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.
ART SG is now open at Marina Bay Sands from 19 to 21 January 2024 bringing together 114 exceptional galleries. View highlights of the opening day of the fair.
ART SG returns to Marina Bay Sands from 19 to 21 January 2024 (Preview & Vernissage, 18 January) bringing together 114 exceptional galleries.
AXA XL is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with ART SG, taking place from 19 – 21 January 2024 (VIP Preview and Vernissage, 18 January) at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
Coinciding with ART SG 2024, ArtScience Museum presents New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed, showcasing the work of twenty-four Asian women artists and collectives, to offer fresh insights on a genre premised on envisioning alternative futures and imaginary realms. ART SG speaks to the exhibition’s curatorial team about the exhibition and the Museum’s upcoming season of science fiction.
ART SG announces the five artists exhibiting in PLATFORM in 2024, a curated exhibition for dynamic, large-scale installations.
Recently opened at Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is a triple bill of exhibitions, featuring renowned Singapore artist Jane Lee’s first museum solo; a presentation of Factory of the Sun, Hito Steyerl’s installation at the German Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale; and the inaugural edition of SAM Contemporaries: Residues & Remixes, featuring nine artworks by the next generation of Singapore-based artists.
Razor-sharp sickles from Indonesian blacksmiths, rubber slippers from inmates in Singapore and used blankets from anonymous citizens in Busan. These are just a handful of the unusual materials that Filipino artists Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan use to create installations, which explore ideas of memory, displacement and home.