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Time to shut down the Singapore Biennale?
The event feels haphazard, disconnected from the community, and inaccessible to even determined artsgoers.
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One of three shop units at Lucky Plaza housing Singapore Biennale works.
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SINGAPORE - Can someone please just kill the Singapore Biennale and put it, and art-lovers like me, out of our collective misery?
Now into its eighth edition, Singapore’s “blockbuster” contemporary arts event, commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC) and organised by the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), barely registers on anyone’s radar. Ongoing till March 29, 2026, the event feels haphazard, disconnected from the community, and inaccessible to even determined artsgoers like myself.
