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Singapore artists

Veteran photographer and Cultural Medallion recipient Foo Tee Jun dies at 90

Foo Tee Jun at Objectifs -- Centre For Photography And Film for his 2024 solo, Time & Tide
Foo Tee Jun at Objectifs -- Centre For Photography And Film for his 2024 solo, Time & Tide

Year of the Horse stars

No horsing about: Turning 84, artist Wong Keen continues to upset bourgeois taste

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Artist Wong Keen, 84, with his acrylic on canvas painting 'The Source of Supper' at artcommune gallery in Carlton Hotel Singapore on Feb 4, 2026.
For CNY Horse year package.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)
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Artist Wong Keen, 84, with his acrylic on canvas painting 'The Source of Supper' at artcommune gallery in Carlton Hotel Singapore on Feb 4, 2026.
For CNY Horse year package.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Performance artist Amanda Heng talks about her renaissance and the Venice Biennale

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Artist Amanda Heng, Singapore’s representative to the Venice Biennale 2026 pictured with her work at the National Gallery Singapore on Jan 21, 2026. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
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Artist Amanda Heng, Singapore’s representative to the Venice Biennale 2026 pictured with her work at the National Gallery Singapore on Jan 21, 2026. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Giraffe sculptures around Singapore to inspire people to ‘stick their necks out’ and help others

Life Awards 2025

The Great ‘Bust’ Up Award goes to SG60 art exhibitions

Culture Story founder Chong Huai Seng (R) and curator Kwok Kian Chow pictured with the Lee Kuan Yew bust and a work by Ming Wong.
Culture Story founder Chong Huai Seng (R) and curator Kwok Kian Chow pictured with the Lee Kuan Yew bust and a work by Ming Wong.

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.
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.

Free entry, Milo and pop-up market: National Gallery Singapore’s 10th birthday wish is art for all

NGS' GalleryToddlers! encourages children to engage with art.
NGS' GalleryToddlers! encourages children to engage with art.

Singapore Biennale 2025: Four ways to see art and clock steps

(Clockwise from top left) Kate Newby’s A Line Through Time (2025), Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s Temple (2025), Hyphen’s Tokoh-tokoh, pengabdian, dan peradaban (Figures, dedications and civilisations) (2025), and Salad Dressing’s Square Forest (2025).
(Clockwise from top left) Kate Newby’s A Line Through Time (2025), Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s Temple (2025), Hyphen’s Tokoh-tokoh, pengabdian, dan peradaban (Figures, dedications and civilisations) (2025), and Salad Dressing’s Square Forest (2025).

Singapore Biennale 2025, Tanjong Pagar Distripark edition: See art indoors on hot or rainy days

Indian collaborative studio Camp’s Metabolic Container (2025), Indonesian art collective Hyphen’s Tokoh-tokoh, pengabdian, dan peradaban (Figures, dedications and civilisations) (2025), Ming Wong’s Filem-Filem-Filem (2008 to 2010), and Cui Jie’s Thermal Landscapes (2025).
Indian collaborative studio Camp’s Metabolic Container (2025), Indonesian art collective Hyphen’s Tokoh-tokoh, pengabdian, dan peradaban (Figures, dedications and civilisations) (2025), Ming Wong’s Filem-Filem-Filem (2008 to 2010), and Cui Jie’s Thermal Landscapes (2025).

Singapore Biennale 2025, Orchard edition: See five artworks at strata malls and old Raffles Girls’

See art at Lucky Plaza and Far East Shopping Centre from Oct 31 to March 29, 2026.
See art at Lucky Plaza and Far East Shopping Centre from Oct 31 to March 29, 2026.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.