Exhibitions in Singapore
January 2027
January at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 3 closing, and 6 more on view across the city.
Closing in January
- Clay & Colour: Ceramics from the Alice & Peter Tan Collection2 Jan 2027
NUS MuseumFree
435 polychrome Straits Chinese export ceramics donated by Alice and Peter Tan, spanning 19th-century Qing kilns to Peranakan tableware and ceremonial wares.
- ONE Ocean: Every Action Ripples3 Jan 2027
Science Centre Singapore
World-premiere immersive exhibition built on 20 years of Tara Ocean Foundation research, with 360-degree ocean projections, free-roaming VR and ten walk-through zones.
- Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman Art from the Musée du Louvre24 Jan 2027
Asian Civilisations Museum
100 Islamic-art masterpieces from the Louvre alongside 30 ACM works, tracing the 16th-18th century world connecting the Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman empires with Southeast Asia.
Also on through January
- Lost & Found: How We Rememberto 18 Apr 2027
Singapore Art Museum
Final chapter of the Lost & Found project, using language, oral histories and personal-to-collective narratives to recover overlooked stories.
The Evocative Head: Fragmentation as Language in Ng Eng Teng's Worksto 29 May 2027NUS MuseumFree
Revisits sculptor Ng Eng Teng's fascination with the human head as a fragment, from early realist portraits to later abstracted forms, ahead of the Ng Eng Teng Gallery's revamp.
- Learning Galleryto 27 Jun 2027
Singapore Art Museum
A hands-on gallery for exploring contemporary art through curiosity, with works by five artists touching identity, home, nature and memory. Free admission.
- Refrain, Reframe – Baba House Displacedto 25 Sept 2027
NUS MuseumFree
While NUS Baba House undergoes restoration, its Straits Chinese furniture, decorative arts and architectural fragments are regrouped and displayed in a new setting at NUS Museum.
Lai Foong Moi: Crossingsto 3 Oct 2027National Gallery Singapore
A Dalam Singapore focus exhibition on Nanyang artist Lai Foong Moi (1931-1995), examining gender, labour and urban life in 1960s Singapore and Malaya through portraiture, still life and landscape.
Momentary Pulses: Art in the Central Business Districtto 31 Dec 2027Singapore Art Museum
Public outdoor commissions by Singapore-based artists tucked into the CBD's streets and passageways, exploring the district's layered history and rhythms.
Image credits
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- The Evocative Head: Fragmentation as Language in Ng Eng Teng's WorksMoheen Reeyad, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lai Foong Moi: CrossingsCourtesy of National Gallery Singapore
- Momentary Pulses: Art in the Central Business DistrictCourtesy of Singapore Art Museum
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