Looking for something to do on the weekends? Fashion lovers can head to the Asian Civilisation Museum where there are two displays examining local and regional fashion. Art lovers can take a pick between National Gallery and ArtScience Museum while culture buffs can head to the Gardens by the Bay, Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and the National Museum of Singapore.
Keep scrolling for a round-up of the latest and ongoing art and culture museum exhibitions in Singapore.
Created in collaboration with the Embassy of Mexico, the colourful floral displays celebrate Mexican culture and history. Expect to see a 4.5m-tall reproduction of the Mayan Chichén Itzá pyramid, the Aztec double-headed serpent as well as the various foods and plants such as corns, chillies and tomatoes that hail from the nation. There are also food, music and movie cultural events on selected dates.
Hanging Gardens – Mexican Roots is ongoing till September 25, 2022.
As the exhibition name suggests, Nian Hua is an examination of the iconography of popular Chinese beliefs and folk customs with prints created in China from the Qing dynasty to the 1980s. Created in partnership with the Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing, China, it aims to document to attitudes and values of the Chinese common folk.
Nian Hua: Of Deities, Guardians and Auspicious Art is ongoing till September 25, 2022.
The culture of batik and batik-making is an indelible part of the histories and identities of people in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Batik Kita takes the viewer on a journey from the roots of the art form, how it is made, how it differs across cultures and ethnicities and the limitless application of batik in fashion.
Batik Kita: Dressing In Port Cities is ongoing till October 2, 2022.
The exhibition features 16 Singaporean designers and how they use the draping technique for making clothes to create their artful pieces. This is the second edition of #SGFASHIONNOW and is co-curated with the students studying fashion at the Lasalle College of the Arts.
#SGFASHIONNOW 2022 is ongoing from now till October 16, 2022.
Off/On is an exploration of the paradigmatic shifts that technology has introduced to our everyday lives. Take for example how the typewriter has given way to the personal computer or payphones and pagers were the norm before the advent of mobile phones. There is also a paid in-gallery escape room game titled An Escape Through Time that you can participate in as well.
Off/On: Everyday Technology that Changed Our Lives, 1970s-2000s is ongoing till October 30, 2022.
Chua Mia Tee is one of the most known Singaporean artists in the realm of realism. The exhibition showcases his works from the 1950s to the 1980s and traces the evolution of his artistry as well as Singapore’s through his creations
Chua Mia Tee: Directing the Real is ongoing till November 20, 2022.
The surreal works of Australian artist Patricia Piccinini were created to question the murky borders between what is natural and what is artifice. This exhibition features hyperrealistic sculptures of mechanised animals, mutated human beings and unknown, uncanny creatures to investigate this query.
Patricia Piccinini: We Are Connected is ongoing till January 29, 2023.
With over 70 works featured, Nothing Is Forever examines sculptural practices since the 19th century. Ideas discussed include the artistic concerns “that range from the monumental and the spiritual, to the corporeal and performative” as well as the tension between fine art and craft.
Nothing is Forever: Rethinking Sculpture in Singapore is ongoing from now till February 5, 2023.
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