iNational Gallery SingaporeCivic District
When Art Meets Nature
This exhibition has ended.
A children's exhibition co-curated with the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts, inviting young visitors to explore nature through two immersive installations on environmental sustainability.
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On walks near his home, Singapore artist Soh Ee Shaun spotted birds, insects and a flying lemur resting on a mango tree. In Peace Forest they come back as soft sculptures of trees and endangered animals, set out for open-ended play in the Keppel Centre for Art Education.
You get a card of animals to hunt for, then make a print at a woodblock station. At the foot of the grand staircase in the City Hall Alcove, Yenting Hsu's wooden Where the River Runs has you put on headphones and pick a small book to hear stories of Indigenous communities on Taiwan's Dahan River. Soh's colugo turned up on a walk near home, which helps the next time your kid calls the park connector boring.
Entry is free, on Level 1 of the City Hall Wing, until 1 November. The forest is brightly lit, the river piece dim, and both play ambient sound. Little Day Out reckoned adults may get more out of the river stories than children do.
Look for
Peace Forest, Soh Ee Shaun
Look for soft sculptures of trees and endangered animals filling the Keppel Centre, modelled on the birds, insects and flying lemur the artist met on walks near home.
The animal hunt card
Pick up a card showing the animals in Peace Forest and track each one down among the sculptures.
The woodblock station
In the forest, kids make their own print at a woodblock station, inspired by the animals around them.
Where the River Runs, Yenting Hsu
At the foot of the grand staircase, a wooden installation where you wear headphones, choose small books and hear stories from Indigenous communities on Taiwan's Dahan River beside video of the river.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Rainy Days
- Small Kids
Skip if
You want paintings on walls: this is two play installations built for children.
With kids
Made as a children's exhibition, with an animal hunt card and a woodblock print station. Spaces are step-free; the river installation is dimly lit and both pieces play ambient sound.
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- National Gallery SingaporeGordonMakryllos, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026Courtesy of Singapore Art Museum
- Maria Taniguchi: AfterimageCourtesy of Singapore Art Museum
- Asian Civilisations MuseumIrwan Shah Bin Abdullah, CC BY 3.0
- Children's Museum SingaporeElisa.rolle, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Peranakan MuseumGoAheadFan95 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Museum of SingaporeGordonMakryllos / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0