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Building on its successful inaugural edition, the SAM ART SG Fund returns for a second year to ART SG 2026. With the support of Pierre Lorinet, in addition to the founding benefactors Carmen Yixuan Li and Pure Yichun Chen, the fund has been increased from SGD $150,000 and is now allocating SGD $250,000 to acquire works presented at this year’s fair for the Singapore Art Museum’s permanent collection. The fund reinforces the fair’s role as a key platform for discovering and collecting significant work, while strengthening the museum’s collection of international contemporary art from a Southeast Asian perspective, making a meaningful contribution to Singapore’s arts ecosystem.
The following works have been acquired. Following acquisition, the works will be presented through SAM’s public exhibitions and programmes, supporting arts education and broadening public access to contemporary art.
Mona Hatoum (b. 1952, Beirut, Lebanon)
Inside Out (concrete), 2019
Concrete and resin
Diameter 86 cm
Edition 4 of 6
Presented by White Cube, BC05, ART SG
Lotus Kang (b. 1985, Toronto, Canada)
Tract XXXII, 2025
Cast aluminum anchovies, cast bronze anchovies, cast bronze lotus root, nylon
312 x 11 x 11 cm
Presented by Commonwealth and Council, BC06, ART SG
Lotus Kang (b. 1985, Toronto, Canada)
Tract XXXIII, 2025
Cast aluminum anchovies, cast bronze anchovies, metallic twist ties, nylon
318 x 13 x 13 cm
Presented by Commonwealth and Council, BC06, ART SG
Lotus Kang (b. 1985, Toronto, Canada)
Mother (Spore, 2022-2023), 2023
Stainless steel mixing bowls, pigmented silicone, rubber, cast aluminum anchovies, cast aluminum Asian pears, cast aluminum chestnuts, cast aluminum lotus root, cast aluminum kelp knots, cast aluminum dried pear, cast aluminum cabbage, dried lotus tubers, nylon, hat, Installation dimensions variable
Presented by Commonwealth and Council, BC06, ART SG
Pictured [L to R]: Mok Cui Yin, Head, Biennale, Singapore Art Museum; Delissa Handoko, Assistant Director, CEO Office, Singapore Art Museum; Ong Puay Khim, Director, Collection, Public Art and Programmes, Singapore Art Museum; Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, Chief Curator, Singapore Art Museum; Eugene Tan, CEO and Director, Singapore Art Museum; Pure Yichun Chen, Founding Patron, SAM ART SG Fund; Pierre Lorinet, Patron, SAM ART SG Fund; Shuyin Yang, Fair Director, ART SG; June Yap, Director, Curatorial and Research, Singapore Art Museum; Amy Cheng, Senior Curator, Singapore Art Museum; Haeju Kim, Senior Curator and Head, Residencies, Singapore Art Museum; Joella Kiu, Curator, Singapore Art Museum.
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