Exhibition
Adrian Tan
17 January 2026 to 1 February 2026
Free admission
Synopsis
The Strange Archive presents speculative artworks that reimagine the archive as a living, contested space rather than a static repository. To make strange is to see again: here, the archive signals a site of care, continuity, and labour that remains porous and reflexive, shaped by omission and desire. This first iteration, developed for ArtWeek 2026 at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, lays the groundwork for a long-term curatorial and research platform exploring how forgotten stories, unrealised projects, and obscured memories may be reactivated through exhibition making.Public Programmes
The public programmes accompanying The Strange Archive invite audiences to engage directly with the exhibition’s central questions about memory, erasure, speculation, and the politics and art of archiving.
Exhibition Opening
17 January 2026 · 6:00 PM
Celebrate the launch of The Strange Archive, where archives are reimagined as living, evolving spaces shaped by memory, omission, and speculation.
Drawing Dialogues: Stories of Decay
18 January 2026 · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Meet at Labrador Park for a guided walk by Superlative Futures (Wong Zi Hao) through Berlayer Creek to explore decay and decomposition in an urban ecosystem. Participants will then return by bus to the exhibition venue to create drawings and narratives inspired by their observations.
Curator’s Tour: Making The Archive Strange
18 & 25 January 2026 · 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Join curator Adrian Tan and artists to uncover stories, omissions, and speculative reimaginings behind the works.
Panel Discussion: Art, Archives & Speculative Futures
24 January 2026 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Artists, historians, and archivists discuss how reimagining archives opens new ways of understanding the past and imagining the future.
Artist Dialogue: Singapore Art Archive Project
25 January 2026 · 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Artist-archivist Koh Nguang How shares insights into Chua Mia Tee’s National Language Class and Lee Boon Wan’s Portrait of a Lady, reflecting on his archival practice and the process of identifying the central figure that connects both paintings.
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22 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026
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ART SG
20 Jan 2026 to 31 Jan 2026
Free admission
A regionally rooted and globally resonant reimagining of art as experience, where the hotel becomes a portal for artistic exchange, Southeast Asian storytelling, and immersive cultural dialogue.
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13 Jan 2026 to 9 Feb 2026
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For his first solo exhibition in Singapore, Ibrahim Mahama presents new fabric-based works and jute sack assemblages exploring Ghana’s material legacies of colonialism, post-colonialism, and industrialisation.
