Next year\u2019s Singapore Art Week (SAW, 22 to 31 January 2026) is poised to look very different from its predecessors. The bijou fair S.E.A. Focus, which has run since 2019, will now be managed by the concurrent international fair Art SG, launched in 2023. S.E.A. will leave its venue at Tanjong Pagar Distripark and take place within the Marina Bay Sands complex that houses Art SG.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a strategic arrangement designed to enhance S.E.A. Focus\u2019s prominence and strengthen its value propositions,\u201d says the gallerist Emi Eu, who founded and has directed S.E.A. Focus since it began. Eu will remain involved as artistic consultant. John Tung, S.E.A. Focus\u2019s curator since 2023, will retain that role for the 2026 edition. Both fairs are due to take place from 23 to 25 January.<\/p>\n
The move “provides expanded market access and networks by bringing Art SG\u2019s significantly larger visitor numbers\u201d\u2014including many of the international collectors and industry professionals that attend the fair\u2014to S.E.A Focus, Eu says. The combined event will \u201ccement both platforms as a mega-anchor for SAW, expanding opportunities for Singapore to grow the Southeast Asian art market on a global scale.” Art SG and S.E.A. Focus have been approached for comment regarding any financial aspects to the takeover.<\/p>\n
The two platforms have until now been around a 30-minute drive from each other, and the geographical distance has been a headache to SAW participants. An Art SG spokesperson adds that the single-ticket admission to both events provides further audience convenience, \u201ccreating an expanded and integrated experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the announcement, Tay Tong, the director of visual arts at Arts Ecosystem Group\u2014which is part of Singapore\u2019s National Arts Council\u2014highlighted \u201cthe growth of S.E.A. Focus since its inception\u201d, with the event having initially been held in tents at the gallery cluster Gillman Barracks. \u201cWith Art SG assuming stewardship of S.E.A. Focus, we look forward to Art SG building on the good work of STPI to continue to develop S.E.A. Focus as a major showcase dedicated to contemporary art in Southeast Asia,\u201d Tong said. \u201cAs commissioner, NAC is proud to work with our partners to surface high quality art works by Southeast Asian artists.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next year\u2019s Singapore Art Week (SAW, 22 to 31 January 2026) is poised to look very different from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5107,22685,146,85,46,22684],"class_list":["post-25531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-art-fairs","tag-art-sg","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sea-focus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}