Visual arts

i Light Singapore 2026: Illuminating the city

iLight Singapore 2026 media preview - Passers-by experiencing an installation by Chinese artist Wentao Wang called “Let’s Fish The Sun”, at the Marina Bay Lower Boardwalk, on June 3, 2026. The piece involves a fishing rod extending over the water, suspending a luminous orb hovering just above the surface. It is one of a series of installations for i Light Singapore, which opens on June 5.

‘Animalistic horror’: Russia puts war art on display

A visitor tours "The Russian Imperative" art exhibition at the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall in Saint Petersburg.

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This week in arts (June 5 to 11): Three must-see shows from abstraction to prints

Shadows, Signals, And The Line brings abstract artists across generations together.

Milan’s famous mosaic bull loses its lucky ‘stones’ in restoration mix-up

Restorer Gianluca Galli works on the bull mosaic at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, in Milan.

With SAM show Form Is Emptiness, Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto finds peace

Hiroshi Sugimoto with his work Brush Impression, Heart Sutra (2023)

Five highlights of Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness at Singapore Art Museum

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Generic photo of Hiroshi Sugimoto's Mathematical Model 002: Dini’s Surface (2005, spiral sculpture) and Sea of Buddha (1995, photographs on wall), as part of Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness, the artist's first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia, at the Singapore Art Museum. Photographed on May 26, 2026. ST PHOTO: SARAH LEE

Flower Market, JuJu World pop-up by artist C.J. Hendry to open at Gardens by the Bay in June

The latest edition of Flower Market, and its first in South-east Asia, will be in Singapore from June 10 to 14.

Singer Jay Chou buys painting by French artist Henri Matisse for $25.5m

Jay Chou is believed to have spent S$25.6 million on the painting The Morning Session (left).

Winston Churchill’s ‘playful’ paintings go on show in London

The exhibition opening on May 23 at the Wallace Collection in London will be the most significant display of Winston Churchill's paintings in more than 60 years.

Singapore Art Museum at 30: New open-air gallery and questions over its direction

Crowds at Tanjong Pagar Distripark in January during Singapore Art Week.

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