National Gallery Singapore

Join us on a journey back in time to find out and explore the history of video installation art. This two-part series offers a fascinating look at the pivotal moments when video installation first emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, staged and recreated at the latest See Me, See You: Early Video Installation of Southeast Asia […]

Since its inception in 1996, Amanda Heng’s pivotal participatory performance Let’s Chat has offered a space for the exchange of thoughts, both mundane and pertinent. Based on the intimate conversations the artist has had with others while preparing bean sprouts, what began as an exploration of the simpler joys of Southeast Asian community life has […]

Discover new ways of “figuring” art at National Gallery Singapore’s new exhibition, Figuring a Scene. Presented at Dalam Southeast Asia, the show is Dr. Patrick Flores’ first curated exhibition for the Gallery since he joined in 2023 as Deputy Director of Curatorial & Research. Guided by an unconventional curatorial approach, Dr. Flores diverges from the […]

Step into the fusion of art and science at National Gallery Singapore’s Cheong Soo Pieng: Layer by Layer, the first of four exhibitions at the Gallery in 2024, spotlighting Singaporean artists. From 5 April 2024 to 29 September 2024, this groundbreaking showcase featuring over 30 artworks from Cheong Soo Pieng’s artistic career marks Southeast Asia’s […]

Immerse yourself in highly emotive creative expressions by Cultural Medallion recipient and pioneer artist Teo Eng Seng at National Gallery Singapore’s Teo Eng Seng: We’re Happy. Are You Happy? –  the largest and most in-depth survey on the multidisciplinary artist to date. Featuring close to 70 artworks that respond to global social-political events of the […]

Marvel at the picturesque and nostalgic depictions of well-loved scenes of everyday Singapore and magnificent landscapes from around the world at Becoming Lim Tze Peng. From 25 October 2024 to 23 March 2025, National Gallery Singapore presents its first solo exhibition on Singapore’s oldest living and active artist, Lim Tze Peng, featuring over 50 artworks […]

Light to Night Singapore, the marquee event of Singapore Art Week, returns to the Civic District from 17 January to 6 February 2025. Themed, “Do You See Me?”, festival-goers can look forward to over 70 artworks and programmes, including large-scale projection mappings on the facades of iconic cultural institutions, luminous art installations and engaging public […]