Happy New Year! This yr, issues are trying actually thrilling to this point — our streets are lit up with artwork, decor and light-weight for Singapore Art Week, plus varied Chinese New Year festivities occurring across the island.
Here’s what you possibly can sit up for this January and February 2023:
What’s New in Singapore
1) Light to Night Festival occurring at Civic District from 6 to 26 Jan 2023
Photo credit score: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures
Light to Night Festival is again for its seventh version on the Civic District space, with the theme of “Here and Now”.
Explore what it actually means to be within the current, by gentle projections and large-scale installations by each native and worldwide artists!
Photo credit score: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures
Some highlights embrace Ephemeral, that includes massive and vibrant bubbles scattered within the Padang. As effectively as Hearing Padang, an interactive set up consisting of a number of holes permitting sound to journey from one finish to the opposite.
Photo credit score: National Gallery Singapore
Don’t miss the pageant village at Empress Lawn and St Andrew’s Road too, providing quite a lot of meals and actions paired with stay performances.
Entrance payment: Free
Opening hours: Varies
Event interval: 6 – 26 Jan 2023
Address: Civic District Singapore
2) Disney100: Experience Wonder at Jewel Changi
Relive magical moments by celebrating Disney’s a centesimal anniversary at Disney100 — occurring at Jewel Changi Airport from now until 9 April 2023.
Walk by a Disney100 archway, soak within the view of a 4m-tall platinum statue of Mickey Mouse, and discover unique Disney-themed photo-ops!
Located in Shiseido Forest Valley and Canopy Park, these themed installations function a few of Disney’s most iconic movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and The Lion King, plus movies from Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars too.
Also look out for particular picture spots with a neighborhood twist, just like the pink pandas in Singapore Zoo showing in Turning Red.
But our favorite attraction was watching Disney characters come to life on the Disney100-inspired Light & Sound Show on the HSBC Rain Vortex, accompanied by acquainted tunes corresponding to When You Wish Upon a Star and A Whole New World ✨
Entrance payment: Free (Separate entry payment for Canopy Park)
Event interval: 16 Jan – 9 Apr 2023
HSBC Rain Vortex present timings: 7:30PM (Mon – Thu), 7:30PM and 9:30PM (Fri – Sun)
Address: Shiseido Forest Valley and Canopy Park, Jewel Changi Airport, 78 Airport Blvd, Singapore 81966
3) Joo Choon Lin: Dance In The Destruction Dance
Photo credit score: FOGSTAND Gallery & Studio
Things are really not as what they appear in native artist Joo Choon Lin’s Dance within the Destruction Dance exhibition.
Both a efficiency area and artwork set up, this exhibition makes use of artworks, video and theatrical performances to discover the distinction between actuality and look! Some attention-grabbing artworks embrace Glue Your Eyelids Together (2017/2023), I Only Make Friends With Money (2012/2023) and Beatific Perfume (2020/2023).
Photo credit score: Joo Choon Lin
Also catch the two-part efficiency named pEARs ‘ — — — ‘ in §pring (2018/2023), which will showcase how objects can even change their shape and meaning to something entirely different.
Entrance fee: Free
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Event period: 3 Jan – 16 Apr 2023
Performance dates: 13 Jan 2023 (8:30PM – 9:30PM), 25 Mar 2023 (6PM – 7PM)
Address: Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Rd, #01-02, Singapore 089065
4) Wan Qing Festival of Spring at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Photo credit: Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Hop into the festive vibes at the Wan Qing Festival of Spring at Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall!
Other than the Bunny-ful Blessings installation and performances, the festival has workshops for all everyone like the Children Festive Chinese Drums Workshop (S$10), the Lunar New Year Inspired Crafts (free), and the Floral Tea Appreciation Workshop (S$15).
Learn how Chinese Lunar New Year is celebrated by taking a tour (S$20/pax) and exploring temples and the various dialect groups.
You can even rub shoulders with the God of Fortune on 22 Jan for a year of good luck and great fortune — he’s freely giving candy treats for a bountiful yr!
*Note: Foreign residents and vacationers can get pleasure from free admission on 22 and 24 Jan.
Cost: Free
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM, closed on Mon
Event interval: Until 19 Feb 2023
Address: Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, 12 Tai Gin Rd, Singapore 327874
5) Museum Roundtable with collectible pink packets
Photo credit score: National Heritage Board
Here’s your probability to gather unique Year of the Rabbit pink packets from the Museum Roundtable — an initiative by the National Heritage Board to advertise a museum-going tradition amongst locals!
From now til 3 February, guests can accumulate a set of eight pink packets themed respectively to 39 taking part museums, heritage establishments and galleries — such because the Singapore Art Museum and Eurasian Heritage Gallery.
*Note: Red packets are restricted to 1 set per customer, whereas shares final.
Photo credit score: National Heritage Board
Also look out for a restricted version collector’s album (S$88) which’ll embrace two full units of the 39 pink packet designs, in addition to a particular design for the National Heritage Board. For extra particulars, head to the official web site.
*Pro-tip: If you possibly can’t get your arms on a restricted version collector’s album, attempt taking part within the ‘I Love Museums’ giveaway from 25 to 30 January 2023!
Cost: Free
Opening hours: Varies
Address: Varies
6) River Hongbao 2023
Photo credit score: River Hongbao
Get prepared for certainly one of Singapore’s largest annual Chinese New Year festivals —
River Hongbao! This yr, it takes place at Gardens by the Bay for its third version with 18 enchanting lantern units.
Lookout for the star of the pageant, a virtually 30m-long “Dance of Spring” floating lantern, in addition to others infused with trendy themes, concepts and pop-culture references just like the astronauts and even the merlion.
Photo credit score: River Hongbao
On prime of that, there are additionally stage performances, an amusement park, exhibitions and a meals road too — as a result of, what’s Chinese New Year with out a festive deal with?
Can’t take part this yr? Join in through Virtual River Hongbao for streams of stay reveals and stroll by an e-exhibition!
Entrance payment: Free
Opening hours: Varies
Event interval: 20 Jan – 28 Jan 2023
Address: Supertree Grove, The Meadow, and SG50 Lattice
7) Find hidden big statues by Copenhagen artist Thomas Dambo at Sentosa
Photo credit score: Sentosa Development Corporation
One man’s trash is one other man’s treasure — and that is what Copenhagen-based artist Thomas Dambo aimed to current with 4 big statues purposefully hidden round Sentosa.
Made out of 5.5 tonnes of reclaimed wooden materials — corresponding to pallets and floorboards — donated by native enterprises, Dambo’s upcycled creations encourage folks to rethink the worth of trash.
Photo credit score: Sentosa Development Corporation
Don’t know the place to begin? Here’s a touch: Seach alongside Palawan Beach and don’t miss out on any nooks and crannies!
Cost: Free
Exhibition interval: Until 2024
Address: Along Palawan Beach, Sentosa
8) Funan’s annual mall-wide artwork activation — Creative Intersections
Photo credit score: Funan
As a part of Singapore Art Week, Funan presents its third version of mall-wide artwork activation, titled Creative Intersections: In the Year of the Rabbit.
Photo credit score: Funan
This yr, a complete of 12 artists’ artworks are featured across the mall, six of that are in collaboration with shops corresponding to The Green Capsule, Lenskart and Chokmah.
Photo credit score: Funan
You also can discover six vibrantly designed Funan Passion Rabbit sculptures — specifically created to replicate the mall’s colors and fervour themes of PLAY, CHIC, TASTE, FIT, TECH and CRAFT.
Event interval: Until 5 February 2023
Opening hours: 10AM – 10PM
Address: Funan, 107 North Bridge Rd, Singapore 179105
9) New HomeTeamNS clubhouse opens at Bedok Reservoir
Photo credit score: HomeTeamNS
Easties rejoice! There’s now a brand new HomeTeamNS Clubhouse positioned inside Bedok Reservoir Park, giving but one more reason why the east aspect is clearly the higher aspect ;).
The clubhouse is full of a variety of services corresponding to a water journey centre, an indoor impediment playground, a cross-fit health club, and an infinity pool.
Photo credit score: HomeTeamNS
The three-storey indoor water journey centre homes Singapore’s longest indoor water slide at a whooping 114-metres lengthy, in addition to a moist obstacle-rope course and mountain climbing partitions!
Photo credit score: HomeTeamNS
You also can maintain enjoyable team-bonding actions together with your friends and colleagues right here, or contemplate one of many ten well-furnished and outfitted villas on your subsequent staycation.
Cost: Varies
Opening hours: 10AM – 8PM (Mon – Thu), 9AM – 9PM (Fri – Sun)
Address: 900 Bedok North Road, Singapore 479994
10) (Tu)gether Art Exhibition at Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Photo credit score: @singaporechineseculturalcentre through Instagram
Usher within the lunar new yr at “兔gether or (tu)gether” — a rabbit-themed artwork exhibition positioned on the roof backyard of the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre.
Working in collaboration with native artists Fiona Koh and Warren Khong, the artwork set up highlights Chinese New Year practices in Singapore with a solid of characters — Tu Zai (rabbit), Ong Lai (pineapple), and Nian Mei (New Year beast in Chinese mythology).
Photo credit score: @singaporechineseculturalcentre through Instagram
Drop by on chosen Saturday nights to catch a lightweight present that includes Tu Zai as he journeys residence to rejoice the lunar new yr along with his household and buddies. You’ll even have an opportunity for a meet-and-greet picture session too!
Entrance payment: Free
Exhibition date: Until 31 Mar 2023
Light present dates: 7, 14, 28 Jan, 25 Feb, 25 Mar 2023
Opening hours: 10AM – 10PM
Address: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Roof Garden, 1 Straits Blvd, Singapore 018906
11) The Peranakan Museum reopens mid-February 2023
Photo credit score: The Peranakan Museum
The Peranakan Museum will reopen someday in February this yr, after virtually 4 years of closure for renovation works! The refurbished constructing (former Tao Nan School) will function new everlasting galleries with a recent new design.
Look ahead to 9 galleries with showcases, objects, interactive shows and programmes spanning three grand themes of the Peranakan identification — “Origins”, “Home”, and “Style”.
During the four-year hiatus, the museum additionally labored carefully with Peranakan communities to discover completely different elements of the tradition. So for those who’re a Peranakan your self, you may even discover certainly one of your loved ones’s tales talked about right here.
Opening date: Mid-February 2023
Address: 39 Armenian St, Singapore 179941
12) Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience
Photo credit score: H&B, Exhibition Hub, Fever and Resorts World Sentosa
Art lovers would wish to bookmark this — Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is heading to Singapore for the primary time!
The 360° multi-sensorial exhibition will mix each artwork and digital actuality (VR) in showcasing over 300 artworks by well-known Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, such because the famed Starry Night and Sunflower.
For one thing just a little extra distinctive, you possibly can even take a VR tour to take a sneak peek into “A Day in the Life of the Artist” and discover out the inspirations behind Van Gogh’s iconic works.
Entrance payment: S$24/grownup (early chicken tickets on sale at 4PM on 19 Jan)
Exhibition date: From 1 Mar 2023
Opening hours: Varies
Address: Sentosa Gateway, B1 Forum, Singapore 098269
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12) New Installations at ArtScience Museum’s Future World Exhibition & MBS’ Digital Light Canvas Show
Photo credit score: teamLab
ArtScience Museum’s Future World exhibition has lately unveiled three new everlasting installations by teamLab — its most in depth refresh since its debut in 2016!
Autonomous Abstraction: Continuous Phenomena From The Universe To The Self
Photo credit score: teamLab
Inspired by the spontaneous order phenomenon, this art work options vibrant dots blinking in particular person cycles and synchronising when close to one another. But when touched, they disperse with a sound.
Aerial Climbing Through A Flock Of Coloured Birds
Photo credit score: teamLab
Step onto this 3D set up of vibrant hanging bars and watch as they turn out to be brighter and emit a sound distinctive to their color. The bars are all linked in order folks navigate throughout them, it impacts different folks’s interplay with the art work too.
Sketch Flight
Photo credit score: teamLab
Lastly, Sketch Flight lets you see the world from the angle of a hawk, butterfly, or aeroplane (whichever you favor). All you need to do is sketch it on paper and watch it come to life on the display.
Cost: S$23/grownup
Opening hours: 10AM – 5:30PM
Address: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018974
13) Singapore’s First Children’s Museum Opens — Free Admission until 31 Mar 2023
Photo credit score: Children’s Museum Singapore
Singapore’s first-ever museum devoted to kids of ages 12 and under has opened its doorways. The Children’s Museum Singapore (CMSG) will operate as a “starter museum” for younger guests to the museum-going expertise.
Children can get to find out about Singapore’s heritage and tradition by the hands-on interactives on the museum.
Photo credit score: Children’s Museum Singapore
The CMSG encompasses a everlasting exhibition — A Voyage Back in Time, which spans 4 galleries on the bottom ground. There are additionally three particular galleries that might be refreshed often.
Cost: Free, till 31 Mar 2023 (Pre-booking required)
Opening hours: 9AM – 1PM & 2PM – 6PM, Tue – Sun
Address: 23-B Coleman Street, Singapore 179807
14) The Doraemon Exhibition Singapore 2022
Sebastian Masuda, ‘Final Weapon’ (2017), THE DORAEMON EXHIBITION SINGAPORE 2022 ©Fujiko-Pro
Making its first world cease out of Japan, The Doraemon Exhibition is right here in Singapore from 5 Nov 2022 – 5 Feb 2023!
Catch your favorite blue robotic cat on the National Museum of Singapore, within the type of authentic manga drawings by writer Fujiko F Fujio and modern artworks by each native and Japanese artists.
The artworks reinterpret Doraemon in our altering world and one spotlight is a 2m-tall Doraemon show by artist Sebastian Masuda — adorned with gadgets like lego bricks and cute equipment.
Doraemon-themed Café by Toraya Confectionery, THE DORAEMON EXHIBITION SINGAPORE 2022 ©Fujiko-Pro
Besides the artworks, followers also can attempt the Doraemon-themed dorayaki (pink bean pancake) at S$6.90 every, on the pop-up cafe of Toraya (a Japan-famous Toraya confectionary store ????).
Merchandise offered at The Doraemon Exhibition Singapore 2022, THE DORAEMON EXHIBITION SINGAPORE 2022 ©Fujiko-Pro
There’s additionally a Doraemon memento store the place you possibly can deliver residence Doraemon-themed cups, luggage, and folders!
Cost: S$30/grownup
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Exhibition interval: Until 5 Feb 2023
Address: 93 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178897
15) Avatar: The Experience at Gardens by the Bay
Garden by the Bay’s Cloud Forest has reworked into the world of Avatar — with 5 distinctive zones to satisfy your Pandoran wanderlust.
Fly your individual Banshee, create your individual Avatar and catch Pandoran wildlife like Viperwolves as you discover interactive exhibitions and all its hyper-realistic fashions. Don’t miss the native Pandoran flora too like Vein Pods scattered round, to finish the true Avatar expertise.
Cost: S$35/grownup
Opening hours: 9AM – 9PM, final admission at 8:30PM
Exhibition interval: Until 31 Mar 2023
Address: Cloud forest, Gardens by the Bay
16) MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing — New Exhibition at ArtScience Museum
You know that it’s okay to really feel what you feel, proper?
MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing is just not an exhibition about psychological sickness, however a illustration of the individuality of each psychological well being journey. This exhibit options interactive installations that aren’t solely academic however aesthetically pleasing and intriguing.
There are 24 interactive reveals, artwork initiatives and large-scale installations that invoke completely different emotions and feelings by the acquainted and surreal. MENTAL goals to rejoice the variations and complexities of everybody’s psychological well being journey whereas elevating consciousness of the significance of its well-being by artwork and science.
Cost: S$18/grownup
Exhibition interval: 3 Sep 2022 – 26 Feb 2023
Address: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018974
17) Patricia Piccinini: We Are Connected — Hyperrealistic Sculptures at ArtScience Museum
Enter an uncanny however pleasant world of hyperrealism and hybrids.
Patricia Piccinini: We are Connected questions the potential of a hybrid world by a nurturing lens, the place people, animals, and expertise exist as one entity. The exhibition options hyperrealistic sculptures of unusual beings and encourages the celebration of variations.
Photo credit score: Marina Bay Sands
The artworks seem within the types of mechanised animals and mutated human beings which can be unusual at first look but oddly acquainted. Piccinini challenges guests’ ideas on what it means to exist with completely different sorts of life and to rejoice a world stuffed with marvel and distinction.
Cost: S$18/grownup
Event interval: 5 August 2022 – 29 January 2023
Address: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018974
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