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Exhibition

Singapore Biennale: pure intention

Singapore Art Museum

31 October 2025 to 29 March 2026

10am - 7pm

Free during Singapore Art Week

Synopsis

Singapore Biennale 2025: pure intention presents contemporary art in unexpected places - from pre-colonial and colonial landmarks to shopping malls, historic housing estates, and greenspaces. Featuring over 100 artworks and 30 new commissions by more than 80 artists, the Biennale invites audiences to experience Singapore's many layers of history – collectively creating a city that is as planned as it is full of discovery, surprises, and intriguing juxtapositions.
Duncan Bass, Curator 
Hsu Fang-Tze, Curator
Ong Puay Khim, Curator

Selene Yap, Curator

Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) Tour of Singapore Biennale (Tanglin Halt)
24 January 2026
Tanglin Halt
Free with registration
Join Deaf facilitators on a tour of Singapore Biennale 2025: pure intention at Tanglin Halt. Experience contemporary art in familiar spaces of Singapore with fresh eyes and new perspectives.
This tour is intended for the Deaf and Hard of hearing community. SgSL interpretation will be provided by Equal Dreams. This tour is suitable for participants aged 6 and up; children must be accompanied by an adult.

Art in Fusion: Atelier V&A Open Studio

30 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026

Free admission with registration

Atelier V&A opens its doors for a two-day open studio where art meets design, craft and storytelling — a fusion of creative worlds in Singapore.

19sixtyfive

23 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026

Free admission

A shifting light and print installation where architecture morphs with movement, turning form into illusion and perception into experience.

NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore

18 Jan 2026 to 1 Feb 2026

Free admission

The exhibition presents speculative climate futures drawn from Kent Chan's tropical imaginary. Featuring a new commission, it frames a world of expanding tropics through the lens of lived human experience.

The Columns Gallery Singapore

20 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026

Free admission

The Columns Gallery Singapore presents Isang Dipang Langit: Fragments of Memory, Fields of Now, showcasing a myriad of contemporary Filipino artists exploring the boundaries between memory, place, and identity.