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Art goes to strata malls and former Raffles Girls' School

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September 02, 2025

Singapore Biennale 2025

- Shawn Hoo

Karaoke videos at Lucky Plaza, digital art in a pop-up "internet cafe" at Far East Shopping Centre and Indonesian artist and filmmaker Riar Rizaldi's video work Mirage: Agape at the former Raffles Girls' School.

These are some of the varied locations for the Singapore Biennale 2025.

More than 100 artworks will be on view around the island from Oct 31 to March 29, 2026, as part of the contemporary art event, which ventures into everyday spaces such as strata malls, historic housing estates, as well as pre-colonial and colonial landmarks.

The works will be installed in four main areas — the Civic District, Rail Corridor and its surrounding spaces, Orchard and the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) at Tanjong Pagar Distripark.

The eighth edition of the biennale, themed "pure intention", is organised by the SAM and commissioned by the National Arts Council.

In choosing the venues, the biennale's curators from SAM — Duncan Bass, Hsu Fang-Tze, Ong Puay Khim and Selene Yap — want to activate spaces that "are part of our daily rhythm".

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