Singapore Art Week 2023
From 6 to 15 January 2023, the 11th edition of Singapore Art Week 2023 (SAW 2023) presented an array of over 130 art events that featured new works and playful interventions that transform spaces across the island – from the city centre to the heartlands.The ten-day celebration of the visual arts launched the inaugural ART SG, presented the best of Southeast Asia at S.E.A. Focus, and hosted the homecoming presentation of Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book from the recent La Biennale di Venezia. Don't forget the Singapore Biennale named Natasha happening in venues all across Singapore, that runs till 19 March 2023.
Thank you for joining us this year, and SAW 2024 will return next year for its 12th edition, taking place on the 19–28 January 2024.
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The Open Call for proposals for Singapore Art Week 2024 is now open. Apply by 30th April 2023, 2359hrs. More details can be found here.
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Tanjong Pagar Distripark
6 – 15 January 2023
S.E.A. Focus is a leading art platform that brings together a fine curation of galleries and artists to showcase Southeast Asian contemporary art.
Sculpture 2052, 21 Woodlands Close, #03-16
6 January – 2 April 2023
The first ever Shoebox Sculpture Biennale in Singapore invites 163 local sculptors to explore the application of traditional sculpture and imagine contemporary craftsmanship alongside the changing landscape of contemporary art practices in Singapore.
Blackbox and Rehearsal studio, 42 Waterloo Street
7 – 15 January 2023
Themed 'Just In Time', the second edition of Islands Time-Based Art Festival (ITBA) calls on 20 invited artists for immediate and urgent responses contesting the sense of time in motion.
Various Locations
17 December 2022 – 28 January 2023
after/party is a collaboration between two independent spaces, Supper House and Starch, and features a series of activations and artistic projects inspired by nightly affairs around the world.
PARKROYAL on Beach Road, 7500 Beach Road, Singapore 199591
6 January – 26 March 2023
Cultural Medallion awardee Chua Soo Bin launches a special edition publication and two-venue exhibition celebrating 90 years of extraordinary life enriched by photography, art and a philosophy for joyful living.
Pasir Ris East CC
6 – 26 January 2023
BLOCK PARTY: Our Neighbourhood Furniture Tetris is an installation with secondhand furniture, inspired by the seemingly simple idea of stacking from the game of Tetris.
Radin Mas CC
6 January – 6 February 2023
Bringing together people from different walks of life through play, Kuti Kuti? is an intergenerational community art project that reimagines our old-school game into an interactive, life-sized soft sculpture playground through co-creation.
Objectifs Lower Gallery, 155 Middle Road, Singapore 188977
6 January – 5 February 2023
Bad Clocks: Alley Through a Pinhole introduces a pinhole in a darkened room, creating a camera obscura that inspires interdisciplinary collaborations concerned about the passing of time.
Yew Tee CC
6 – 15 January 2023
Sieve through the sands of time, unearth lost landmarks of Singapore and help time travellers of the Temporal Displacement Agency reassemble clay artefacts in this participatory play experience!
Lasalle College of the Arts, McNally Campus
6 – 15 January 2023
S23 curates LASALLE's amphitheatre into a resting space for informal congregation and interaction with artists to discuss art, share meals and form genuine social bonds.
ArtScience Museum, Level 4
6 – 24 January 2023
Commissioned by NAC for the Singapore Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2022 in Venice, Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book by Shubigi Rao returns to Singapore in the form of a film screening and an exhibition of her book.
Digital Billboard @ Fortune Centre, 190 Middle Rd, Singapore 188979
6 – 15 January 2023
Exploring the rapidly evolving landscape for digital arts and culture, NFT Asia presents “Urban Screens” will feature six digital and new media artists in Singapore, highlight the multiplicity of the medium and shed insights into the artistic practices and experiments at the frontier of new technologies.
Art Outreach
4 – 22 January 2023
Lines in Space by Tiffany Loy transforms a white cube space into an immersive and open labyrinth of woven and plaited lines.
Tanjong Pagar Distripark
16 October 2022 – 19 March 2023
Embark on a journey alongside Natasha to re-discover and engage with life’s big and small questions, through experiencing artworks presented as part of the Singapore Biennale 2022.
Waterloo Centre, 3rd Floor, 261 Waterloo St, (S)180261
6 – 15 January 2023
Little plants and flowers have reclaimed secret spots in Waterloo. A playful glimpse into urban ecologies, Robert Zhao's new work Wildflowers celebrates the unique spontaneous vegetation of the neighbourhood in a series of light boxes.
465 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, (S)560465
6 – 15 January 2023
A SERIES OF SERIOUS PARTIES connects the local community with art in Singapore and spurs on a deeper appreciation of void deck spaces and the games we used to play.
Little India and Katong-Joo Chiat
6 – 15 January 2023
ARTWALK is an annual multidisciplinary public arts festival set in the cultural precincts of Little India and Katong-Joo Chiat.
Various Venues
8 – 26 January 2023
dingdongbeep! is a mobile music room with toy instruments and art for observation and play.
Civic Distric
6 – 26 January 2023
Light to Night 2023: Here and Now invites reflections on contemporary topics through newly commissioned works in the Civic District.
Multiple Locations
6 January – 5 February 2023
Process: Roving Ideas is a self-guided discovery artistic experience taking place all over Singapore, inviting audience to carry out site-specific instructions contributed by participating artists.
Across Singapore - Please refer to the details for more information.
6 January – 4 February 2023
Taking place at various locations across Singapore and on virtual platforms, SAW Dialogues 2023 consolidates a robust series of talks and panel discussions happening across SAW that offer deeper insights into the creative minds of art practitioners and industry professionals, presented by our visual arts community. Mark your calendars!
Peace Centre
4 – 20 January 2023
Pictures in the Mind is a community arts exhibition exploring the visceral nature of public memories in relation to Peace Centre, one of Singapore’s oldest shopping malls built in mid-1970s.
Bukit Gombak Park
6 – 29 January 2023
Peer into a fascinating world of real and speculative insects at Insect Inventorium, an exhibition of insects spotted, observed, documented and imagined by artists with the Bukit Gombak community.
Comma Space 逗号空间, 51 Jln Pemimpin, #04-02, Singapore 577206
5 – 29 January 2023
In Studio: 51 Jalan Pemimpin is a solo exhibition by artist, Sai. The exhibition reflects his quirky ideas that are conceived in a studio environment.
Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre
12 – 15 January 2023
Presenting over 150 leading galleries from around the world, ART SG is Southeast Asia’s largest ever art fair and Asia Pacific’s biggest art fair launch in a decade.
Community Park behind Blk 10C Bedok South Ave 2
6 – 15 January 2023
Through a series of participatory workshops, If life gives you slime creates opportunities for families to connect through slime and rediscover sensory awareness and imagination together.
Multiple Locations
6 – 15 January 2023
Secret Places is a roving screening of visual travelogues about home and belonging.
Various Locations
6 – 15 January 2023
fated love sky welcomes you to their motel of love, where play is encouraged with precarious simulations and feral confessions.
Knuckles & Notch / Chaos Gallery
6 – 22 January 2023
Let's Play Ball! - Art That Fits in Your Palm is designed to revitalise a Gachapon machine that dispenses capsule balls with limited edition art collectibles.
Tanjong Pagar Distripark
6 – 15 January 2023
Synapse Intarsia is an experimental audio-visual project by AVC, comprising painter Bridget Tay and musician Nazrin Ramlee, that bridges sound, noise and visual art.
Artichoke, 161 Middle Rd, Singapore 188978
6 – 15 January 2023
Third Wheeling is a disruptive dining experience, where the familiar dining table is distorted to the extreme, merging a tongue-in-cheek menu with an immersive sculptural centerpiece.
The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane, S179429
6 – 15 January 2023
Discover how The Arts Plan aims to grow opportunities, inclusivity and vibrancy in Singapore over the next five years.
Tanglin Shopping Centre, 19 Tanglin Rd, (S)247909
5 – 15 January 2023
For its third edition, For the House; Against the House: ______ is Dead looks at two different notions: 'The Museum is Dead' (by John Tung) and 'Desire is Dead' (by Adele Tan).
Civic District, UOB Plaza 1
6 – 15 January 2023
Explore this self-guided art tour along the Singapore River, with free art workshops, special deals and more.
