Singapore Art Week 2026 transforms the Lion City into a stage for contemporary creativity, bringing together world-class galleries, pioneering artists, and immersive experiences . From historic shelters and hidden precincts to venues like Gillman Barracks and Tanjong Pagar Distripark, this year’s programme spans multidisciplinary exhibitions and intimate solo shows. Whether you are a seasoned collector or an art enthusiast, our curated guide highlights the must-see events that define the pulse of Singapore’s art scene this January and beyond.
Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Art auction
21 to 24 January
Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Art Auction offers collectors a rare glimpse of art history in the making. The sale spotlights Walter Spies’ 1922 Die Schlittschuhläufer (The Ice Skaters), a surreal moonlit scene from the artist’s early years, alongside Raden Saleh’s The Eruption of Mt Merapi, by Day, a century-old masterpiece appearing at auction for the first time. Vietnamese modern icons Le Pho and Mai Trung Thu bring silk and painterly elegance, while David Hockney debuts his celebrated 2011 iPad drawings in the city-state. From the luminous abstraction of Zao Wou-Ki to Lee Ufan’s monumental minimalism and Takashi Murakami’s vibrant Superflat imagery, the auction promises a curated selection that speaks to collectors seeking both heritage and contemporary innovation.
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Rituals Of Perception
21 January to 1 March
Rituals of Perception at Tanoto Art Foundation marks the foundation’s first art exhibition at the New Bahru School Hall, a year after debuting its symposium during Singapore Art Week. Featuring over 20 artists born in the 1980s and 1990s, the show explores the relationship between materials and the body, from Wang Ye’s reinterpretation of modernist paintings through traditional Hunan embroidery to Anicka Yi’s kelp cocoons housing robotic insects. Architectural studio +C Architects drew inspiration from bamboo kelongs in Singapore and Malaysia to construct lattice scaffolding that foregrounds the labour of exhibition-making, while the foundation signals plans to alternate between symposia and shows for future Art Weeks, fostering both dialogue and display.
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The Print Show & Symposium SIngapore
22 to 31 January
STPI, Singapore’s premier destination for print and paper in contemporary art, debuts the inaugural Print Show & Symposium. The region’s first platform of its kind, the initiative brings together leading international galleries, celebrated artists—including Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois, and Takashi Murakami—and influential voices to spotlight the growing prominence of printmaking in contemporary art and the global art market. The Print Show presents works by artists for whom print is central to their practice, thoughtfully curated across STPI’s distinctive exhibition spaces, while the accompanying two-day symposium, The Politics of Print: Elephant in the Room, explores the medium’s ideas, markets, and evolving forms, from radical Asian practices to digital innovation, with contributions from curators at M+ Hong Kong and artists such as Michael Craig-Martin and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
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Mosaic SG
6 January to 3 March
Loy Contemporary Art Gallery presents Mosaic SG, a curated showcase of contemporary Italian art debuting in Asia, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Singapore. Bringing together a new generation of Italian artists including Ariele Bacchetti, Nina Ćeranić, and Bruno Fantelli, the exhibition celebrates unity through diversity, with each artist contributing a distinct perspective to a cohesive, resonant whole. From Ćeranić’s contemplative domestic tableaux in Divano to Fantelli’s transformative mixed-media Consumisti consumati, and Bacchetti’s ethereal, nature-infused narratives, Mosaic SG explores the interplay of individuality and collectivity.
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City of new ruins
22 to 31 January
City of New Ruins by Singaporean filmmaker and artist-curator Natalie Khoo reimagines Johor’s “ghost town” Forest City within a Tanjong Pagar Distripark unit, ahead of the short film’s premiere later in 2026. Bringing together a multidisciplinary ensemble of artists, Khoo transforms the space into a poetic simulacrum through architecture, soundscapes, poetry, performance, moving image, projection mapping, and design. Described as a “playground” by the curator, the installation infuses the Belt and Road Initiative mega-project site with what Khoo calls “romantic qualities,” offering audiences an immersive encounter that oscillates between ruin and memory.
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99 Years
19 to 26 January
99 Years, presented by Digital Art Week Asia at the historic Tiong Bahru Air Raid Shelter, brings together nine contemporary new media artists from across Asia, including Boedi Widjaja, Bianca Tse, Goh Chun Aik, Jake Tan, Jin Jin Xu, Robert Zhao, Samantha Lee, Sareena Sattapon, and Seahee Chang. Set within Singapore’s only surviving pre-war civilian shelter, built in the 1930s, the exhibition explores the temporal nature of life through immersive video, generative works, and experimental media, juxtaposing fleeting existence with enduring memory. Works such as Bianca Tse’s Pong Lai, a mythological city of survival and borrowed time, and Boedi Widjaja’s A Tree Rings, A Tree Sings, a generative video tracing ancestral memory through epigenetics, transform the shelter’s historical layers into a reflective space where past, present, and future converge.
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OH! Moonstone
18 to 25 January
Embark on a 75- to 90-minute art journey by Oh! Open House through the hidden corners of Moonstone Lane Estate, a neighbourhood of decommissioned factories, shrines, and unconventional businesses rarely seen by outsiders. Featuring works by Singaporean artists Milenko Prvacki, Robert Zhao Renhui, Ang Song Nian, and Thai artist Jarupatcha Achavasmit, the exhibition transforms homes, workshops, and everyday spaces into immersive sites of artistic discovery. Curated by John Tung, the project invites audiences to experience the estate’s history not as a distant relic, but as a living narrative shaped by its people, routines, and the passage of time.
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Isang Dipang Langit
20-31 January
Isang Dipang Langit at The Columns Gallery, presented at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, showcases the Philippines’ most prominent contemporary artists across installation, sculpture, painting, film, and performance. Anchoring the exhibition are large-scale works by Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan and Oca Villamiel, interspersed with dynamic performances by artists such as Eisa Jocson and paintings by Manuel Ocampo. Curator Dong Jo Chang explains that the exhibition’s title, taken from Amado V. Hernandez’s poem, means “a sliver of sky” and evokes an accumulation of fragments rather than a singular narrative, inviting audiences to imagine alternative futures through this rich, multilayered artistic landscape.
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Whispers of Summer Forests
17 January to 28 February
The solo exhibition by Korean artist Whee, opens at The Columns Gallery Singapore. Marking her Singapore debut, the show presents a new series of lyrical abstract paintings inspired by the radiant forest landscapes Whee explored during her travels in 2024. Through vibrant gestures and layered color, she translates the invisible rhythms of nature into living form, inviting viewers into a contemplative dialogue with light, movement, and the ephemeral beauty of summer forests.
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Shuang Li: Alliance
21 January to 22 March
The first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia by Berlin- and Wuyi-based artist Shuang Li, opens at Kim Association. The newly commissioned video installation explores storm chasing, rooted in the American landscape yet experienced globally through livestreams and new media, as a metaphor for navigating the accelerated flows of digital life. Developed with architect Luis Ortega Govela, the work evokes the disorienting sensation of being simultaneously still and in motion, mirroring highly mediated realities, non-spaces, and borderless systems of control. Drawing on Li’s transnational perspective, her journey from the Wuyi Mountains to Europe informs a contemplative exploration of presence, environmental precarity, and the tensions that lie beneath contemporary infrastructures. Private visits are welcome by appointment—contact hello@kimassociation.org for further details.
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Singapore Pioneer Artists
16 January to 8 March
MOCA@Singapore presents Singapore Pioneer Artists, a distinguished exhibition showcasing over 90 works by luminaries such as Chen Wen Hsi, Cheong Soo Pieng, Liu Kang, Chen Chong Swee, Lee Man Fong, Chua Mia Tee, and Tan Swie Hian. The exhibition traces the evolution of Singaporean art from the Nanyang Style to modernist expressions. Celebrated for their mastery of colour, materiality, and compositional innovation, these artists are presented through a rich tapestry of oil, ink, and mixed-media works drawn from collectors across the region, offering an unparalleled perspective on the enduring depth of Singapore’s artistic heritage.
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The Earth Laughs in Flowers
22 January to 1 February
Sullivan+Strumpf presents Singaporean artist Dawn Ng’s solo exhibition The Earth Laughs in Flowers at the Singapore Repertory Theatre. Expanding on over a decade of inquiry into time, geology, and the ephemeral, Ng unveils 12 monumental paintings that serve as meticulously crafted chronicles of each month of 2025. Constructed from pigments and earth frozen into ice blocks, then shattered and arranged on wooden canvases, the works capture the passage of time through colour, texture, and form, guided by Ng’s exacting hand. Envisioned as microcosms of recent history, the paintings blend a cosmic sensibility with diaristic detail, transforming personal and global moments into a meditative exploration of memory and impermanence.
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