{"id":413115,"date":"2026-04-23T08:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413115\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:04:07","slug":"national-gallery-singapore-to-hold-its-first-ever-r18-exhibition-exploring-desire-in-southeast-asian-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/413115\/","title":{"rendered":"National Gallery Singapore to hold its first-ever R18 exhibition exploring desire in Southeast Asian art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passion is Volcanic: Desire in Southeast Asian Art will be held at the Level 4 Gallery of National Gallery Singapore and is strictly for visitors aged 18 and above; valid identification will be required at entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tickets for the exhibition cost S$5 for Singapore citizens and permanent residents, and S$8 for other nationalities. More information can be found at the exhibition’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Patrick Flores, chief curator and project director of the exhibition, said: \u201cArt and desire have always been intertwined, yet conversations about pleasure and the body remain shielded in the region\u2019s public sphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cPassion is Volcanic: Desire in Southeast Asian Art engages with these themes in a considered and meaningful way and demonstrates how complex subjects can be approached with intellectual rigour and curatorial care.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This exhibition invites us to look beyond familiar or simplified ideas of the erotic, exploring how desire is not fixed, but shaped by culture, history, and power. It opens up a more layered understanding of Southeast Asian art, one that centres lived, embodied experience as a vital force in artistic practice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passion is Volcanic: Desire in Southeast Asian Art will be held at the Level 4 Gallery of National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[36355,307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60,30594],"class_list":{"0":"post-413115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-art-exhibition","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-artsdesign","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-national-gallery-singapore"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}