17 – 19 January 2025
Preview & Vernissage 16 January
Marina Bay Sands
Join us for the third edition of ART SG, from 17 – 19 January 2025 (VIP Preview & Vernissage 16 January), at Marina Bay Sands. The fair, presented by founding and lead partner UBS, will feature leading international galleries and rising art spaces across three sectors: GALLERIES, FOCUS and FUTURES and will be accompanied by a curated program of daily talks, large-scale installations, film and moving images.
Historic mosques, madrasas and caravanserais across Uzbekistan’s capital will come alive with contemporary art next September as the inaugural edition of the Bukhara Biennial takes over the city. One of the largest contemporary art events in Central Asia, it will bring together art, crafts, food, textiles and music.
The fourth edition of the Bangkok Art Biennale will open on 24 October 2024. This city-wide celebration of art has become a highly anticipated event in the regional art calendar, and ART SG speaks with Dr Apinan Poshyananda, who has helmed all four editions, to take stock of how far the Biennale has come and how it has contributed to the art ecosystem.
The Biennale has become a mainstay of the contemporary art ecosystem and experience in Southeast Asia, often yoking together a city or nation’s cultural and place-making aspirations with a desire for spectacle and the novel. Today, Biennales offer some of the most dynamic sites to encounter contemporary art and ideas; read on for ART SG’s survey of upcoming Biennales in the region.
The spirit of experimentation runs deep in brothers Alex and Johnny Turnbull, ART SG Advisory Group members. As sons of two of Britain’s most prominent post-war artists—Singapore-born Kim Lim and Scottish-born William Turnbull—they were, paradoxically, discouraged from pursuing careers in art, a stark reminder of the challenging realities their parents’ generation of artists endured.
ART SG is delighted to announce our forthcoming Cultural Partners for the 2025 edition of the fair. Consisting of leading museums, institutions, and foundations, these organisations contribute in a significant way to building the cultural ecosystem of the Southeast Asia region and global art landscape, and will lend their curatorial expertise to the programming of ART SG.
ART SG, whose founding and lead partner is UBS and is organised by The Art Assembly, concludes a successful 2024 edition with solid sales reported by galleries and a record attendance of over 45,000 visitors, reaffirming Singapore’s vital role as a gateway to visual art in Southeast Asia.
ABOUT OUR 2025 CAMPAIGN
Our campaign for 2025 continues the botanical thread that runs through our previous campaigns and the city more broadly. Familiar elements gathered from local Singaporean markets—marigold garlands, bananas, jackfruit, and long beans—are reimagined, wrapped and suspended to create a singular, writhing sculptural composition that offers a fresh interpretation of the natural world.
Creative Direction: Matt Utber
Botanical Design and Production: This Humid House
Photography: Jovian Lim