Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) Singapore
16 January 2026 to 8 March 2026
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM daily, closed on PHs
Ticketed ($8)
Synopsis
Singapore Pioneer Artists Exhibition revisits the foundations of Singapore’s modern art through a critical rethinking of the term “pioneer.” Bringing together seminal works from key figures of the Nanyang period and beyond, the exhibition reframes pioneering not as a fixed generation or style, but as an open historical position shaped by cross-cultural exchange, migration, and lived experience, revealing how modernity in Singapore laid the groundwork for contemporary artistic thought.
Artists:
Chen Wen Hsi, Cheong Soo Pieng, Liu Kang, Chen Chong Swee, Lee Man Fong, Sun Yee, Choo Keng Kwang, Chen Cheng Mei, Chua Mia Tee, and Tan Swie Hian
Exhibition
ShanghART Singapore
17 Jan 2026 to 1 Mar 2026
Free admission
Immortal Words :: 字基 splices poetry with genetic code. If trauma survives generations through genes, might poetry too? DNA nano-sculptures, capsule machines, and microfluidics form this participatory work.
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Exhibition
Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay
19 Sep 2025 to 1 Feb 2026
Free admission
Not Quite Gone, Not Quite Finished reclaims discarded ceramics, artworks and materials, transforming them into new and unexpected forms that explore the tension between waste and renewal.
Exhibition
Asian Film Archive
31 Oct 2025 to 31 Jan 2026
Free admission
Matter Matters reflects on the Asian Film Archive's role as an archive and brings together Southeast Asian artists to illuminate 'lost cinema' and alternative voices in history.
Exhibition
23 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026
Free admission
We are four retirees who love to paint. What begin as a casual interest has grown into regular plein air gathering. This exhibition marks our watercolour journey since 2019.
