SINGAPORE – Singapore Gallery Month, which is on from Aug 15 to Sept 13, offers more than 100 events. There are free exhibitions and ticketed workshops, as well as a $1,000 Patron’s Pass with exclusive access to collectors’ home tours and consultation sessions.
Here are five highlights to help you navigate the seventh edition of the event organised the Art Galleries Association Singapore (AGAS). For the latest updates on events, go to the AGAS website.
Gillman GatheringsGillman Barracks
Aug 15
An artwork, titled #47-03, by Lavender Chang.
PHOTO: LAVENDER CHANG
Spend your whole Saturday at Gillman Barracks with this free opening bash, which promises a full day of gallery-hopping and other events.
You can stop by Fost Gallery for the latest in its exhibition series The Lie Of The Land, which surveys Singapore through the lenses of its artists. The 2026 show includes works by John Clang and Lavender Chang.
Those who love their thrills and chills can pop by the ShanghArt Singapore space for Thai film-maker and artist Taiki Sakpisit’s 13 Nightmares, which brings together film, photography and sound for a spine-tingling contemporary art experience.
Sundaram Tagore Gallery can always be relied on for beautiful shows. Neha Vedpathak: In Plain Sight is a solo show of the Detroit-based artist’s colourful, densely textured pieces which transform paper into three-dimensional works.
Counterweight: The Systems Of Two Whitestone Gallery and New Art Museum
Aug 15 to Oct 17 
Blink by Chow and Lin.
PHOTO: CHOW AND LIN
Two couples, comprising four practising artists, anchor this intriguing show which examines art-making in partnership.
Stefen Chow and Huiyi Lin, known as Chow and Lin, have made a name for themselves with their research practice. Their best-known project is the ongoing The Poverty Line, which documents poverty through the lens of food.
Wang Ruobing and Chen Sai Hua Kuan, also known as Ruobing & Sai, are the founders of the experimental Comma Space, which has hosted exhibitions and nurtured the practices of other contemporary art practitioners in Singapore.
Info: 05-03/06 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Road; open 11am to 7pm (Tuesdays to Sundays), closed on Mondays and public holidays. Admission is free. Go to www.whitestone-gallery.com for details.
Shadows, Signals, And The Line: Abstract Expressionism In SingaporeThe Private Museum
Till Aug 23
PHOTO: THE PRIVATE MUSEUM
Private galleries have, in the past few years, been addressing a dire gap in the Singapore art history narrative by holding ambitious shows.
The Private Museum has been flexing at its Upper Wilkie premises with increasingly complex shows such as SG60’s Towards Happiness, Prosperity & Progress: Reflections On The Singapore Spirit.
This latest show brings together a multi-generational sprawl of 16 Singapore artists working on abstract art, with the ambition of tracking the evolution of abstraction in art practices here through the 1970s and 1980s.
Artists featured range from pioneer abstractionist Anthony Poon and sculptor Han Sai Por to younger artists like Ian Woo and Jane Lee.
Info: 11 Upper Wilkie Road; open: 10am to 7pm (Mondays to Fridays), 11am to 5pm (Saturdays and Sundays), public holidays by appointment only. Admission is free. Go to www.theprivatemuseum.org for more information.
Art After HoursTanjong Pagar Distripark
Aug 29
Singapore Gallery Month 2025’s launch party and gallery tour at Gajah Gallery.
PHOTO: ART GALLERIES ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE
Now that Cantonment MRT station has opened, it is easier than ever to get to this arts hub. And the payoff is a glut of arts riches. Do not miss Gajah Gallery’s Latiff Mohidin show, which will include his first cast bronze sculpture from his iconic Pago Pago series. Galleries will also close later and programme tours, talks and workshops throughout the day.
Info: 39 Keppel Road. Go to agas.org.sg/sgm for more information.
The Looking Room: Slow Looking For Busy MindsVitrine, OUE Downtown Gallery
Aug 19
Luke Heng’s works at Vitrine.
PHOTO: YEO WORKSHOP
Let artist Luke Heng guide you through a meditative contemplation of his works.
The session will offer visitors coffee and tea, and will also give them a chance to sit down with Heng for an in-depth conversation about his practice.
Info: 01-36, 6A Shenton Way. One-hour sessions are from 1pm to 5pm at $38 a person. Go to str.sg/dZvw for more information.