Exhibition
Singapore Art Museum
15 January 2025 to 18 May 2025
10am – 7pm (Extended museum hours from 10 am to 9 pm on both weekends: Friday and Saturday, 17-18 and 24-25 January 2025.)
Free admission
Synopsis
Seeing Forest was Singapore’s exhibition at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte 2024). Presented by artist Robert Zhao Renhui, the exhibition expands on Zhao’s long-term research on secondary forests in Singapore – forests regrown from deforested land due to human intervention – and the new ecosystems that have developed within.
The exhibition explores the multifaceted life of Singapore's secondary forests, encapsulating the histories of settlement, colonisation, migration, and mutual coexistence among species. Through an assemblage of video and sculptural installations, Seeing Forest delves into lesser-known stories and moments of interdependence between human society and nature, revealing how these transitional spaces in urban nature can serve as the most dynamic frontier of life.
The Singapore Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2024 was commissioned by the National Arts Council, Singapore and organised by Singapore Art Museum.
Singapore Art Museum
17 Jan 2025 to 26 Jan 2025
Free admission
A multi-modal project, 'Out of Office: In Conversation with SAM Residencies' captures the dynamic and collaborative nature of the processual and research-based methods which drive the work of SAM Residents.
Exhibition
Ames Yavuz
11 Jan 2025 to 9 Feb 2025
Free admission
'a gesture, a room, a memory' is a conversation between contemporary painters as they contemplate the domestic, the everyday, and the small epiphanies of the moments in-between.
TAKSU Singapore
8 Jan 2025 to 8 Feb 2025
Free admission
Peninsula & Islands showcases works from Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Philippines, New Zealand, Korea, and Indonesia, highlighting diverse artistic perspectives and cultural narratives from these regions.
Exhibition
Hong Shu-ying, Kirti Upadhyaya
17 Jan 2025 to 10 Feb 2025
Free admission
| | on paper invites 20 artists to participate in a simple experiment. It begins with four pieces of A4 paper, takes shape as a residency, and ends with a showcase.
