Singapore Art Week (SAW), Southeast Asia’s ten-day pinnacle visual arts season, returns from 17 to 26 January 2025 for its 13th edition. Organised by the National Arts Council (NAC) and supported by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), Art Takes Over with more than 130 exciting arts events across the island for people from all walks of life to engage with and enjoy the arts, together. 

Tay Tong, Director, Arts Ecosystem Group (Visual Arts), NAC, said, “SAW is a dynamic celebration of the thriving visual arts ecosystem in Singapore. The wide-ranging art experiences showcase both established and emerging talents in this field. SAW’s ability to attract local and international artists, galleries, and art enthusiasts underscores Singapore’s position as a nexus for creative expression in the region, spotlighting the richness of the country’s overall arts scene.”

Lim Shoo Ling, Director, Arts and Cultural Precincts, STB said, “Now in its 13th year, the Singapore Art Week has become a mainstay of Singapore’s art calendar, featuring local, Southeast Asian and international art across events like ART SG, Light to Night Singapore, shows in our museums, and presentations in various spaces across the island. SAW is a platform where creative and artistic collaborations promise unique and memorable experiences with art at its core for both visitors and locals alike, enhancing Singapore’s appeal as an attractive arts and cultural destination.”

A visual treat for the public from diverse arts stakeholders over 10 days of creative buzz  

The public can look forward to a wide range of programmes by local and international artists, partners and organisations that range from SAW open call projects, collector shows, presentations by commercial galleries and roving exhibitions across the island. Highlights include:

• Familiar favourites such as ART SG, S.E.A. Focus, Light to Night Singapore 2025: “Do You See Me?” will return to SAW. Late night programmes including Art After Dark at Gillman Barracks and Sonic Sessions at Tanjong Pagar Distripark will complement the array of exhibitions by commercial art galleries and tenants.
• Challenging the definition of an arts space, Con-Temporary Art is a travelling miniature gallery, blending both installation and performance, the diorama is built to resemble a white cube art gallery complete with internal lighting and power supply with miniature artworks created especially for the space.  
• The SATS Experiential Centre at The Arts House Annex unveils a unique cross-sector collaboration, fusing food and art. In partnership with multidisciplinary artist Yang Derong, private dining chef cum art consultant and filmmaker Patricia Chen @sekel_kitchen and Nouri former head chef Russell Nathan @bricolage.sg present exclusive dining experiences inspired by Derong’s installation, DIGikat – Our Social Fabric, connecting tradition with innovation and pushing culinary and artistic boundaries that will resonate with both local and global audiences. 
• Audiences will also get a glimpse into private collections by collectors including Pierre Lorinet, who will present his third exhibition The Pierre Lorinet Collection: Space at New Bahru, Singapore’s first-ever all-local creative cluster. The Private Museum will also be presenting Of Dreams and Contemplation: I am All but a Story – Selections from the Collection of Richard Koh, an exhibition showcasing Richard Koh’s personal art collection. This exhibition marks the second time Koh’s private collection will be presented at The Private Museum, offering audiences a fresh glimpse into his evolving journey as a collector and gallerist.
• Marina Bay Sands is set to return with the third edition of “Where Art Takes Shape”, taking place from 16 to 26 January 2025. For the first time in Asia, Covenant ART and House of Inspiration will launch Behind the Canvas Series 1: Jean-Michel Basquiat, a 3-month event experience honouring the life and work of the legendary American artist at Sands Expo & Convention Centre. Visitors will also experience a specially curated edition of Marina Bay Sands’ Spectra light show by artists from The Observatory (Singapore) and Duck Unit (Thailand), blending light, sound, and water in an immersive experience. Additionally, the expanded Masterpieces Art Trail, following the STB x UOB campaign with 21 public art installations throughout Marina Bay offers art enthusiasts an enriching journey through the heart of the city.
• Sotheby’s will also be presenting the exhibition and auction of Modern and Contemporary Art from 14 – 18 January 2025, during SAW, which will be opened to the public.

Art Takes Over the city, where we live, work and play

From the city centre to the heartlands and even places of commute, Singaporeans will have greater access to artworks.

• NAC expands on its partnership with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to enliven more spaces in our public transport nodes as part of the Art in Transit programme. Following a successful first run during SAW 2024, eight MRT stations and a themed train will continue to spotlight nearby SAW programmes in January 2025. In addition, the public can expect more colour to our urban landscape with contemporary art wraps dressing ten viaduct pillars near Bukit Gombak MRT station during SAW 2025.

• Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen will be transforming a space at Fort Canning Park into a speculative fiction experience of 11th century Temasek through their multimedia exhibition, Before and After the Unknown. Between expanded cinema, a video game and sculptural fictions, the exhibition presents pieces of a deconstructed myth, drawing from and exploring Singapore’s early history through the fantastical and the botanical.

• Cabinet of Curiosities is a play-making initiative that showcases the journey of co-creation among children of diverse abilities. They follow clues about a mysterious creature lurking in the neighbourhood and dive into a vibrant world of shapes, textures, sounds and stories. Their collaborative efforts form a cabinet of curiosities, filled with a mix of gathered natural materials, visual fascinations, and imaginative tales.

• Open studios by artists in the charming enclaves of Emily Hill, Telok Kurau and Wessex invites the public to better understand their inspiration and their various processes of art making.

Connecting Singapore to global art communities

From connecting the public, to enlivening our spaces through the arts, SAW also provides a platform for artistic collaborations, reinforcing Singapore’s position as a Southeast Asia arts hub for cultural exchanges, partnerships and creative growth across borders. 

• For the first time, visitors can look forward to “Beyond Giving, Inspiring Change” Glass Art Exhibition by Bangkok Glass Company, Thailand’s first learning centre for glass art. This exhibition will take place from 24 to 28 January 2025 and features the works of glass artists Tan Sock Fong (Singapore), Chattakan Vongsiri (Thailand), Peter Bowles (Australia), Osamu Noda (Japan) and Stephanie Trenchard (USA).  
• OH! Open House presents The Eye and The Tiger, featuring commissions and seminal works by Singaporean and Southeast Asian artists. Visitors are invited to Adam Park for a guided art walk through a fabled black-and-white bungalow nestled in a lush, rolling landscape.

• Singapore Art Week Forum 2025 expands into a full-day line-up, gathering thought leaders from the industry to engage in panel discussions and dialogues guided by the theme, ‘Art Publics’ featuring keynote speaker, Theaster Gates. This year’s forum, jointly organised by NAC, National Gallery Singapore (NGS), and Singapore Art Museum (SAM), explores the relationship between art and society. It aims to encourage industry leaders to view the public as integral partners, reinforce art’s social significance, and highlight its potential to connect individuals and catalyse positive change.
• In conjunction with the launch of the new Tanoto Art Foundation (TAF) in Singapore, TAF will also be hosting its inaugural symposium, Soul Song of a New Organisation on 14 January 2025. It will feature a keynote by scholar and art historian Joan Kee (USA), performances by artists Melati Suryodarmo (Indonesia) and Chang Yuchen (China), and international speakers including Joselina Cruz (the Philippines), Gala Porras-Kim (Brazil), Paulo Miyada (Brazil), Manuela Moscoso (Ecuador) and Arin Rungjang (Thailand).

Singapore artists have also placed Singapore on the global arts scene by presenting at key international platforms. SAW 2025 hosts the return of these exhibitions offering residents here the opportunity to experience their works.

• Following its presentation at the Singapore Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2024 in Venice, Seeing Forest by Robert Zhao Renhui, curated by Haeju Kim, returns to Singapore and will be presented at SAM. 
• Motivated by its debut at Ars Electronica in Linz, Affective Architecture features work by new media artists exploring how Virtual Reality and digital immersive environments shape emotions and perceptions. While only half of the works were first presented at Ars Electronica, the exhibition expands on its themes, inviting audiences to engage deeply with the interplay between digital spaces and human experience.

• Phenomenology Of Light And Rhythms Of The Earth is a collaborative exhibition and workshop series held at Objectifs by artists Zen Teh (Singapore) and SueKi Yee (Malaysia) that extends on their first presentation in Berlin as part of Zen Teh’s research at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien Residency organised in partnership with NAC.

Celebrating our shared arts and culture

In line with the upcoming celebration of SG60, there will be a series of programmes that reflects on our progress as a nation and her people. 

• SAW x PAssionArts presents five community projects by artists and arts groups in collaboration with Community Arts and Culture Clubs (CACCs) across five neighbourhoods in Singapore: Bukit Batok East, Canberra, Kampong Glam, Mountbatten and Tampines North. This includes National Antiquities Parade by Temporal Displacement Agency in collaboration with Mountbatten CACC commemorating the SG60 celebrations by paying homage to one of Singapore’s most iconic and endearing national events, the National Day Parade.

• In celebration of Singapore’s 60th year of independence, Art Outreach presents Singkarpor REMIXED, a photography exhibition of works by acclaimed photographer AikBeng Chia and curated by John Tung. Chia’s works document the streets and everyday scenes of Singapore. His photograph collages will be presented as large-scale, interactive installations that touch on themes of local pop culture, diversity and our heartlands, offering a vivid exploration of Singapore’s evolving identity.

Visit the SAW website (www.artweek.sg) and follow @sgartweek on Facebook and Instagram to learn more about the full programme line-up and participating artists. 

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由新加坡国家艺术理事会（NAC）主办、新加坡旅游局（STB）支持的**新加坡艺术周（SAW）**将以“艺术无处不在”为主题，在全岛呈现超过130场精彩艺术活动，邀请不同背景的公众共同参与和享受艺术盛宴。

NAC视觉艺术生态系统组总监郑东表示：“新加坡艺术周是一场充满活力的庆典，展现了新加坡蓬勃发展的视觉艺术生态。丰富的艺术体验既呈现了成熟艺术家的成就，也突出了新兴人才的创造力。SAW吸引本地与国际艺术家、画廊及艺术爱好者齐聚一堂，彰显了新加坡作为区域创意表达枢纽的地位，并凸显了我国艺术场景的多元魅力。”

新加坡旅游局艺术与文化区总监林淑玲表示：“迈入第十三个年头的新加坡艺术周已成为本地艺术日历的重要篇章，通过ART SG、‘照亮新加坡’灯光节、博物馆展览及全岛各空间的艺术展示，汇集本土、东南亚及国际艺术精华。SAW以艺术为核心，通过创意合作为访客与居民打造独特而难忘的体验，进一步巩固新加坡作为文化艺术目的地的吸引力。”

全岛十日艺术狂欢，多元主体共创视觉盛宴
公众可期待由本地与国际艺术家、合作伙伴及机构带来的丰富项目，包括SAW公开征集项目、藏家展览、商业画廊展览及巡回展等亮点：

• 经典活动回归：ART SG、东南亚艺术平台S.E.A. Focus、2025年“照亮新加坡：你看见我了吗？”将再度登场。吉尔曼军营艺术区的“夜间艺术”（Art After Dark）和丹戎巴葛分销园的“声光之夜”（Sonic Sessions）等夜间活动将与商业画廊及租户的展览相映成趣。
• 颠覆空间定义：移动微型画廊项目《当代艺术》（Con-Temporary Art）融合装置与表演，以微缩白立方画廊形式呈现特别创作的迷你艺术品，配有内部灯光与电源。
• 跨界美食艺术：位于艺术之家附楼的SATS体验中心携手 multidisciplinary 艺术家杨德荣、私厨兼艺术顾问陈佩欣（@sekel_kitchen）及前Nouri主厨Russell Nathan（@bricolage.sg），以杨德荣的装置作品《DIGikat——我们的社会纽带》为灵感，打造联结传统与创新的独家餐饮体验，突破 culinary 与艺术边界。
• 藏家私藏揭秘：藏家Pierre Lorinet将在新加坡首个本土创意聚落New Bahru举办第三次个展《Pierre Lorinet收藏：空间》；The Private Museum呈现《梦境与沉思：我即故事——Richard Koh精选藏》，展示这位藏家兼画廊主的私人收藏，揭示其艺术探索历程。
• 滨海湾金沙新篇：第三届“艺术之形”（Where Art Takes Shape）将于2025年1月16日至26日举行。亚洲首展《幕后画布系列一：让-米歇尔·巴斯奎特》将在金沙会展中心举行为期三个月的致敬展；与The Observatory（新加坡）及Duck Unit（泰国）艺术家合作的定制版“光谱”灯光水幕秀将点亮滨海湾。扩展后的“大师之路”艺术巡游包含21处公共艺术装置，带观众深入城市艺术脉络。
• 苏富比拍卖预展：现代及当代艺术展拍会将于2025年1月14日至18日向公众开放。

艺术渗透生活空间：城市、社区与通勤枢纽
从市中心到社区乃至通勤场所，艺术将更贴近公众：

• 地铁艺术计划升级：NAC与陆路交通管理局（LTA）合作，延续2024年SAW的成功模式，在八大地铁站及主题列车内呈现2025年SAW活动信息。武吉甘柏地铁站附近的高架桥柱将新增当代艺术装饰，为城市景观添彩。
• 历史科幻体验：艺术家Mark Chua与林丽璇在福康宁公园打造多媒体展览《未知前后》，通过扩展影院、电子游戏与雕塑虚构，以奇幻与植物视角解构11世纪淡马锡的神秘传说。
• 儿童共创奇趣：《好奇橱柜》项目集结不同能力的儿童，通过探索社区神秘生物线索，共同创作融合自然素材、视觉迷恋与想象故事的奇趣空间。
• 工作室开放日：Emily Hill、直落古楼及纬壹等艺术聚落将敞开工作室大门，邀请公众探访艺术家灵感来源与创作过程。

联结全球艺术社群，巩固区域枢纽地位
SAW搭建跨国合作平台，深化新加坡作为东南亚艺术枢纽的角色：

• 首展亚洲玻璃艺术：泰国首个玻璃艺术学习中心Bangkok Glass Company带来《超越馈赠，启迪变革》玻璃艺术展（2025年1月24-28日），汇聚新加坡陈淑芳、泰国Chattakan Vongsiri、澳大利亚Peter Bowles、日本Osamu Noda及美国Stephanie Trenchard的作品。
• 黑白洋楼艺术漫步：OH!开放日呈现《眼与虎》，邀请观众漫步Adam Park历史黑白洋楼，欣赏新加坡及东南亚艺术家的委托创作与经典作品。
• 艺术论坛扩容：以“艺术公众”为主题的SAW 2025论坛将升级为全天活动，聚集行业领袖与 keynote 演讲嘉宾Theaster Gates（美国），探讨艺术与社会的关系，推动艺术作为联结个体、催化变革的力量。论坛由NAC、新加坡国家美术馆（NGS）及新加坡美术馆（SAM）联合举办。
• 陈嘉庚基金会首办论坛：配合陈嘉庚艺术基金会（TAF）在新加坡的成立，其首届论坛《新机构的灵魂之歌》将邀请学者Joan Kee（美国）发表主题演讲，并呈现印尼艺术家Melati Suryodarmo与中国艺术家张雨辰的表演，汇聚菲律宾、巴西、厄瓜多尔及泰国等多国讲者。

本土艺术家国际荣归，作品回新展出

• 威尼斯双年展作品回归：艺术家赵仁辉受第60届威尼斯双年展新加坡馆展出的《看见森林》将登陆SAM。
• 数字情感建筑：新媒体艺术展《情感建筑》延续林茨电子艺术节首展，探索虚拟现实与数字沉浸环境如何塑造情感与感知，新增作品深化主题。
• 光影现象学：艺术家Zen Teh（新加坡）与SueKi Yee（马来西亚）在Objectifs举办展览及工作坊，延伸其在柏林Künstlerhaus Bethanien驻留期间的创作。

共庆新加坡60周年，艺术映照国家历程
配合SG60庆典，SAW推出一系列反思国家发展的人文项目：

• 社区艺术联动：SAW x PAssionArts联合五大社区（武吉巴督东、坎贝拉、甘榜格南、蒙巴登及淡滨尼北）呈现五个社区艺术项目，包括Temporal Displacement Agency与蒙巴登社区合作的《国家文物巡礼》，以艺术致敬国庆盛典。
• 摄影重构本土认同：Art Outreach推出《Singkarpor REMIXED》，展出摄影师谢益明（AikBeng Chia）记录新加坡街头日常的摄影拼贴，通过大型互动装置探讨本土流行文化、多元性及社区变迁，呈现国家身份的动态探索。

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