaiman
Delivered by Ivan Brehm and Ramzie Tahar
🍽 Reserve your seat now at the link in our bio
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A dish for every story.
With an impressive culinary journey that spans over two decades, Chef Ivan Brehm has worked in — and headed — some of the world’s best kitchens. With A Matter Of Taste, be seated at Nouri, his Michelin-starred restaurant, as you indulge in a feast for all senses — stories from his varied life across the globe, a journey of self-discovery charted and reimagined on your plate with each delicious dish.
A specially designed menu connects humorous and inspiring episodes of Chef Ivan’s life. From a childhood in Brazil immersed in his grandmother’s kitchen grilling fish, to a lobster dish from gruelling times in Per Se’s kitchens in New York, to his personal reclaiming of the complex dishes of Hibiscus and Fat Duck in the UK, and finally to his own landmark culinary philosophy of Crossroads Cooking at Nouri — Ivan Brehm and Huzir Sulaiman team up to pull the curtain back on the culinary experience and the chef’s life as we know it.
Through 10 nourishing stories and 10 innovative dishes, A Matter Of Taste fuses moving, evocative storytelling with a fine dining experience of the highest calibre.
Design: Marc Gabriel Loh

Fragment of a Story
2026-08-21 - 2026-10-04 | LOY Contemporary Art Gallery, 36 Armenian Street, #01-06, Singapore 179934, 179934, Singapore
Explore a highly conceptual historical showcase hosted at the LOY Gallery along Armenian Street, designed as a direct metaphorical mirror to the narrative structure of the Sejarah Melayu, or the Malay Annals. Rather than presenting history as a seamless, linear timeline, this curated exhibition treats ancient records as a mythological repository composed of distinct, poetic, and surreal fragments that collectively define the soul of our land. The evocative presentation highlights how these classical stories reflect centuries of shared maritime histories with regional neighbours. To physicalise this deep plane of knowledge, a fragment of the gallery floor is symbolically lifted up, with a thread of text pointing significantly toward Fort Canning Hill.
For more info, visit https://www.loygallery.com/akaichew

A Date with Tradition
2026-08-21 18:00 - 2026-09-05 22:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Stamford Arts Centre, 155 Waterloo Street #02-02, Singapore, 187962, Singapore
Stamford Arts Centre comes alive this month as A Date with Tradition (ADWT) returns with three weekends of performances, installations, drop-in activities and hands-on workshops that invite audiences to encounter traditional arts up close. Presented by Arts House Group in conjuction with the Singapore Night Festival, the programme runs from 21 August to 5 September 2026. Anchored by this year’s theme, Myths and Legends, the programme draws on folklore from across communities, creating opportunities for audiences to discover the traditions, stories and cultural practices that shape Singapore’s multicultural society.

Eko Nugroho: STRANGE MONSTER VIEW
2026-08-22 10:00 - 2026-10-10 19:00 (Asia/Singapore) | STPI, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236, Singaapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
In Eko Nugroho’s surreal universe, monsters lurk closer than we think. Figures shapeshift between man and machine, inhabiting hybrid forms from parallel dimensions. Drawing on influences from street art, graffiti and comics, these graphic renderings of masked creatures transform Nugroho’s daily observations into a playful critique of lived realities, unveiling themes of identity, perception and belonging.
Grounded in everyday encounters from his second residency at STPI, STRANGE MONSTER VIEW extends Nugroho’s wry inquiry of social norms in Singapore into a masquerade of chilli crabs and cyborgs. Here, he turns his astute eye to tourism, architecture and culture in the city-state, examining shared experiences that shape national identity and community.
Through its menagerie of mutant characters, STRANGE MONSTER VIEW offers an uncanny glimpse into the absurdity of living in a hyperconnected world: one where reality and fiction blend seamlessly together, and the idea of the self becomes increasingly untenable.

Guided Tours: Eko Nugroho: STRANGE MONSTER VIEW
2026-08-22 11:30 - 2026-10-10 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | STPI, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236, Singaapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
Join our expert docents for a guided tour and delve into the world of Eko Nugroho’s strange monsters!
Glean insights into STRANGE MONSTER VIEW, where the artist’s observations of Singapore culture were translated into sharply playful works. Tours include a visit to our Workshop, where Nugroho’s works were created in collaboration with our print and papermaking experts.
This is a free programme. Drop-in guests are welcome.
Selected Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Tues: 11.30AM
Wed: 6PM
Thurs: 11.30AM
Sat: 2PM, 5PM

Latiff Mohidin: Lines to Form
2026-08-28 - 2026-09-20 | Gajah Gallery Singapore, 39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark #03-04, 089065, Singapore
Gajah Gallery Singapore presents Latiff Mohidin: Lines to Form, a landmark solo exhibition by one of Malaysia’s foremost modernist artists. The exhibition unveils Latiff Mohidin‘s first-ever cast bronze sculpture from his iconic Pago Pago series. Presented alongside a selection of works on paper, the exhibition, in collaboration with LM Studio, brings into dialogue a new direction that illuminates the continuity of Latiff’s artistic vision across more than seven decades.
First conceived in the early 1960s, Pago Pago emerged as Latiff’s vision of a cosmopolitan yet regionally rooted modernism. Shaped by his travels across Southeast Asia, it evolved into a distinctive visual language informed by the region’s landscapes, architecture, and cultural traditions, while advancing a distinctly Southeast Asian perspective on modernism. The series’ enduring significance is reflected in its international recognition, including its presentation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2018.
Curated by Syed Muhammad Hafiz of LM Studio, the exhibition introduces Burung 1 (Bird 1), realised in collaboration with Yogya Art Lab (YAL), Gajah Gallery’s foundry arm based in Yogyakarta. Scaled from his original ciment fondu sculpture of the same name, the work was cast in silicon bronze under Latiff’s direction, thus marking the artist’s first foray into bronze and extending the enduring language of Pago Pago into a new medium.
Complementing Burung 1 (Bird 1) is a selection of works on paper from the Pago Pago, Gelombang, Rimba, and Voyage series. Together, they trace the evolution of Latiff’s visual language—from the formative Pago Pago works of the 1960s to the landscapes of Gelombang and Rimba, and meditations on travel and cultural encounters in Voyage. Spanning more than six decades, these works affirm the coherence and enduring vitality of one of Southeast Asia’s most influential artistic practices.

Arty Afternoon | Urban Impressions: Embossing & Stencilling
2026-08-29 11:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | STPI, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236, Singaapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
Explore Eko Nugroho’s bold visual language through this fun hands-on activity!
Emboss uniquely Singaporean motifs onto a postcard, just as the artist was inspired by the local culture in his works. Add vibrant colours to your creation with prepared stencils to create a dynamic, textured print.
This is a free, drop-in programme.

Screenprinting & Flocking | Layers of Identity
2026-09-05 10:00 - 12:00 (Asia/Singapore) | STPI, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236, Singaapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
Create self-portraits inspired by Eko Nugroho’s iconic masked figures!
Explore the identities we reveal and conceal in our beginner-friendly class, layering various screenprinting techniques to represent your personality. Try your hand at monotype screenprinting to create an evocative background, then add features such as eyes and masks to bring your self-portrait to life. Finally, add a velvety flourish with flocking to add a 3-dimensional touch to your work.
Recommended for agees 12 and above.

Responsive Art Therapy Workshop
2026-09-05 14:00 - 15:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Studio Ping, Blk 603 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, #01-2667, Singapore 560603, Singapore
On September 5, The Red Pencil (Singapore) is partnering with Artualize Art Gallery and artist Wee Ping Chun to run a workshop that takes your appreciation of art into something of your own.

Spend time with the pieces on show, then take a moment before responding to what struck you, working in the same materials Chun had – Chinese ink, watercolour, acrylic, or rice paper.

A credentialed art therapist eases the room into the session, stays present while everyone works, and closes with a small shared exhibition of what came out of the afternoon, plus space to talk about it if you want to. Everyone gets a Mindful Response Kit at the start: a clipboard, pencil, and a few paper prompts, in case you need somewhere to begin.

Studio Ping, Blk 603 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5, #01-2667, Singapore 560603
Saturday, 5 September 2026, 2:00–3:30pm
S$55 per registration

If you’ve got a friend who’d sit with a blank page longer than they’d admit, this is for them. Spots are limited — register here today: https://redpencil.ka-ching.asia/event/art-therapy-responsive-art-workshop-3/register?fbclid=IwY2xjawTqCFlwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7khaQwSuJoQO9b3-5Kr-uKuOZRo2nN3YMb5VAQcH0pF7WwIWCqOuTgDDklSw_aem_AmC2HpOG-WTd2T6kt8SoGw
