POCKET GUIDE JALAN BESAR & GILLMAN BARRACKS TANJONG PAGAR CIVICDISTRICT&MARINABAY WATERLOO, BRAS BASAH & BUGIS LITTLE INDIA NEIGHBOURHOODS 16 IMPART Collectors’ 24 The Open Workshop Show2020: 20 Atypical Singapore 3–18 Jan 2020 2727 Art is Everywhere 55 Understanding Art Material Agendas 17–19 Jan 2020 Supernormal 11–19 Jan 2020 Conservation 10–19 Jan 2020 National Design Centre Referencing the traditions of SAFRA Toa Payoh, 11–19 Jan 2020 School of the Arts Gallery Atypical Singapore is an art process art, the exhibition SAFRA Punggol, Tanjong Pagar Distripark Art Outreach Singapore and AR technology showcase showcases diverse practices Our Tampines Hub YH Conservation opens up its Limited presents art from the presented internationally by including digital and video Through a series of deep- studio for the public to discover private collections of prominent Singapore Tourism Board. art and hybrid practices learning workshops and S.E.A. Focus what goes on behind the scenes LighttoNightFestival2020: Singaporean and international Curated by Khairuddin Hori, that combine digital and drop-in activities organised in the conservation of artworks. 99 ChuaSooBin: collectors. A collectors’ panel this homecoming exhibition traditional media. Featuring by Brave New Worlds, 16–19 Jan 2020 Participants can also attend Truths and Legends Invisible Cities and educational tours are held features seven artists: Speak works by Cao Zhiyi, Bani children are introduced Cryptic, Gerald Leow, Gillman Barracks talks and workshops that shed 6 Dec 2019–28 Jun 2020 10–19 Jan 2020 to accompany the exhibition. Haykal, Joo Choon Lin, to artists, artworks, and light on the various processes National Gallery Muhammad Izdi, anGie seah, Teow Yue Han, and architectures from Singapore Featuring 20 galleries across Southeast Asia and applied for artworks across Singapore National Gallery Singapore, Asian Eugene Soh, Amanda Tan, Denise Yap. and Southeast Asia. different mediums. and Daniel Yu. 11–19 JAN 2020 artweek.sg beyond, S.E.A. Focus is a platform to foster a deeper This exhibition features over Civilisations Museum, The Arts House, appreciation and increase demand for Southeast Asian 90 photographs that focus on VictoriaTheatre&VictoriaConcertHall, modern and contemporary art. Through dynamic Chua Soo Bin’s portraiture and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay collaboration between international and Singaporean practice, including his most famous body of work, Legends, Inspired by the theme Invisible Cities, the Festival returns with galleries, there will also be accompanying creative which captures the lives and a full line-up of programmes that span from day to night, artist-led events and talks. personalities of 14 Chinese including outdoor programming on Friday and Saturday ink masters. evenings. Through creative intervention into the precinct’s built and natural environs, the Festival explores invisible geographies of the Civic District, and how perceptions of 25 ARTWALK Little 2828 Of Gardens place are shaped by personal memory, desire, loss, and 21 Stealing Public Space India 202 0 & Dreams – 66 JaafarLatiff: cultural forces. 11 Jan–23 Feb 2020 10–18 Jan 2020 17 Art Week at Bras Public Art Showcase Beyond the Familiar The Substation Jalan Besar & BasahComplex: at Taman Jurong 8–19 Jan 2020 Curated by Iola Lenzi, Little India 11 Jan 2020 Joint Exhibition by Stealing Public Space explores Singapore Art Week returns for its 8th edition to Artspace@HeluTrans LASALLE College of the Arts Taman Jurong CC the connection between showcase the best of visual arts in Singapore! Curated by Syed Muhd Hafiz, Ten Galleries and Singapore Tourism Board innovating art languages, Curated by Shophouse & Co., 1 2 this exhibition features the 11 Jan–11 Feb 2020 present a multi-disciplinary 1 Art After Dark 2 The Posthuman the city, and its public and this trail features three newly works of late Singaporean Bras Basah Complex public art project set in the 17 Jan 2020 City. Climates. symbolic spaces. Featuring commissioned artworks With over 100 events ranging from exhibitions, artist, Jaafar Latiff. Known for Organised by galleries located cultural precinct of Little India. Gillman Barracks Habitats. a selection of Southeast co-created by residents of public art trails, film screenings, performances, his experimentation with colours in Bras Basah Complex, Through newly commissioned Art After Dark is the flagship Asian artists, including Sutee Taman Jurong with artists talks, and discussions, take time to visit the many Environments. and batik, Latiff was best this annual joint exhibition and existing street art works, night-time open house event Kunavichayanont, Dinh Q. Le, Shu Yin Chan, Ernest Goh, 23 Nov 2019– remembered for his abstract features artists who brought the visitors are invited to reconcile museums, galleries, independent art spaces and by Gillman Barracks that 10 Justice for All Lee Wen, Restu Ratnaningtyas, and Haikel Yusuff. 8 Mar 2020 expressionist paintings. 14 VisualArtsat Nanyang spirit into their artistic past and present memories of is a heady combination 13–30 Jan 2020 cultural precincts dotted around our city. Bring NTU Centre for Esplanade development, bridging the gap Jakkai Siributr, Vertical the precinct. of stimulating visual art The Arts House, along this pocket guide when you journey through Contemporary Art 17 Jan–5 Apr 2020 between traditional Chinese Submarine, and Vu Dan Tan. and electrifying live music. The Chamber #sgartweek as #ArtTakesOver. Singapore Esplanade – and Western influences. With new exhibitions and Yinka Shonibare CBE, RA Curated by Ute Meta Theatres on the Bay 26 TWENTY TWENTY Opening in conjunction programmes, the entire presents a new immersive, 12 LivingwithInk: Bauer and Laura Miotto, In four exhibitions around with Singapore Art Week, For full event listings, please refer to artweek.sg precinct will open its site-specific monumental The Collection of 10 Jan–Jun 2020 the exhibition examines the Esplanade, discover new works the Former Ship Repairs doors from 7pm till late in installation that references 2 Cavan Road urban fabric as a habitat Dr Tan Tsze Chor by The Migrant Ecologies Workshop and Warehouse Singapore’s very own the morphing heritage of for a diversity of species. 8 Nov 2019–22 Mar 2020 Project (comprising Lucy Davis, will transform into a pop- visual arts cluster. The Chamber at The Arts It addresses questions of Asian Civilisations Zai Tang, Kee Ya Ting and up art destination. For six House. Curated by Dr Zehra sustainability, quality and Museum Zachary Chan), Chen Sai Hua months, art audiences in Jumabhoy and presented by quantity of air, water, and From the collection of Kuan, kllylmrck and Singapore can expect to Asian Art Institutum. food, nature as a form of Singapore’s renowned art Amanda Heng. see a bold, new art space culture, and implementation collector, Dr Tan Tsze Chor, 18 Pneuma: take shape in this heritage 77 of indigenous knowledge. AR.T Trail this exhibition explores the 22 GAP:ADistinct industrial factory space. 11–19 Jan 2020 WATERLOO, Of Spirituality in appreciation of Chinese art by BRAS BASAH & BUGIS Contemporary Age to Rea lity RafflesPlaceand networks of overseas Chinese 11 Jan–6 Feb 2020 15 Nov 2019–22 Jan 2020 TANJONG PAGAR Tanjong Pagar collectors and philanthropists, Stamford Arts Centre DECK The MeshMinds Foundation offering a glimpse into the Curated by Ark Fongsmut, collaborates with six artists to Singapore art world in the Six artists provide multi-faceted this group exhibition on Thai present an interactive augmented 20th century. views of their individual contemporary photography reality (AR) trail of their public art metaphysical perspectives qua features works of photographers works. Powered by Facebook’s spiritual journeys; their efforts Nat Bowornphatnon, Piyatat A JOINT INITIATIVE BY Spark AR platform, it will feature to build a perennial ground as a basis for understanding Hemmatat, Miti Ruangkritya, works by Chua Boon Kee, 11 Melati Suryodarmo differences and nuances. Artists and Surat Setsaeng. Han Sai Por, Kumari Nahappan, 24 Nov 2019–24 Jan 2020 33 Grace Tan, Yeo Chee Kiong, include Ila, Nhawfal Juma’at, CBD Arts Trail STPI – Creative and Robert Zhao. Huijun Lu, Noor Iskandar, Fajrina 14, 16, 21, 23 Jan 2020 Workshop and Gallery Singapore Chinese 15 Razak, and Dzaki Safaruan. 44 DE:VOTED Created during her residency 15 StateofMotion2020: Cultural Centre 13–19 Jan 2020 at STPI, this solo exhibition Rushes of Time Organised by Singapore Artspace@HeluTrans by seminal Indonesian artist 10 Jan–2 Feb 2020 SUPPORTED BY Chinese Cultural Centre, Organised by INSTINC, Melati Suryodarmo presents National Archives of CapitaLand, and Facebook DE:VOTED is an immersive new explorations in print and 13 2219:Futures Singapore and Art Department, participants mash-up of light, sound, paper that mark a bold leap Imagined Central Warehouse, SingaporeBiennale2019: on the trail are given access performance, and from her distinctly performance- 20 Depot Lane to hidden artworks located 23 Nov 2019–5 Apr 2020 Every Step in the Right Direction technology. See works by based oeuvre. ArtScience Museum Curated by Cheong Kah Kit, in the CBD that are rarely Singaporean artists Urich Selene Yap and Tan Guo-Liang, Featuring over two dozen 23 22 Nov 2019–22 Mar 2020 accessible to the public. Lau, Justin Lee, Yen Phang, State of Motion 2020: Rushes Aliwal Urban Art artists, architects, filmmakers, OFFICIAL Highlights include works by Ezzam Rahman, Andy Yang, 88 Memories of of Time is a multi-disciplinary Festival 2020 Variouslocations ARTS MEDIA HELD IN writers, and theatre companies Cultural Medallion recipient Yeoh Hwee Wee and Yeo Singapore Chinatown presentation by Asian Film 19 Dancing Alone 18 Jan 2020 from Singapore and around The sixth edition of Singapore Biennale returns with Goh Beng Kwan, artists Shih Yun, and Japanese 11–19 Jan 2020 Archive that revisits Singapore’s (Don’t Leave Me) Aliwal Arts Centre Tan Zi Xi and Ng Yak Whee the world, this immersive and over 70 artists and art collectives from around the artists Chihiro Kabata and Singapore Chinese cinematic history.