Asian Civilisations Museum

Tun Tan Cheng Lock Trust donates $1.4m to Peranakan Museum for curatorial role

Curator Naomi Wang has been appointed as the inaugural Tun Tan Cheng Lock Curator of Peranakan Art.

Life List: 10 trends to look forward to in 2026

Arts blockbusters and new directors: Save these dates

(Clockwise from top left) American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s Reflections On Crash (1990), Singaporean artist Sim Chiyin’s Interventions: Farming (2018), theatremaker Chong Tze Chien, Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu and Wild Rice’s satire G*d Is A Woman.

Singapore exhibition in Mexico City: A new model for soft power and cultural diplomacy?

Somos Pacifico, or We Are The Pacific, is a pointed and powerful statement that traces relations between South-east Asia and Mexico.

Somos Pacifico exhibition

President Tharman opens show to celebrate 50 years of Singapore-Mexico relations

(From left) Director of the Asian Civilisations Museum Clement Onn, National Gallery Singapore curators Teo Hui Min and Cheng Jia Yun, and National Gallery Singapore chief executive Eugene Tan at San Ildefonso College.

With a new archival Dior exhibition in town, is Singapore ready for a fashion museum?

The UBS House Of Craft x Dior exhibition, which runs from Nov 21 to 23 at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, is the third such travelling show in Singapore in 2025.

Dunhuang’s Buddhist art comes to Asian Civilisations Museum in biggest South-east Asia show

At the signing of the memorandum of understanding signing between the Asian Civilisations Museum and Dunhuang Academy were (from left) ACM deputy director Chun Boon Beng; ACM director Clement Onn; Mr Zhang Yuanlin, deputy director of Dunhuang Academy; and Ms Wang Huihui, deputy head of Exhibition Centre for the Conservation and Rresearch of Dunhuang Cave Relics, Dunhuang Academy.

Playtime: Dive into Asian games people played at Asian Civilisations Museum’s new show

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An AI-powered robot which plays chess on display at the Asian Civilisations Museum new exhibition Let's Play which focuses on ancient games from Asia on Sep 1, 2025.

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Dive into the music and history of the qin at ACM’s revamped Scholars Gallery

Elegant Sounds: Music, Craft, And The Literati positions the guqin (Chinese zither) at the centre of Chinese learning.

Arts Picks: Sriwana marks 70th anniversary, SWF Encounters and Botero at Opera Gallery

sfpicks30 - Malay performing arts company Sriwana is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a performance at the Singtel Waterfront Theatre.

Credit and copyright: Sriwana

BookTalk: Food historian Khir Johari reads to unwind

Award-winning author Khir Johari with some of the books he is currently reading.

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