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Momentary Pulses: Art in the Central Business District
Public outdoor commissions by Singapore-based artists tucked into the CBD's streets and passageways, exploring the district's layered history and rhythms.
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Along the planters outside Shenton House sit concrete pineapples, patterned on the brutalist block's grid and mosaic crown. Finbarr Fallon named them Sweet Water, after a 1970s headline about fresh water found during the Shenton Way redevelopment. The building is due to be demolished, and in 1861 pineapple slices sold at Raffles Place for one cent.
It's a walk, not a room. Five works sit outdoors on plazas, link bridges and pavements between Raffles Place and Shenton Way, with two more announced for later in 2026. You come up at Raffles Place MRT Exit E and a clock of old objects chimes at slightly the wrong moment. At One Raffles Quay, Catherine Hu's tiled bird baths only become a fountain when it rains, which in Singapore keeps them reasonably busy.
It's free and open at all hours until 31 December 2027. For a route, pick up a stamp passport at CHARLES & KEITH in Marina Bay Sands; four stamps at the works earn a pin.
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Concrete pineapples line the planters of Shenton House, and Catherine Hu's tiled bird baths at One Raffles Quay only become a fountain when it rains. Five outdoor works scattered between Raffles Place and Shenton Way, open at all hours.
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Sweet Water (Finbarr Fallon)
Concrete pineapples on the street planters and rooftop car-park edge of Shenton House, textured like the brutalist building's grid and mosaic crown.
A fountain when it rains (Catherine Hu)
At One Raffles Quay North Tower, bird baths clad in salvaged tiles like void-deck furniture, topped with little birds meant as sundials in the towers' shadow.
Clock of the Everyday (Yang Jie)
At Raffles Place MRT Exit E, motorised vintage objects knock against each other to keep time, chiming at moments slightly off the workday routine.
thusspoke.baby (Teow Yue Han and Federico Ruberto)
A virtual character on a transparent LED screen at OUE Link, projecting fragments of text and gestures in response to the day's news, weather and social media.
LOOP, The Resonance of Motion (Zul Mahmod)
A polished stainless-steel sculpture at Asia Square Tower 1 that reflects passers-by and turns vibrations into sound through tweeters set in clear acrylic tubes.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Evening Visits
- Locals Who've Seen It All
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You want one gallery to walk around: the works are scattered outdoors across the CBD.
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- Momentary Pulses: Art in the Central Business DistrictCourtesy of Singapore Art Museum
- Fear No Power: Women Imagining OtherwiseCourtesy of National Gallery Singapore
- SINGAPORAMA by Navin RawanchaikulCourtesy of National Gallery Singapore
- Singapore Art MuseumSgconlaw, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chinatown Heritage CentreSengkang / Wikimedia Commons