National Gallery

Follow Kiri the Monkey to save the dying forest from Aki the Fire Dragon! Inspired by the Cambodian version of the epic poem Ramayana, Calling for Rain by Khvay Samnang will bring you on a journey through the landscapes of Cambodia. The story follows Kiri falling in love with KongKea the Fish, and later faces struggles to overcome the loss of his home. Please Go and Check it Out Now.

Gain deeper insight into the daily life of Chua Mia Tee—whose works are exhibited in the Gallery’s exhibition Chua Mia Tee: Directing the Real—through images photographed by his daughter Dr Chua Yang. Now on at Leica Galerie Raffles Hotel till 11 Jan 2022, the exhibition titled The Man Behind That Portrait is Dr Chua Yang’s debut photography exhibition, and offers a unique glimpse of Chua Mia Tee through snapshots of his daily life. In conjunction with the exhibition, Dr Chua Yang will also headline a talk titled The Leica Conversations: Fotographing Familiar. Taking place on 8 Dec at 7.30pm via Zoom, hear from Dr Chua as she discusses her passion for photography, and her love for capturing images of the familiar. Please Go and Check it Out Now.

Calling all start-ups, technologists and artists! Y-Lab is hosting the Foundry programme, a participatory experience where you can co-build innovations to transform art experience, visitor experience and work experience together with National Gallery Singapore. Please Go and Check it Out Now.

Covering the realms of art, culture and heritage, the Singapore government is investing in cultural innovations exploring the opportunities it presents to the modern society in Singapore. Join us on 11 Nov at 3pm to hear how CultureTech professionals innovate and unpack the possibilities and new frontiers that CultureTech offers at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology. Please Go and Check it Out Now.

Looking for unlimited access to all exhibitions at the Gallery?Look no further! As part of National Day promotions this year, get 20% off our Gallery Insider Membership worth up to $120 in value. Enjoy special privileges such as unlimited and priority access to exhibitions, discounts on dining and shopping, and many more! Please Go and Check it Out Now.

We are excited for you to encounter Morse Percussion, a group led by Derek Koh as they respond to the artworks of the special exhibition Georgette Chen: At Home in the World. Please Go and Check it Out Now.

This series of roundtables brings together partners of Proposals for Novel Ways of Being to introduce their respective projects, share about what they think art, culture, and history can do in this pandemic, and offer perspectives on the evolving role of museums and art organisations.
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This weekend’s Art + Live | An Ekphrastic Series features poet Amanda Chong.Amanda is a Cambridge and Harvard trained lawyer whose first collection of poetry, Professions, was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the 2016 Singapore Literature Prize. Her works explore themes of gender and power, with her writings appearing in Monocle, The Straits Times, and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. She also co-founded ReadAble, a non profit that runs weekly English literacy classes for children and migrant women in low income neighbourhoods since 2014, and founding web editor of poetry.sg, the first online database of Singapore poetry, complete with critical analyses and a multimedia archive. Please Go and Check it Out Now.

his series of roundtables brings together partners of Proposals for Novel Ways of Being to introduce their respective projects, share about what they think art, culture, and history can do in this pandemic, and offer perspectives on the evolving role of museums and art organisations. Please Go and Check it Out now.

Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips’ ekphrastic response for Art + Live this weekend is made in conjunction with the special exhibition, Suddenly Turning Visible: Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia (1969-1989).Please Go and Check it Out now.

As we navigate through these strange times, let us recall Singapore’s kampung spirit through Liu Kang’s Life by the River. An outstanding work of the Nanyang School, it celebrates broader themes of neighbourliness, mutual help and our community resilience. Together, we can overcome anything as a nation! See this work at the DBS Singapore Gallery. We are open from 2pm – 7pm today. Admission to all ongoing exhibitions is also free ‪until 31 August 2020‬! Please Go and Check it Out now.

Discove r more stories at the exhibition Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends. Admission is free for all till 31 July. Please Go and Check it Out now.

Join us on our Facebook Live this weekend, as Diana Rahim leads us through Chua Soo Bin: Truths & Legends, interweaving readings of her own poems with and reflections on the lives of legendary Chinese ink masters with and her own personal journey as a photographer. Please Go and Check it Out now.