Singapore Art Museum

Time to shut down the Singapore Biennale?

One of three shop units at Lucky Plaza housing Singapore Biennale works.

Life List: 2025 in 15 lifestyle objects

Eggplants by Suzann Victor at NGS: Instagrammable entry point to wronged artist

Suzann Victor's commission Still Life at the National Gallery Singapore.

Singapore’s Ho Tzu Nyen and Eugene Tan make ArtReview’s Power 100 list

Artist Ho Tzu Nyen (right) and Dr Eugene Tan, director and chief executive of both the National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum, have been named the top 100 most influential people in the art world by ArtReview on Dec 4.

Singapore Biennale 2025, opening Oct 31, unpacks the ‘masterplanned’ city

shbiennale29/ST20251027_202543000546/Ng Sor Luan/Media preview of Singapore Biennale 2025 on Oct 27, 2025.

Rest in progress: Participants reimagine downtime in design contest at bustling Distripark

Using discarded materials from Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Hans Chew, 28, and Jun Tan, 39, created Dara-Dara, a lounge area that included a modular L-shape sofa to show how such items can have a second life. The work responds to the site as both a logistics hub and an emerging arts space, where a lot of materials and labour go into setting up exhibitions. Over the hour, they moved, wrapped, strapped, and secured the materials, echoing the site’s logistical operations and paying homage to the often invisible labour behind every successful exhibition. During their site visits, they noticed the large amount of material thrown away and began considering how it could be reused. On Oct 3, they were among nine teams gathered at Tanjong Pagar Distripark — where the Singapore Art Museum is currently located — to compete in transforming a 1.5m by 2m space into a cosy rest area. Within an hour, the teams built their own spaces. Three prizes were awarded, and the duo won the Programmer’s Award, earning a showcase for their work at SAM.

Singapore Art Museum shows probe afterlives of performance and common objects

SAM exhibition. Full cap to come.

See art at strata malls, former Raffles Girls’ School as part of Singapore Biennale 2025

Indonesian art group Hyphen will present “a constellation of artworks that trace alternative political narratives and citizen-led initiatives" at Tanjong Pagar Distripark as part of the Singapore Biennale 2025.

SAM Contemporaries returns for second edition with six large-scale installations

(Front row from left) Artist Chu Hao Pei, artist Lee Pheng Guan, artist NEO_ARTEFACTS, artist Masuri Mazlan, artist Syahrul Anuar, (back row from left) curatorial assistant Angela Pinto, curator Joella Kiu, curatorial assistant for design Siobhan Tang, assistant curator Syaheedah Iskandar, curatorial assistant Seline Teo, curator for design Berny Tan, curatorial assistant Angelica Ong, and curator and manager (Collections) Teng Yen Hui in the space for How to Dream Worlds at Singapore Art Museum on July 18, 2025.

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