Pleased New 12 months! This yr, issues are wanting actually thrilling up to now — our streets are lit up with artwork, decor and light-weight for Singapore Artwork Week, plus numerous Chinese language New 12 months festivities occurring across the island.
Right here’s what you possibly can sit up for this January and February 2023:
What’s New in Singapore
1) Gentle to Evening Competition occurring at Civic District from 6 to 26 Jan 2023
Photograph credit score: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Footage
Gentle to Evening Competition is again for its seventh version on the Civic District space, with the theme of “Right here and Now”.
Discover what it actually means to be within the current, by means of gentle projections and large-scale installations by each native and worldwide artists!
Photograph credit score: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Footage
Some highlights embrace Ephemeral, that includes giant and vibrant bubbles scattered within the Padang. In addition to Listening to Padang, an interactive set up consisting of a number of holes permitting sound to journey from one finish to the opposite.
Photograph credit score: Nationwide Gallery Singapore
Don’t miss the competition village at Empress Garden and St Andrew’s Highway too, providing quite a lot of meals and actions paired with reside performances.
Entrance payment: Free
Opening hours: Varies
Occasion interval: 6 – 26 Jan 2023
Tackle: Civic District Singapore
2) Disney100: Expertise Marvel at Jewel Changi
Relive magical moments by celebrating Disney’s a hundredth anniversary at Disney100 — occurring at Jewel Changi Airport from now until 9 April 2023.
Stroll by means of a Disney100 archway, soak within the view of a 4m-tall platinum statue of Mickey Mouse, and discover unique Disney-themed photo-ops!
Positioned in Shiseido Forest Valley and Cover Park, these themed installations characteristic 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.
Additionally look out for particular photograph spots with a neighborhood twist, just like the pink pandas in Singapore Zoo showing in Turning Pink.
However our favorite attraction was watching Disney characters come to life on the Disney100-inspired Gentle & Sound Present on the HSBC Rain Vortex, accompanied by acquainted tunes akin to When You Want Upon a Star and A Entire New World ✨
Entrance payment: Free (Separate entry payment for Cover Park)
Occasion interval: 16 Jan – 9 Apr 2023
HSBC Rain Vortex present timings: 7:30PM (Mon – Thu), 7:30PM and 9:30PM (Fri – Solar)
Tackle: Shiseido Forest Valley and Cover Park, Jewel Changi Airport, 78 Airport Blvd, Singapore 81966
3) Joo Choon Lin: Dance In The Destruction Dance
Photograph credit score: FOGSTAND Gallery & Studio
Issues are actually not as what they appear in native artist Joo Choon Lin’s Dance within the Destruction Dance exhibition.
Each 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 fascinating artworks embrace Glue Your Eyelids Collectively (2017/2023), I Solely Make Pals With Cash (2012/2023) and Beatific Fragrance (2020/2023).
Photograph credit score: Joo Choon Lin
Additionally catch the two-part efficiency named pEARs ‘ — — — ‘ in §pring (2018/2023), which can showcase how objects may even change their form and which means to one thing solely completely different.
Entrance payment: Free
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Occasion interval: 3 Jan – 16 Apr 2023
Efficiency dates: 13 Jan 2023 (8:30PM – 9:30PM), 25 Mar 2023 (6PM – 7PM)
Tackle: Singapore Artwork Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Rd, #01-02, Singapore 089065
4) Wan Qing Competition of Spring at Solar Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Corridor
Photograph credit score: Solar Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Corridor
Hop into the festive vibes on the Wan Qing Competition of Spring at Solar Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Corridor!
Apart from the Bunny-ful Blessings set up and performances, the competition has workshops for all everybody just like the Youngsters Festive Chinese language Drums Workshop (S$10), the Lunar New 12 months Impressed Crafts (free), and the Floral Tea Appreciation Workshop (S$15).
Find out how Chinese language Lunar New 12 months is widely known by taking a tour (S$20/pax) and exploring temples and the varied dialect teams.
You’ll be able to even rub shoulders with the God of Fortune on 22 Jan for a yr of fine luck and nice fortune — he’s freely giving candy treats for a bountiful yr!
*Observe: International residents and vacationers can get pleasure from free admission on 22 and 24 Jan.
Price: Free
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM, closed on Mon
Occasion interval: Till 19 Feb 2023
Tackle: Solar Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Corridor, 12 Tai Gin Rd, Singapore 327874
5) Museum Roundtable with collectible pink packets
Photograph credit score: Nationwide Heritage Board
Right here’s your probability to gather unique 12 months of the Rabbit pink packets from the Museum Roundtable — an initiative by the Nationwide Heritage Board to advertise a museum-going tradition amongst locals!
From now til 3 February, guests can gather a set of eight pink packets themed respectively to 39 collaborating museums, heritage establishments and galleries — such because the Singapore Artwork Museum and Eurasian Heritage Gallery.
*Observe: Pink packets are restricted to at least one set per customer, whereas shares final.
Photograph credit score: Nationwide Heritage Board
Additionally 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 Nationwide Heritage Board. For extra particulars, head to the official web site.
*Professional-tip: Should you can’t get your fingers on a restricted version collector’s album, attempt collaborating within the ‘I Love Museums’ giveaway from 25 to 30 January 2023!
Price: Free
Opening hours: Varies
Tackle: Varies
6) River Hongbao 2023
Photograph credit score: River Hongbao
Prepare for one in all Singapore’s largest annual Chinese language New 12 months 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 competition, an almost 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.
Photograph credit score: River Hongbao
On prime of that, there are additionally stage performances, an amusement park, exhibitions and a meals avenue too — as a result of, what’s Chinese language New 12 months with out a festive deal with?
Can’t take part this yr? Take part by way of Digital River Hongbao for streams of reside exhibits and stroll by means of an e-exhibition!
Entrance payment: Free
Opening hours: Varies
Occasion interval: 20 Jan – 28 Jan 2023
Tackle: Supertree Grove, The Meadow, and SG50 Lattice
7) Discover hidden big statues by Copenhagen artist Thomas Dambo at Sentosa
Photograph credit score: Sentosa Growth Company
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 — akin to pallets and floorboards — donated by native enterprises, Dambo’s upcycled creations encourage individuals to rethink the worth of trash.
Photograph credit score: Sentosa Growth Company
Don’t know the place to begin? Right here’s a touch: Seach alongside Palawan Seaside and don’t miss out on any nooks and crannies!
Price: Free
Exhibition interval: Till 2024
Tackle: Alongside Palawan Seaside, Sentosa
8) Funan’s annual mall-wide artwork activation — Artistic Intersections
Photograph credit score: Funan
As a part of Singapore Artwork Week, Funan presents its third version of mall-wide artwork activation, titled Artistic Intersections: Within the 12 months of the Rabbit.
Photograph credit score: Funan
This yr, a complete of 12 artists’ artworks are featured across the mall, six of that are in collaboration with shops akin to The Inexperienced Capsule, Lenskart and Chokmah.
Photograph credit score: Funan
It’s also possible to discover six vibrantly designed Funan Ardour Rabbit sculptures — specifically created to replicate the mall’s colors and keenness themes of PLAY, CHIC, TASTE, FIT, TECH and CRAFT.
Occasion interval: Till 5 February 2023
Opening hours: 10AM – 10PM
Tackle: Funan, 107 North Bridge Rd, Singapore 179105
9) New HomeTeamNS clubhouse opens at Bedok Reservoir
Photograph 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 filled with a variety of services akin to a water journey centre, an indoor impediment playground, a cross-fit fitness center, and an infinity pool.
Photograph 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 mountaineering partitions!
Photograph credit score: HomeTeamNS
It’s also possible to maintain enjoyable team-bonding actions together with your friends and colleagues right here, or think about one of many ten well-furnished and geared up villas to your subsequent staycation.
Price: Varies
Opening hours: 10AM – 8PM (Mon – Thu), 9AM – 9PM (Fri – Solar)
Tackle: 900 Bedok North Highway, Singapore 479994
10) (Tu)gether Artwork Exhibition at Singapore Chinese language Cultural Centre
Photograph credit score: @singaporechineseculturalcentre by way of 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 language Cultural Centre.
Working in collaboration with native artists Fiona Koh and Warren Khong, the artwork set up highlights Chinese language New 12 months practices in Singapore with a solid of characters — Tu Zai (rabbit), Ong Lai (pineapple), and Nian Mei (New 12 months beast in Chinese language mythology).
Photograph credit score: @singaporechineseculturalcentre by way of Instagram
Drop by on chosen Saturday nights to catch a light-weight present that includes Tu Zai as he journeys dwelling to have a good time the lunar new yr along with his household and buddies. You’ll even have an opportunity for a meet-and-greet photograph session too!
Entrance payment: Free
Exhibition date: Till 31 Mar 2023
Gentle present dates: 7, 14, 28 Jan, 25 Feb, 25 Mar 2023
Opening hours: 10AM – 10PM
Tackle: Singapore Chinese language Cultural Centre Roof Backyard, 1 Straits Blvd, Singapore 018906
11) The Peranakan Museum reopens mid-February 2023
Photograph 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 Faculty) will characteristic new everlasting galleries with a recent new design.
Sit up for 9 galleries with showcases, objects, interactive shows and programmes spanning three grand themes of the Peranakan id — “Origins”, “Dwelling”, and “Fashion”.
Through the four-year hiatus, the museum additionally labored intently with Peranakan communities to discover completely different points of the tradition. So if you happen to’re a Peranakan your self, you would possibly even discover one in all your loved ones’s tales talked about right here.
Opening date: Mid-February 2023
Tackle: 39 Armenian St, Singapore 179941
12) Van Gogh: The Immersive Expertise
Photograph credit score: H&B, Exhibition Hub, Fever and Resorts World Sentosa
Artwork lovers would need to bookmark this — Van Gogh: The Immersive Expertise 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 Evening and Sunflower.
For one thing a little bit extra distinctive, you possibly can even take a VR tour to take a sneak peek into “A Day within the Lifetime 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
Tackle: Sentosa Gateway, B1 Discussion board, Singapore 098269
Ongoing Occasions & Offers in Singapore
12) New Installations at ArtScience Museum’s Future World Exhibition & MBS’ Digital Gentle Canvas Present
Photograph credit score: teamLab
ArtScience Museum’s Future World exhibition has just lately unveiled three new everlasting installations by teamLab — its most intensive refresh since its debut in 2016!
Autonomous Abstraction: Steady Phenomena From The Universe To The Self
Photograph credit score: teamLab
Impressed by the spontaneous order phenomenon, this art work options vibrant dots blinking in particular person cycles and synchronising when close to one another. However when touched, they disperse with a sound.
Aerial Climbing Via A Flock Of Colored Birds
Photograph 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 individuals navigate throughout them, it impacts different individuals’s interplay with the art work too.
Sketch Flight
Photograph credit score: teamLab
Lastly, Sketch Flight means that you can see the world from the attitude of a hawk, butterfly, or aeroplane (whichever you favor). All it’s important to do is sketch it on paper and watch it come to life on the display.
Price: S$23/grownup
Opening hours: 10AM – 5:30PM
Tackle: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018974
13) Singapore’s First Youngsters’s Museum Opens — Free Admission until 31 Mar 2023
Photograph credit score: Youngsters’s Museum Singapore
Singapore’s first-ever museum devoted to youngsters of ages 12 and under has opened its doorways. The Youngsters’s Museum Singapore (CMSG) will perform as a “starter museum” for younger guests to the museum-going expertise.
Youngsters can get to find out about Singapore’s heritage and tradition by means of the hands-on interactives on the museum.
Photograph credit score: Youngsters’s Museum Singapore
The CMSG includes a everlasting exhibition — A Voyage Again in Time, which spans 4 galleries on the bottom flooring. There are additionally three particular galleries that will likely be refreshed frequently.
Price: Free, till 31 Mar 2023 (Pre-booking required)
Opening hours: 9AM – 1PM & 2PM – 6PM, Tue – Solar
Tackle: 23-B Coleman Road, Singapore 179807
14) The Doraemon Exhibition Singapore 2022
Sebastian Masuda, ‘Closing Weapon’ (2017), THE DORAEMON EXHIBITION SINGAPORE 2022 ©Fujiko-Professional
Making its first international 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 Nationwide Museum of Singapore, within the type of unique manga drawings by creator 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 objects like lego bricks and cute equipment.
Doraemon-themed Café by Toraya Confectionery, THE DORAEMON EXHIBITION SINGAPORE 2022 ©Fujiko-Professional
Moreover the artworks, followers can even 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-Professional
There’s additionally a Doraemon memento store the place you possibly can convey dwelling Doraemon-themed cups, luggage, and folders!
Price: S$30/grownup
Opening hours: 10AM – 7PM
Exhibition interval: Till 5 Feb 2023
Tackle: 93 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178897
15) Avatar: The Expertise at Gardens by the Bay
Backyard by the Bay’s Cloud Forest has reworked into the world of Avatar — with 5 distinctive zones to satisfy your Pandoran wanderlust.
Fly your personal Banshee, create your personal 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.
Price: S$35/grownup
Opening hours: 9AM – 9PM, final admission at 8:30PM
Exhibition interval: Till 31 Mar 2023
Tackle: Cloud forest, Gardens by the Bay
16) MENTAL: Colors of Wellbeing — New Exhibition at ArtScience Museum
You realize that it’s okay to really feel what you’re feeling, proper?
MENTAL: Colors of Wellbeing is just not an exhibition about psychological sickness, however a illustration of the distinctiveness 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 displays, artwork tasks and large-scale installations that invoke completely different emotions and feelings by means of the acquainted and surreal. MENTAL goals to have a good time the variations and complexities of everybody’s psychological well being journey whereas elevating consciousness of the significance of its well-being by means of artwork and science.
Price: S$18/grownup
Exhibition interval: 3 Sep 2022 – 26 Feb 2023
Tackle: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018974
17) Patricia Piccinini: We Are Linked — Hyperrealistic Sculptures at ArtScience Museum
Enter an uncanny however pleasant world of hyperrealism and hybrids.
Patricia Piccinini: We’re Linked questions the potential for a hybrid world by means of a nurturing lens, the place people, animals, and know-how exist as one entity. The exhibition options hyperrealistic sculptures of unusual beings and encourages the celebration of variations.
Photograph credit score: Marina Bay Sands
The artworks seem within the types of mechanised animals and mutated human beings which are 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 have a good time a world full of surprise and distinction.
Price: S$18/grownup
Occasion interval: 5 August 2022 – 29 January 2023
Tackle: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018974
On the lookout for new issues to do in Singapore?
Singapore could be a little bit pink dot however there’s by no means a boring second on this vibrant island! Be it exhibitions indoors or hunts for hidden gems outside, there’s all the time one thing for everybody to take a look at.
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