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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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SUMMARY:Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025: Tomorrow\, We’ll Be…
DESCRIPTION:The family-favourite Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 is back with multi-sensory and immersive installations where art meets play! As National Gallery Singapore celebrates its 10th anniversary\, the fifth edition of the Biennale invites the young and young at heart to dream big\, express their creativity\, and explore a hopeful and inclusive future shaped by the core values of Joy\, Kindness\, Love\, and Dream. \nThrough interactive installations by artists from Singapore and Asia\, children across ages – even from as young as babies – can express themselves freely and be immersed as active participants! \nHighlights include Dance Dance Chromatics by Singaporean artist Wyn-Lyn where a seamless canvas of digital ‘paintings’ are activated via movement; and Japanese artist Hiromi Tango’s series of large-scale colourful flowers with petals carrying words of kindness engraved in Braille. \nFor more information\, please visit: https://www.nationalgallery.sg/sg/en/festivals/gallery-childrens-biennale-2025-tomorrow-well-be.html
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/gallery-childrens-biennale-2025-tomorrow-well-be/
LOCATION:National Gallery Singapore\, 1 St. Andrew's Road #01-01\, Singapore\, 178957\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:Let’s Play! The Art and Design of Asian Games
DESCRIPTION:Games are among humanity’s oldest shared experiences – a source of joy\, challenge\, and connection for thousands of years. In Asia\, they have developed in remarkably diverse ways\, from the lively\, fast-paced rhythms of mahjong and congkak to the contemplative strategy of go and chess. They have entertained and educated\, reflected power and status\, and acted as metaphors for life. \nThis exhibition explores the rich history of Asian games and the role they have played in shaping culture\, identity\, and community. Some travelled widely\, taking on new forms and meanings across borders. Others became tools for mental training or expressions of artistic ideals. Even today\, they remain at the frontier of innovation – as seen in the rise of artificial intelligence. \nMany of the games on display are also works of extraordinary beauty and craftsmanship. As you explore the exhibition\, we invite you to discover how the act of play continues to inspire\, evolve\, and connect people across time and place. \nLet’s Play! incorporates playable interactives\, outdoor installations\, collaborations with schools and local game associations\, and a diverse line-up of programmes and talks.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/lets-play-the-art-and-design-of-asian-games/
LOCATION:Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM)\, 1 Empress Place\, 179555\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
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SUMMARY:Talking Objects
DESCRIPTION:Singapore Art Museum (SAM) presents Talking Objects\, its latest exhibition at the dedicated collection gallery. Drawn from the museum’s collection\, the exhibition explores how everyday objects – commonplace items\, familiar scenes and everyday representations — become vessels of memory\, meaning\, and emotion when seen through the lens of artists and their practices. Beyond materiality\, Talking Objects considers how even the most everyday forms can become instruments of expression. In the hands of artists\, the ordinary takes on new significance\, inviting us to look again at the world around us. \nFeaturing works by widely recognised artists from across Asia\, including Alwin Reamillo\, Suzann Victor\, and Christine Ay Tjoe\, Talking Objects showcases a diversity of artistic voices and practices\, while offering insights into SAM’s ongoing research into the material and conceptual languages of contemporary art in the region. These artworks resonate with shared human experiences while remaining grounded in the particularities of place and personal history. The exhibition invites visitors to slow down\, reflect\, and rediscover the quiet power of objects in shaping how we see and understand the world.  \nTalking Objects is housed alongside The Living Room in SAM’s collection gallery. Together\, they create a reflective space where personal and collective experiences converge\, offering insights into individual narratives and broader social and cultural conditions.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/talking-objects/
LOCATION:Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark\, 39 Keppel Rd\, #01-02 Tanjong Pagar Distripark\, Singapore 089065\, Singapore\, 089065\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:The Living Room
DESCRIPTION:Singapore Art Museum (SAM) presents its latest exhibition The Living Room\, as part of the final chapter of Collection Project: Communicating\, Convening\, Commoning—a long-term collaboration between SAM\, Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA)\, and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). Housed at SAM’s refreshed collection gallery\, the exhibition brings together performance-based works from the collections of all three institutions to explore how performances – fleeting by nature – can be remembered\, reactivated\, and carried forward through different forms of engagement. At its heart is a central question: What happens to a performance when it ends? Where does its liveness go\, and how might we make sense of what remains? \nFeaturing works by renowned local and international artists such as Ezzam Rahman\, Chuyia Chia\, Kim Garam\, Brian Fuata and others\, The Living Room presents a breadth of practices spanning live performances\, video\, installation\, performance traces\, re-enactments\, and artist-led activations. Taking inspiration from the living room as a space for gathering and presence\, the exhibition invites visitors into an evolving environment that is brought to life through activation\, conversation\, and exchange. By bringing together works grounded in lived experience\, The Living Room opens new ways of understanding how performance lives on through objects\, memory\, interaction\, and shared encounters. \nThe Living Room is showcased alongside Talking Objects at SAM’s collection gallery. Together\, they create a reflective space where personal and collective experiences converge\, offering insights into individual narratives and broader social and cultural conditions.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/the-living-room/
LOCATION:Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark\, 39 Keppel Rd\, #01-02 Tanjong Pagar Distripark\, Singapore 089065\, Singapore\, 089065\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:Engage with history through art at Temple\, National Gallery Singapore’s first rooftop installation integrating kinetic motion and sound
DESCRIPTION:Embark on a meditative experience at Temple\, a new participatory artwork by Vietnamese-American artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen. Commissioned by National Gallery Singapore for its Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series and presented as part of Singapore Biennale 2025: pure intention\, Temple invites visitors to reflect on history and contemplate the impact of war through a multisensorial experience that blends kinetic motion and sound – underscoring the Gallery’s mission to connect the art of Singapore and Southeast Asia to the world and foster critical dialogue on global issues through art. \nFeaturing bells and mobiles crafted from recovered and defused unexploded ordnance (UXO) from the Vietnam War\, visitors are encouraged to strike the defused shells\, gongs\, and chimes\, creating a meditative soundscape. Through this transformation of weapons of war into instruments of peace\, Nguyen inspires ideas of karmic balance\, reincarnation\, and the memories embedded within materials\, offering a powerful lens for healing and reconciliation. \nTemple is the eighth edition of the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/engage-with-history-through-art-at-temple-national-gallery-singapores-first-rooftop-installation-integrating-kinetic-motion-and-sound/
LOCATION:National Gallery Singapore\, 1 St. Andrew's Road #01-01\, Singapore\, 178957\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="National Gallery Singapore":MAILTO:info@nationalgallery.sg
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SUMMARY:Peacock Power: Beauty and Symbolism Across Cultures
DESCRIPTION:With its dazzling feathers and spectacular tail\, the peacock has long symbolised beauty\, power\, and divinity across Asia. For centuries\, its striking form has captivated artists and devotees alike\, inspiring works that range from sacred images to everyday adornment. \nThe peacock motif travelled between cultures. Peranakan art\, shaped by the convergence of multiple influences\, is the starting point for this journey. Treasures from the National Collection and important lenders explore the bird’s presence in a broad range of artistic disciplines. Each object invites visitors to consider how a motif moved between regions and contexts\, revealing the networks that connect peoples and how artistic traditions evolve through exchange. \nThe exhibition presents these connections through colourful displays\, interactive stations\, and lively programmes. A new work by artist Ernest Goh explores the peacock in the context of its symbolism\, cultural heritage\, and ecology.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/peacock-power-beauty-and-symbolism-across-cultures/
LOCATION:Peranakan Museum\, 39 Armenian Street\, Singapore\, Singapore 179941\, 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/2025-11-16/
LOCATION:ShanghART Singapore\, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22\, 108937\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20251119T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260122T180000
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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/2025-11-19/
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/2025-11-20/
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/2025-11-21/
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/2025-11-22/
LOCATION:ShanghART Singapore\, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22\, 108937\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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SUMMARY:Yao Qingmei: Steel Garden
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception : 13 December 2025\, 4pm\nExhibition Period : 13 December 2025 – 15 February 2026 \nSingapore\, November 2025 — ShanghART Gallery is pleased to present Steel Garden\, a solo exhibition by Paris-based artist Yao Qingmei\, marking her first major presentation with the gallery. Known for an interdisciplinary practice that bridges performance\, video\, photography\, and installation\, Yao examines how bodies move through—and are shaped by—structures of power\, public ritual\, and the choreography of collective life. \nAt the heart of the exhibition is Steel Garden\, her latest two-channel video installation. The work draws from the grand floral displays erected annually during moments of national celebration. Through a series of precise and lingering images—close-ups of flowers\, birds foraging among cracks\, weeds growing between paving stones\, the varied postures of visitors\, and the synchronised gesture of crowds during the flag-raising ceremony—Yao reveals the subtle relationships between individual action\, collective ritual\, and the constructed natural landscape. \nThis multi-chapter video work begins with news reports on specially cultivated festival flowers and culminates in a floating\, dust-like vocal poem from the artist’s own perspective. Drawing upon the concepts of the “moving garden” and the “third landscape” by French gardener Gilles Clément\, the work also references descriptions of pain and hallucination experienced by the soldier Pavel Korchagin in the Soviet novel How the Steel Was Tempered (1934) to reveal the biopolitical framework that underlies this monumental ritual. \nThe exhibition also brings together works spanning more than 10 years\, offering a contextual understanding of Yao’s sustained inquiry into symbolic gesture\, embodied practice\, and moving-image construction. Beginning with early public space interventions and documented performances\, Yao initially used video as a means of recording her embodied actions. Over time\, she has increasingly turned toward filmic construction\, developing a more deliberate cinematic language that positions her both in front of and behind the camera. \nThis evolution is visible in works such as The Third Internationale in Monaco (2012) and Dance! Dance! Bruce Ling! (2013)\, in which Yao performs as a protagonist navigating staged situations that parody ideological choreography. In more recent projects\, including Prelude to Love (2023)\, she adopts the role of a director\, shaping narrative\, movement\, and mise-en-scène to investigate how collective identities are formed\, reinforced\, or unsettled. \nAcross her body of work\, Yao Qingmei articulates a distinctive\, incisive voice within contemporary art—one attuned to the shifting dynamics of nationalism\, memory\, and public space in the twenty-first century. Steel Garden offers a focused yet expansive lens into her practice\, foregrounding an artist whose observations of ritual\, power\, and lived experiences resonate far beyond their point of origin.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/yao-qingmei-steel-garden/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20251214T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260216T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED: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/2025-12-14/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20251217T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20250908T081037Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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/2025-12-17/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20251218T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260220T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20250908T081037Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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/2025-12-18/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20251219T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260221T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20250908T081037Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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/2025-12-19/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20251220T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260222T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
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LAST-MODIFIED: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/2025-12-20/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260118
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20251020T072402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T072402Z
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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/2025-12-27/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Singapore
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://pluralartmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Writers-Voice-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Rainbow Fictioneers":MAILTO:rainbowfictioneers@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260125
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20251020T072402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T072402Z
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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/2026-01-03/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Singapore
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://pluralartmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Writers-Voice-1.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Rainbow Fictioneers":MAILTO:rainbowfictioneers@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260109T130000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260131T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20260105T092015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T122836Z
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SUMMARY:Bouquet For You
DESCRIPTION:In the liminal spaces where time folds into timelessness and life meets mortality\, Sung Min Woo’s art takes form. Sung’s debut solo exhibition in Singapore at Gallery Ima is more than a geographic milestone—it is a passage into an in-between realm where cultures\, philosophies\, and ecological ideas converge. \n\n\nBorn in 1974\, Sung Min Woo trained in Oriental Painting at Hongik University\, earning both her BFA and MFA\, before completing a Ph.D. in Art Education at Korea National University of Education. This combined foundation of practice and theory shapes her distinctive approach. Working with silk\, natural pigments\, and powdered gold and silver\, she draws on East Asian artistic traditions while reinterpreting them through a contemporary ecological lens. Her paintings go beyond representing nature; they interrogate its conditions\, exploring what it means to emerge\, endure\, and ultimately disappear—ideas that resonate across cultures and time. \n\n\nWorking on silk\, Sung layers natural pigments and dusts her surfaces with gold and silver powder. These metallic interventions do more than embellish; they suspend time\, creating a luminous membrane where fleeting moments attain a sense of permanence. Her technique of saturation\, repetition\, and slow accumulation reflects the rhythms of germination\, growth\, decay\, and renewal. Each stroke becomes a meditative gesture linking continuity with impermanence. \n\n\nGrass is Sung’s enduring motif – modest yet resilient\, thriving in overlooked spaces. She often depicts naturalised species\, plants rooted in Korean soil but originating elsewhere\, as metaphors for movement\, adaptation\, and coexistence. Once foreign\, these species integrate into their environments\, enriching ecological diversity. Through this imagery\, Sung develops a visual lexicon of interdependence\, where ecological processes mirror social dynamics. \n\n\n\nCentral to Sung’s practice is the notion of oikos—the ancient Greek word that symbolises a foundational space of life where relationships coexist. In her work\, oikos becomes a site where individual and collective existence intertwine. Her compositions unfold as living ecosystems: dense\, shimmering fields where grasses and wildflowers weave narratives of survival\, adaptation\, and transformation. Each blade speaks of resilience and care\, reminding us that life endures through connection. \n\n\nThis resonance is particularly alive in Singapore. Like these naturalised plants\, Singapore’s identity has been shaped through migration and exchanges. Its strength lies in diversity\, resilience\, and adaptability. Sung’s work offers a quiet parallel: the beauty of integration and the unexpected harmony that emerges when disparate lives share the same ground. \n\n\nSung’s exhibition\, Bouquet For You\, invites us into a space of stillness and reflection. Shimmering surfaces and grasses rendered with exquisite precision blur the boundary between reality and dream\, urging us to pause\, look deeply\, and contemplate our place within an interconnected ecological and existential web.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/bouquet-for-you/
LOCATION:Art ImA\, 14 Circular Road\, #03-02\, Singapore 058412\, Singapore\, Singapore\, 058412\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="Art ImA":MAILTO:info@artcompanyima.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260109T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260207T230000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20260105T092059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T092059Z
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SUMMARY:Neural Echoes: Enter The Sleep Lab
DESCRIPTION:50-minute narrative-driven\, immersive experience with interactive puzzles. For 4-6 players. \nSomniTech promises to revolutionise rest: a future where sleep is productive\, optimised\, and monetised. Their Brain–Computer Interface and experimental dream-tracking systems map susceptibility\, guide sleep states\, and deliver auditory instructions. \nMany clinical trial participants never exited the programme. Dr. Adrian Tan\, the iconic yet controversial mind behind SomniTech\, disappeared shortly after. No one knows what drives him\, or what horrors unfold behind those closed doors. \nWill you go undercover in the clinical trials? Enter the lab\, navigate controlled assessments\, figure out what happened to the missing participants\, and uncover the true purpose of SomniTech.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/neural-echoes-enter-the-sleep-lab/
LOCATION:The Arts House\, 1 Old Parliament Ln\, Singapore 179429\, Singapore\, Singapore\, 179429\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260201
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20251020T072402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T072402Z
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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/2026-01-10/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="Rainbow Fictioneers":MAILTO:rainbowfictioneers@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260111T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260211T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20260105T122800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T122800Z
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SUMMARY:City Lines
DESCRIPTION:Singapore’s urban landscape is constantly evolving. City Lines showcases ten artists whose work examines the invisible lines that connect people to their surroundings—the emotional and psychological aspects of the city that go beyond its visible architecture. From the quiet beauty of watercolour cityscapes to digital takes on architecture\, and poetic views of urban life\, City Lines showcases the rhythm of Singapore’s spaces. Beyond capturing façades—the shophouse\, housing estate and urban forms\, the exhibition tells a story of the artists’ connection with the city\, the past and the present\, real and imagined. \nARTISTS\nAndrew Huang\nHeiko Schulze\nIdris Ali\nJeffrey Wandly\nKay Saputra\nMasturah Sha’ari\nMayang Sari\nSyazana Yassin\nTerence Tan\nYeo Jian Long \nHeld at Maya Gallery from 11 January to 11 February 2026\, City Lines will be part of the Singapore Art Week.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/city-lines/
LOCATION:Maya Gallery\, 57 Genting Lane\, #05-00\, Singapore 349564\, 57 Genting Lane\, #05-00 Singapore 349564\, 349564\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="Maya Gallery":MAILTO:art@mayagallery.com.sg
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260111T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260316T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20250908T081037Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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/2026-01-11/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260114T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260319T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20250908T081037Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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/2026-01-14/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260115T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260320T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20250908T081037Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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/2026-01-15/
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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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260116T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260531T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20251215T071506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T071506Z
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SUMMARY:Elia Nurvista and Bagus Pandega: Nafasan Bumi ~ An Endless Harvest
DESCRIPTION:Artists Elia Nurvista and Bagus Pandega explore how the demands of a relentless extraction\, from plantations to electric futures\, cast a shadow on the very “breath of the Earth.” \nElia Nurvista and Bagus Pandega: Nafasan Bumi ~ An Endless Harvest imagines the afterlives of materials that persist long after their use\, outlasting our time in this age of excess. Plantations\, mining sites\, and the promise of electric vehicle technologies become places where the stories of tomorrow are formed\, bound by Indonesia’s extractive economies whose resources sustain the pulse of today’s global demand. \nFrom the need for oxygen to nickel’s role in lithium-ion technologies\, from the cutting down of forests to palm oil’s many applications\, these materials represent the state of the Earth’s breath (Nafasan Bumi) today\, strained by extraction. The planet’s natural rhythms no longer move freely but are drawn into the labour of industry\, breathing through the exhaustion of a harvest that never ends. \nAcross the exhibition\, labour appears as both memory and speculation\, a rhythm shared by humans\, machines\, and the living world. Conveyor belts\, once emblems of the industrial revolution and the mechanisation of labour\, now hum to the pulse of tropical plants\, creating a continuous cycle of productivity. Nearby\, sculptures cast in palm oil wax evoke the stillness of carved stone yet resist ideals of perfection\, creating a dreamscape haunted by plantation residues. Others\, made from discarded palm waste\, hold the tension between fragility and endurance. \nTogether\, these artworks trace how human and non-human life have been enmeshed in cycles of ceaseless pursuit of productivity\, asking: What will the future shaped by these material conditions? Like the recurring haze that engulfs Indonesia\, Singapore\, and Malaysia during the southwest monsoon\, the Earth’s breath\, shadowed by an endless harvest\, lingers as a reminder of what extraction conceals and refuses to let us forget. ~
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/elia-nurvista-and-bagus-pandega-nafasan-bumi-an-endless-harvest/
LOCATION:Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark\, 39 Keppel Rd\, #01-02 Tanjong Pagar Distripark\, Singapore 089065\, Singapore\, 089065\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260116T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20260105T123357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T123357Z
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SUMMARY:Turning Points III
DESCRIPTION:Now in its third year at Singapore Art Week\, Turning Points III brings together five artists with disabilities whose works capture pivotal moments of artistic transformation. Each piece reflects a turning point where adversity sparks reinvention and exploration leads to new creative horizons. \nIn this exhibition\, Aaron Yap will show clay animal figurines\, Chong Yap Qing will pay homage to his mother’s recipes in still-life studies\, Hugh Lee will present an abstract and architectural series of paintings\, Kenji Teo will present anime-inspired artworks and Zack Ling will show a series of functional ceramic wares. These are the output from a year of mentorships with mentor artists Lewis Choo\, Mary Bernadette Lee\, Joshua Yang\, Tristan Lim\, and Kim Whye Lee. \nCurated by John Tung\, the exhibition offers a tapestry of resilience\, adaptability\, and introspection\, inviting audiences to witness the creativity and complexity of change in an artist’s journey.
URL:https://pluralartmag.com/event/turning-points-iii/
LOCATION:The Arts House\, 1 Old Parliament Ln\, Singapore 179429\, Singapore\, Singapore\, 179429\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Singapore
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ORGANIZER;CN="ART%3ADIS":MAILTO:suzanna@artdis.org.sg
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260116T120000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20260321T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T021603
CREATED:20250908T081037Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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/2026-01-16/
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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