(Left) Elia Nurvista, Long Hanging Fruits, 2024. Image courtesy of Mikael Lundgren. And (Right) Bagus Pandega. Detail of L.O.O.P. (Loss Overgrown Organic Pulse), 2025. Image courtesy of Philipp Hänger and Kunsthalle Basel.

Exhibition

Elia Nurvista and Bagus Pandega: Nafasan Bumi ~ An Endless Harvest

Singapore Art Museum

16 January 2026 to 17 May 2026

10am - 7pm

Free during Singapore Art Week

Syaheedah Iskandar, Curator
Bagus Pandega, Artist
Elia Nurvista, Artist

Synopsis

The third installation in the Material Intelligence series returns with a duo presentation by Bagus Pandega and Elia Nurvista. Exploring Indonesia's extractive economies through materials bound to plantations, mining, and the promises of electric futures, their kinetic, multimedia, and sculptural works probe the entanglement of extraction, colonial legacies, and the climate crisis. Together, they envision futures shaped by these materials against a backdrop of uncertainties.

Peranakan Museum

31 Oct 2025 to 30 Aug 2026

Ticketed

This exhibition explores the peacock as a universal symbol of beauty, power, and divinity across Asia. Travelling widely between regions and contexts, it reveals how artistic traditions evolve through exchange.

National Gallery Singapore

9 Jan 2026 to 16 Nov 2026

Free admission

Women Imagining Otherwise unveils stories of solidarity, community and fearlessness through the powerful practices of five women artists from Southeast Asia.
Exhibition

Gunalan Nadarajan and Roopesh Sitharan

22 Jan 2026 to 1 Feb 2026

Free admission

An exhibition of artists from Southeast Asia working with art and technology.

Gajah Gallery

21 Jan 2026 to 28 Feb 2026

Free admission

This 30th anniversary retrospective traces the arc of the Gajah Gallery’s history, and the entanglements of ideas and relationships that have shaped its sensibility.