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SUMMARY:Earthopia Fest 2026
DESCRIPTION:Earthopia Fest 2026 returns for its second edition from 29 to 31 May 2026 at Fort Canning Green\, bringing together youth\, community groups\, green businesses\, artists and advocates for a three-day sustainability festival built around climate action\, circular living and wellness. \nOrganised by City Sprouts\, the festival will bring together 100+ content partners and engage over 5\,000 participants through hands-on workshops\, panel discussions\, a conscious marketplace curated by Sunday Social and City Sprouts’ Farmers Collective\, the Earthling Exchange showcasing green innovations and social impact work\, art installations made with repurposed materials\, and live performances by local artists. \nDesigned to move audiences from awareness to intent and action\, Earthopia Fest 2026 makes sustainability more accessible by connecting it to everyday choices — from fashion\, food and wellness to creativity\, community and conscious consumption. \nEarthopia’s art installations turn waste into visual storytelling\, creating accessible photo and video moments while making circular economy ideas tangible. Highlights include: \n\nOur Current Creatures – large floating jellyfish-like forms made from plastic\, inviting visitors to look twice at what our waste becomes.\nE-Fossil: A Warning From Our Time – animal-like fossils assembled from e-waste and industrial materials\, imagining what future generations might unearth from today’s consumption.\nSOAR – an upcycled bird installation made from discarded milk bottles\, transforming everyday waste into a symbol of recovery and lift-off.\nScarecrow Guardians – playful fashion-based guardians made from repurposed clothes\, created with youth and circular fashion partners.\nDisposable Planet – a vibrant Earth formed from colourful fabric scraps\, led by Fashion Parade\, greeting visitors with a strong circular fashion message.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/earthopia-fest-2026/2026-08-07/
LOCATION:Fort Canning Green\, Fort Canning Park\, Canning Rise\, Singapore\, Singapore\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:Arty Afternoon | Timber Textures: Charcoal Rubbings
DESCRIPTION:Explore the wonders of printmaking through charcoal rubbings. Choose from a variety of natural materials and carved woodblocks to create a unique work blending an array of textures. \nThis is a free\, drop-in event\, no registration is required. Recommended for all ages.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/arty-afternoon-timber-textures-charcoal-rubbings/2026-08-01/
LOCATION:STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery\, 41 Robertson Quay\, Singapore\, 238236\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260807
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SUMMARY:Common Room
DESCRIPTION: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. \nCommon 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. \nAn 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?
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/common-room/2026-07-20/
LOCATION:Drama Centre Black Box\, National Library Building (Level 5)\, 100 Victoria Street\, #05-01 National Library Building\, Singapore 188064\, Singapore\, Singapore\, 188064\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="Checkpoint Theatre":MAILTO:contact@checkpoint-theatre.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260717T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260731T170000
DTSTAMP:20260708T140814Z
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SUMMARY:VISIONS – ANIMA MUNDI 2026
DESCRIPTION: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\nan 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\ncorrespondences 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\nexperience 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\nand 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.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/visions-anima-mundi-2026/
LOCATION:Palazzo Albrizzi – Capello\, Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello Associazione Culturale Italo-Tedesca (ACIT) Cannaregio 4118\, Venice\, Italy\, Venice\, 30121\, Italy
CATEGORIES:International
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SUMMARY:Finding the Writer's Voice
DESCRIPTION:𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 \nWhat is the story within you that keeps running into roadblocks\, whenever you try to bring it into fuller expression? Is there a deeper truth beneath it that is asking to be seen? \nThis four-week workshop aims to help you get in touch with\, recognise\, and develop your unique writing voice. Whether you are a beginner writer\, or an experienced writer looking for a fresh approach towards your craft\, this workshop aims to help you achieve greater clarity and purpose in your work. \nParticipants have the option to submit up to ten pages of creative work for detailed individual feedback. \nThis workshop is open to writers of poetry\, prose and creative nonfiction. \nReduced fees are available for students\, as well as for those in need of financial assistance; please email rainbowfictioneers@gmail.com to find out more. \n𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 6th\, 13th\, 20th and 27th Dec 2025 \n𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 9.30am – 12.30pm on Saturdays \n𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Online  \n𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝘁 rainbowfictioneers.com/writersvoice \n——— \n𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿  \nStacy Ooi is editor of 𝘝𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘈 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭\, and founder of the 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴\, a literary platform based in Singapore. Her poetry has been published in 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸\, and 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴\, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴. Her fiction is published in 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭\, and forthcoming in 𝘊𝘈𝘓𝘠𝘟 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭. She dreams of a world where we are gentle with each other.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/finding-the-writers-voice/2026-07-11/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rainbow Fictioneers":MAILTO:rainbowfictioneers@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260709
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260727
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SUMMARY:Days That Slip Away Untouched: A Solo Exhibition by Uji “Hahan” Handoko Eko Saputro
DESCRIPTION:Gajah Gallery Singapore presents Days That Slip Away Untouched\, a solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Uji “Hahan” Handoko Eko Saputro. Following its debut in Jakarta\, the exhibition continues Hahan’s investigation into the shifting relationship between physical reality and its digital mediation. \nWorking across painting\, sculpture\, and sound\, Hahan examines how perception and meaning are conditioned within digitally mediated environments. His work probes the terms by which images and experiences are encountered\, tracing how distinctions between the real\, the constructed\, and the circulated are produced\, and how authenticity is negotiated in their wake. \nIn contrast to the immediacy of digital systems\, Hahan’s practice emphasises slowness and material engagement. Developed in close dialogue with the Ace House collective and his studio artisans\, the works emerge through what he describes as an “aesthetic kinship”\, a process rooted in shared labour and collective exchange. Across the exhibition\, Hahan appropriates imagery from works by Raden Saleh\, Tomás Sánchez\, and Walter Spies\, using these references to reflect on how knowledge\, power\, and ways of seeing have shaped historical narratives. In doing so\, the works draw attention to the instability of images in an era governed by algorithmic visibility\, where depth and context risk being flattened. Within these compositions\, moments of disruption appear through hybrid figures and altered landscapes\, introducing a sense of dissonance that unsettles familiar visual frameworks. These gestures operate as subtle “glitches”\, interrupting dominant modes of representation and\nopening up alternative ways of seeing and understanding. \nThe exhibition title\, Days That Slip Away Untouched\, speaks to an awareness of time that often passes without full attention. Across his practice\, Hahan foregrounds attentiveness —to history\, process\, and everyday experience— as a means of resisting this condition. Here\, authenticity is approached as something continually negotiated within the conditions of contemporary life.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/days-that-slip-away-untouched-a-solo-exhibition-by-uji-hahan-handoko-eko-saputro/
LOCATION:Gajah Gallery\, 39 Keppel Rd\, #03-04\, Singapore\, 089065\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:Zarina: Directions to My House | Guided Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join our expert docents for a guided tour and ruminate on Zarina’s ideas of belonging\, displacement and memory. Gain a deeper understanding of how her she translated her lived experience into minimalist print and paper works—endearing expressions of yearning and searching for home. \nThe tour will include a glimpse into our Workshop\, where Zarina’s legacy continues to inspire contemporary print and papermaking practices. \nGuided tours at STPI are free of charge. Drop-in guests are welcome. \n20 June – 1 August 2026\nSelected Wednesdays\, Thursdays and Saturdays
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/zarina-directions-to-my-house-guided-tour/
LOCATION:STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery\, 41 Robertson Quay\, Singapore\, 238236\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="STPI %E2%80%93 Creative Workshop &amp%3B Gallery":MAILTO:stpi@stpi.com.sg
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260606T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260801T190000
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SUMMARY:STPI Annual Special Exhibition  2026 | Zarina: Directions to  My House
DESCRIPTION:STPI presents Zarina: Directions to My House\, the artist’s largest solo exhibition in Southeast Asia. One of the most significant printmakers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries\, Zarina (1937–2020\, Aligarh\, India; London\, United Kingdom)\, was a key figure in minimalist and diasporic practice. Curated by New York-based independent curator and Zarina’s former studio manager Sarah Burney \, Directions to My House offers a deeply informed perspective on the artist’s life and work\, bringing together over 50 works from 12 lenders across multiple cities\, reflecting her life that was profoundly shaped by numerous continents – having lived across Bangkok\, New Delhi\, Paris\, Bonn\, Tokyo\, Santa Cruz\, and finally New York.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/stpi-annual-special-exhibition-2026-zarina-directions-to-my-house/
LOCATION:STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery\, 41 Robertson Quay\, Singapore\, 238236\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260606T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260801T190000
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SUMMARY:Maps | Directions to My House
DESCRIPTION:Mirroring how migration and movement shaped Zarina’s practice\, create a personal map of your journey to STPI. Add your map to the collection of cartographies from other visitors and witness how others have embarked on similar journeys.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/maps-directions-to-my-house/
LOCATION:STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery\, 41 Robertson Quay\, Singapore\, 238236\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260604T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260807T180000
DTSTAMP:20250908T081037Z
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SUMMARY:Lai Yu Tong: The Dogs
DESCRIPTION:ShanghART Singapore is pleased to present Lai Yu Tong’s first solo exhibition with the gallery\, The Dogs\, opening on 30 August 2025. Featuring a new series of works that centres around his encounters with a pack of stray dogs\, the artist invites us to reconsider our relationship with entities that exist on the fringes of our environments\, while reflecting upon his own experiences and interactions with the dogs across several months. \nDrawing upon observations of the present\, Lai’s practice examines the overlooked and neglected. Everyday objects and subjects such as cars\, crows\, hands\, and chairs feature as motifs across his works that are cast within the stories and scenarios that he creates around them. By looking at something for extended periods of time\, he brings out alternative perspectives on the familiar. Recently\, his gaze fixates upon the stray dogs that he encounters around a forested area close to where he lives. Their existence as wild\, untamed and shy creatures that roam under the shadows of Singapore intrigues him. \nIn a highly developed and controlled society\, the presence of these dogs introduces a degree of unpredictability\, even instilling a sense of danger. Initial encounters with them ended with Lai retreating out of fear. However\, following multiple visits where he would observe\, photograph and sometimes feed the dogs\, the fear that he felt eventually shifts into a kind of love\, as he forms a connection with these misunderstood creatures. \nStorytelling makes up a big part of Lai’s approach\, manifesting in forms such as drawing\, sculpture\, and sound. In these latest works\, Lai seeks to retell his encounters with these enigmatic creatures through intimate pieces of drawings and collages on various modest everyday materials — cardboard\, wood\, and paper. He simultaneously draws and obscures the dogs\, playing with techniques of erasure and transparency that render his subjects as ghostly figures and impressions. Such loose methods of representation alludes to the elusiveness and placelessness of the subjects he draws\, whilst also allowing them to take on other identities and connotations. \nThrough a selection of two-dimensional works\, a sculpture\, a sound piece and a performance\, the gallery space is transformed into a site of encounter between the audience and the dogs. Bridging the distance between us and them through Lai’s own experiences\, the exhibition encourages visitors to empathise and identify with the beings that live on the edges of our environments; out of sight and away from what we are familiar with.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/lai-yu-tong-the-dogs/2026-06-04/
LOCATION:ShanghART Singapore\, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22\, 108937\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="ShanghART Singapore":MAILTO:shanghartgallerysg@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Lai Yu Tong: The Dogs
DESCRIPTION:ShanghART Singapore is pleased to present Lai Yu Tong’s first solo exhibition with the gallery\, The Dogs\, opening on 30 August 2025. Featuring a new series of works that centres around his encounters with a pack of stray dogs\, the artist invites us to reconsider our relationship with entities that exist on the fringes of our environments\, while reflecting upon his own experiences and interactions with the dogs across several months. \nDrawing upon observations of the present\, Lai’s practice examines the overlooked and neglected. Everyday objects and subjects such as cars\, crows\, hands\, and chairs feature as motifs across his works that are cast within the stories and scenarios that he creates around them. By looking at something for extended periods of time\, he brings out alternative perspectives on the familiar. Recently\, his gaze fixates upon the stray dogs that he encounters around a forested area close to where he lives. Their existence as wild\, untamed and shy creatures that roam under the shadows of Singapore intrigues him. \nIn a highly developed and controlled society\, the presence of these dogs introduces a degree of unpredictability\, even instilling a sense of danger. Initial encounters with them ended with Lai retreating out of fear. However\, following multiple visits where he would observe\, photograph and sometimes feed the dogs\, the fear that he felt eventually shifts into a kind of love\, as he forms a connection with these misunderstood creatures. \nStorytelling makes up a big part of Lai’s approach\, manifesting in forms such as drawing\, sculpture\, and sound. In these latest works\, Lai seeks to retell his encounters with these enigmatic creatures through intimate pieces of drawings and collages on various modest everyday materials — cardboard\, wood\, and paper. He simultaneously draws and obscures the dogs\, playing with techniques of erasure and transparency that render his subjects as ghostly figures and impressions. Such loose methods of representation alludes to the elusiveness and placelessness of the subjects he draws\, whilst also allowing them to take on other identities and connotations. \nThrough a selection of two-dimensional works\, a sculpture\, a sound piece and a performance\, the gallery space is transformed into a site of encounter between the audience and the dogs. Bridging the distance between us and them through Lai’s own experiences\, the exhibition encourages visitors to empathise and identify with the beings that live on the edges of our environments; out of sight and away from what we are familiar with.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/lai-yu-tong-the-dogs/2026-06-03/
LOCATION:ShanghART Singapore\, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22\, 108937\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:Lai Yu Tong: The Dogs
DESCRIPTION:ShanghART Singapore is pleased to present Lai Yu Tong’s first solo exhibition with the gallery\, The Dogs\, opening on 30 August 2025. Featuring a new series of works that centres around his encounters with a pack of stray dogs\, the artist invites us to reconsider our relationship with entities that exist on the fringes of our environments\, while reflecting upon his own experiences and interactions with the dogs across several months. \nDrawing upon observations of the present\, Lai’s practice examines the overlooked and neglected. Everyday objects and subjects such as cars\, crows\, hands\, and chairs feature as motifs across his works that are cast within the stories and scenarios that he creates around them. By looking at something for extended periods of time\, he brings out alternative perspectives on the familiar. Recently\, his gaze fixates upon the stray dogs that he encounters around a forested area close to where he lives. Their existence as wild\, untamed and shy creatures that roam under the shadows of Singapore intrigues him. \nIn a highly developed and controlled society\, the presence of these dogs introduces a degree of unpredictability\, even instilling a sense of danger. Initial encounters with them ended with Lai retreating out of fear. However\, following multiple visits where he would observe\, photograph and sometimes feed the dogs\, the fear that he felt eventually shifts into a kind of love\, as he forms a connection with these misunderstood creatures. \nStorytelling makes up a big part of Lai’s approach\, manifesting in forms such as drawing\, sculpture\, and sound. In these latest works\, Lai seeks to retell his encounters with these enigmatic creatures through intimate pieces of drawings and collages on various modest everyday materials — cardboard\, wood\, and paper. He simultaneously draws and obscures the dogs\, playing with techniques of erasure and transparency that render his subjects as ghostly figures and impressions. Such loose methods of representation alludes to the elusiveness and placelessness of the subjects he draws\, whilst also allowing them to take on other identities and connotations. \nThrough a selection of two-dimensional works\, a sculpture\, a sound piece and a performance\, the gallery space is transformed into a site of encounter between the audience and the dogs. Bridging the distance between us and them through Lai’s own experiences\, the exhibition encourages visitors to empathise and identify with the beings that live on the edges of our environments; out of sight and away from what we are familiar with.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/lai-yu-tong-the-dogs/2026-05-31/
LOCATION:ShanghART Singapore\, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22\, 108937\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="ShanghART Singapore":MAILTO:shanghartgallerysg@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:In Our Own Frame (Photography Exhibition)
DESCRIPTION:In Our Own Frame brings together 22 imagemakers and grows out of the year-long POV: Photowalks programme designed by photographer Benjamin Tan.\nAlongside works from POV participants\, selected responses from WiSSG (Women in Street Singapore) and the wider Singapore photography community form a wall of moments\, with photography as a way to pause and return to the present. \nKantaya New presents her staged series “A Modern Day Affair” within the exhibition. \nFree admission.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/in-our-own-frame-photography-exhibition/2026-05-17/
LOCATION:Guoco Midtown Public Art Wall\, 128 Beach Rd\, Singapore\, 189773\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Regional,Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="DECK":MAILTO:meet@deck.sg
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SUMMARY:Benchmarks
DESCRIPTION:Experience the Civic District afresh this August 2023 onwards\, with Benchmarks\, a new public art trail commissioned by the Civic District Alliance (CDA). Designed by six Singapore-based artists\, Lua Boon Kai\, Joyce Beetuan Koh\, Immanuel Koh\, Yang Jie\, Jeffrey Tan and Jason Wee\, the public art initiative features a series of six unconventional artwork benches inspired by punctuation marks dotted around the arts and culture precinct. Each art bench draws from the rich heritage of the district\, inviting visitors to have meaningful exchanges with themselves\, other visitors\, or even the surroundings while appreciating the beauty of the Civic District and its colourful stories. These art benches for Benchmarks are located at key areas of the Civic District\, such as the Asian Civilisations Museum\, The Arts House\, The Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay and along the Singapore River. \nFollow #CVDBenchmarks on:\nWebsite: https://artshouselimited.sg/civic-district\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theartshouse\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartshouse
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/benchmarks/
LOCATION:The Arts House\, 1 Old Parliament Ln\, Singapore 179429\, Singapore\, Singapore\, 179429\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="Arts House Limited":MAILTO:enquiries@artshouse.sg
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