ART SG INSIGHTS
AXA XL renews partnership with ART SG
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.
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ART SG INTERVIEWS
A Conversation With New Eden’s Curatorial Team
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 INSIGHTS
Platform Artists Announced
ART SG announces the five artists exhibiting in PLATFORM in 2024, a curated exhibition for dynamic, large-scale installations.
ART SG INTERVIEWS
SAM Triple Bill: A Conversation with Khim Ong and Duncan Bass
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. ART SG speaks with Khim Ong, SAM’s Deputy Director of Collections and Public Art, and SAM curator Duncan Bass, to discuss what these presentations signal for developments in contemporary art and culture, as well as the Museum’s curatorial direction.
ART SG INTERVIEWS
A Conversation With Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
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. The famed husband-and-wife duo—who have exhibited at the 2003 Venice Biennale, and numerous institutions across the globe—are also known for their participatory workshops. They have invited children and adults to help make immersive works ranging a teetering towers of cardboard homes to a giant pile of airplanes made of found objects. On the eve of their major survey exhibition at Museum MACAN in Jakarta, we speak with the artists about how they got here, what drives them and what’s next.
ART SG INTERVIEWS
A Conversation With Larry Ossei-Mensah and Timothy Tan
Running through 27 June at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Sounds of Blackness is a landmark exhibition bringing together the work of artists from the African diaspora, curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah and anchored by works from the collection of Filipino collector Timothy Tan. The exhibition, which takes its title from the name of an award-winning ensemble known for performing a broad range of musical styles, similarly seeks to encompass a diversity of creative expressions and thought, and to celebrate and share Black culture and histories with a wider audience through a sensory experience. Curator Larry Ossei-Mensah and collector Timothy Tan speak with ART SG about their aspirations for this exhibition, and the works that ignited their interest in this genre of art.
ART SG INTERVIEWS
A Conversation With Pierre Lorinet
ART SG speaks to collector and ART SG Advisory Group member Pierre Lorinet about his collecting philosophy, his views on what it will take for Singapore's art ecosystem to flourish in the next decade and ART SG's role in the region. Pierre also shares insights on 'from Western Minimalism to Asian Political Abstraction', a significant curation of works from his private collection that audiences will be able to see in January, during Singapore Art Week.
ART SG Walkthroughs
Studio Visit: Ashley Bickerton
ART SG visited the home studio of Ashley Bickerton (1959 – 2022), who enjoyed what he described as “a long and often breathless career”, creating…
ART SG Walkthroughs
Singapore Biennale 2022 Highlights
Now in its seventh edition, the Singapore Biennale has become a distinctive event in the region’s art calendar, connecting artistic practices from the region with…