27 Nov Art SG returns for its third edition in January 2025

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Art SG, the leading international art fair for Singapore and Southeast
Asia, will feature an exceptional line-up of 106 galleries from 30 countries and territories for its third edition in
January 2025. Presented by Founding and Lead Partner UBS, Art SG will take place at the Sands Expo and
Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands, from 17 to 19 January 2025 with a VIP Preview on 16 January.

Shuyin Yang, Fair Director, Art SG, added: “As we look forward to Art SG 2025, we are thrilled to welcome
established and emerging contemporary art galleries, artists and collectors to Singapore. Showcasing
remarkable talent hailing from Southeast Asia and beyond, this edition of the fair will offer thoughtfully curated
sectors and programs, as well as a city-wide schedule of dynamic exhibitions, installations, and activations”.

Jin Yee Young, Co-Head UBS Global Wealth Management Asia Pacific and Country Head UBS
Singapore, said: “The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2024 reveals 97% of Singapore HNW
collectors were the most optimistic about the global art market and Singapore collectors ranked amongst the
highest in favouring art fairs to purchase art works. As Founding and Lead Partner of Art SG for the third
consecutive year, we are delighted to provide this important platform to reinforce Singapore’s rising role in
engaging art enthusiasts, collectors and the public across the region. UBS has a history of supporting
contemporary art and artists, and has one of the most important corporate collections of contemporary art in
the world. As part of our commitment to fostering a vibrant art scene, the UBS Art Collection has
commissioned Thai artist Mit Jai Inn to create artworks for the UBS Lounge and UBS Art Studio. UBS
Singapore will also launch our inaugural “Art for All” community program with a 60 metre long tapestry to
commemorate Singapore’s 60 years of independence. Displayed at the UBS Art Studio, the weaving of the
tapestry will also be open for public participation during the fair”.

In 2025, Art SG will once again host leading international galleries including Gagosian (New York, Los
Angeles, London, Paris, Le Bourget, Geneva, Basel, Gstaad, Rome, Athens, Hong Kong), White Cube
(London, Hong Kong, Paris, Seoul, New York), Thaddaeus Ropac (London, Paris, Salzburg, Seoul), Lehmann
Maupin (New York, London, Seoul), neugerriemschneider (Berlin), Galerie Gisela Capitain (Cologne,
Naples), Annely Juda Fine Art (London), Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, New York),
P.P.O.W (New York), and Cardi Gallery (Milan, London).

In addition, this year’s edition of Art SG will offer an unparalleled overview of Southeast Asian artistic
production, from established as well as emerging voices, with over 30% of exhibitors operating spaces in the
region. Galleries include Ames Yavuz (Singapore, Sydney), STPI (Singapore), Sullivan+Strumpf (Singapore,
Sydney, Melbourne), Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur), Fost Gallery (Singapore),
Ota Fine Arts (Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo), Gajah Gallery (Singapore, Jakarta, Yogyakarta) and Bangkok
Citycity Gallery (Bangkok).

New galleries from the region and around the world will join the fair for the first time, showcasing carefully
selected artworks and specially curated presentations. Newcomers include Galerie Gmurzynska (Zürich, New
York), Marc Straus (New York), Haridas Contemporary (Singapore), Baik Art (Los Angeles, Seoul, Jakarta),
and Sun Contemporary (Bali). INKStudio (Beijing, New York), Eslite Gallery (Taipei, Beijing), Cardi
Gallery (Milan, London), Zilberman (Istanbul, Berlin, Miami), Yeo Workshop (Singapore) and artcommune
gallery (Singapore) return after a one-year hiatus.

Art SG 2025 continues to spotlight Singapore as a unique cultural and artistic capital, fostering exchange and
dialogue within the local art scene and globally. Coinciding with Singapore Art Week (17 – 26 January 2025),
the fair offers a dynamic program organized in collaboration with cultural partners. Throughout the fair, visitors
will encounter four dynamic, large-scale, site-specific installations as part of Platform sector; experience a
curated Film program presented in collaboration with the Bangkok Kunsthalle and curated by Director
Stefano Rabolli Pansera; and participate in a series of Talks featuring art world thought-leaders and
organized in collaboration with Aaron Cezar, Director of the Delfina Foundation.

New encounters with art and UBS

This close collaboration with Mit Jai Inn is an extension of UBS Art Collection’s long-standing relationships
with artists. Considered one of the world’s most important corporate collections of contemporary art, the UBS
Art Collection consists of over 40,000 works, most of which are displayed throughout UBS’s offices globally. In
Singapore, UBS’s past commissions include artworks by Singaporean artists Dawn Ng and Hilmi Johandi,
Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho, and Vietnamese-born artist Danh Vo. UBS continues to engage the local
community and with the launch of the year-long “Art for All” program aims to make art accessible to everyone
and advance the international conversation about art in Singapore.

Magnus Renfrew, Co-Founder, ART SG, said: “Further emphasising its commitment to the region, the third
edition of ART SG continues to bolster opportunities for galleries and foster dialogue within the global art
market. Exceptional presentations at the fair will be complemented by vibrant activations across Singapore, a
growing centre for international art communities”.

Art SG program highlights

Art SG 2025 will develop across three sectors: Galleries, which offers diverse, multi-artist exhibitions;
Focus, featuring galleries presenting solo or duo artist programs, or curated thematic presentations; and
Futures, dedicated to supporting younger galleries under the age of 10 years, presenting specially created
presentations for Art SG.

Galleries

The show’s main and largest sector – Galleries – will feature 56 leading international and regional galleries,
showcasing multi-disciplinary presentations by represented artists, including painting, sculpture, drawing,
installation, photography, video, and digital works of exceptional quality. Highlights include:

• Lehmann Maupin (New York, London, Seoul) will feature a selection of works from across the
  gallery’s programme, foregrounding Asian and diaspora female artists including Tammy Nguyen,
  Mandy El-Sayegh, Lee Bul and Kim Yun Shin. The presentation will also include new works by
  David Salle, Todd Gray and Chantal Joffe.

• Waddington Custot (London) will present significant British and international artists, including late
  eminent British sculptor William Turnbull, husband of Singapore-born British artist Kim Lim
  (currently the subject of a comprehensive retrospective at the National Gallery Singapore, on until 2
  February 2025). Also on display will be vibrant paintings by celebrated modern Chinese artist Chu
  Teh-Chun, encapsulating his mature style and dynamic use of colour; recent works by Ian
  Davenport from his acclaimed ‘puddle paintings’ series; and animal bronzes by Barry Flanagan,
  Britain’s most radical sculptor.

• Zilberman (Istanbul, Berlin, Miami) will host a presentation of works by Carlos Aires, Isaac Chong
  Wai, Sandra del Pilar, Azade Köker and Sim Chi Yin. By bringing together artists from different
  generations and geographies, the exhibition will delve into the relationship between tradition,
  society and the individual, taking personal stories as a vantage point. Through a wide range of
  mediums, including sculpture, video, painting, and installation, this curated show will offer new ways
  of understanding the realities of conflict, power structures and social taboos through multi-vocal
  artistic practices.

• Annely Juda Fine Art (London) will showcase a selection of paintings and sculptures that
  emphasise the use of primary colours to enhance sculptural forms or explore colour as a form of
  expression. For instance, a curated ‘blue’ section will juxtapose Anthony Caro’s iconic floor
  sculpture Flax, a 1966 wall relief Japanese artist Yoshige Saito and a painting, Take Us, by Yuko
  Shiraishi. In addition, the gallery will present David Hockney’s iPad paintings among other works by
  artists including Alan Green, Nigel Hall, Anthony Hill, László Moholy Nagy, David Nash, Alan
  Reynolds.

• Ota Fine Arts (Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo) will host a curated presentation featuring artists from
  Asia whose artworks span a variety of mediums and themes, including Maria Farrar, Chris Huen
  Sin-Kan, Rina Bannerjee, Atreyu Moniaga and Mannat Gandotra. Singapore’s contemporary art
  practice will be represented by new, dynamic explorations by Hilmi Johandi, Guo-Liang Tan, and
  Zai Kuning.

• Ames Yavuz (Singapore, Sydney) will present acclaimed artists from Southeast Asia in a thematic
  show titled ‘Kindred Spirits’. Works by Abdul Abdullah, Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Elmer
  Borlongan, Ayka Go, Alvin Ong, and Samak Kosem will explore how memories and materials
  accrue over time to form complex local identities. Including a new sculptural installation by the
  Aquilizans, and a quietly powerful curated room of works by Elmer Borlongan, the showcase will
  delve into personal landscapes and themes of resilience, resistance and community.

• Gajah Gallery (Singapore, Jakarta, Yogyakarta) will spotlight a roster of critically acclaimed artists
  from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore, including Benedicto ‘BenCab’ Cabrera, Suzann
  Victor, Yunizar, Jane Lee, Kayleigh Goh, Leslie De Chavez, Mark Justiniani, Marina Cruz. This
  diverse group of artists includes those who redefine abstract expressionism, subvert and merge
  two- and three-dimensional artistic practices, and search for respite amidst the noise of today’s
  urban life – themes that transcend boundaries and resonate with concerns of both the Singapore
  and global art audiences.

• Gazelli Art House (London, Baku) will display a dynamic group exhibition titled Unknown and
  uncontained, featuring six pioneering artists who explore the intersection of digital media and
  emerging technologies. Centred on speculative communication with other forms of life – whether
  biological, machinic, or data-based – the theme of the presentation will invite viewers to experience
  newly generated worlds through various mediums, including video, sculpture, framed prints and
  neon. The presentation will include works by acclaimed artist Jake Elwes, while new works by
  Entangled Others, Xin Liu, and 00 Zhang will be showcased in Singapore for the first time.

• Cuturi Gallery (Singapore, London) will showcase four young Singaporean painters: Aisha Rosli,
  Faris Heizer, Shen Jiaqi and Khairulddin Wahab. This generation of contemporary artists presents
  distinct styles and thought-provoking themes. Their work will be presented alongside pieces by
  three European artists: Hubert Le Gall, Lionel Sabatté and Julien Des Monstiers.

• Cayón (Madrid, Manila, Menorca) will present a curated selection of works by groundbreaking
  abstract artists, including Venezuelan Kinetic painter and sculptor Jesús Soto. In addition, two
  significant early works by Fernando Zóbel will showcase the artist’s transition toward abstraction;
  this coincides with the ongoing touring exhibitions Zóbel. The future of the past (on display at the
  Prado, Spain, 14 November 2022 – 5 March 2023; at the Ayala Museum, Philippines, 5 September
  2024 – 26 January 2025; and Fernando Zóbel: order is essential at the National Gallery
  Singapore from 9 May – 30 November 2025). Exceptional works by Philippe Decrauzat and Sergio
  Garcia will also be displayed.

• Asia Art Center (Taipei, Beijing) will spotlight the creative path of three artists who represent
  different generations of Taiwanese art history through their contributions to contemporary sculpture
  in the Chinese-speaking world and their increasingly sophisticated explorations in the field. Yuyu
  Yang’s Taroko Landscapes Series, Ju Ming’s Living World Series and Li Chen’s Ethereal Cloud
  Series will be shown supplemented by the well-known Calligraphy Series, Taichi Series and
  Spiritual Journey through the Great Ether from the artists respectively.

• Gana Art (Seoul, Los Angeles) will host an exhibition titled Odyssey on memoria, featuring four
  contemporary artists who offer a profound exploration of memory and identity through diverse
  artistic expressions. Shim Moon-seup draws inspiration from the seas of his childhood in
  Tongyeong, evincing a profound connection with the natural world. Influenced by Dante’s Divine
  comedy and informed by a deeply personal tragedy, Ho Jae Kim’s artworks delve into the concept
  of purgatory. Also drawing from personal traumas and existential inquiries, Shiota Chiharu explores
  themes of life, death, and identity through installations that use thread skeins resembling blood
  vessels to symbolise the interconnectedness of existence and the search for self-identity. Park
  Sukwon, renowned for his abstract sculptures, conveys his life’s trajectory and memories through
  towering structures that ascend skyward.

• Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, New York) will show a group presentation
  that reflects their artists’ institutional program across this year. Works by Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
  will examine the relationship between Africa and Europe, speaking to the persistence of colonialism
  and its legacy. Shonibare had a major solo show at the Serpentine this year, the first at the
  institution in 20 years. Kapwani Kiwanga’s work is research-driven, instigated by marginalised or
  forgotten histories, and articulated across a range of materials and mediums including sculpture,
  installation, photography, video, and performance. Her inclusion follows the opening of the 2024
  Venice Biennale where her solo ‘Trinket’ is the presentation for the Canadian Pavilion. Misheck
  Masamvu’s work moves between abstraction and figuration, allowing him to address the past while
  searching for a way of being in the world. His inclusion follows his participation in Translations:
  Afro-Asian poetics curated by Dr. Zoe Whitley in Singapore earlier this year at The Institutum.

Focus

Featuring 36 presentations, Focus spotlights galleries showcasing focused and curated programs with an
emphasis on the development of artistic practices, the exploration of different mediums, especially digital art
and new media, and emerging to mid-career artists. Highlights include:

• A group presentation by The Drawing Room (Manila) highlighting three artists, Diokno Pasilan,
  Ged Merino, and Cian Dayrit, whose practices explore the Filipino diasporic experience, reflecting
  on transitory identity and belonging through the lenses of memory, community and location.

• A hopeless hope (2025), the latest series by Thai artist Naraphat Sakarthornsap, will be displayed
  by SAC Gallery (Bangkok). Renowned for his conceptual installations and photographs that use
  floral arrangements and traditional garlands to highlight hidden inequalities, Sakarthornsap
  questions social structures and platforms queer experiences in Asian cultures.

• Emerging mediums, an experimentally curated presentation by HOFA (London), will feature works
  by Sougwen Chung, Emily Xie, Wang Ziling, Eser Gündüz, Hannes Schauer and Vladinsky. This
  exhibition will explore the intersection of human and machine creativity, the transformation of
  painting as a medium, and the AI and algorithmic processes used to craft complex, textured
  patterns that blur the line between the digital and the tangible.

• A solo show by Yeonsu Ju, inspired by the Korean mourning ritual of Gijesa, will be presented by
  HdM Gallery (London, Paris, Beijing). In this Confucian tradition, people honour their ancestors
  with food offerings on the anniversary of their death. In her work, Yeonsu Ju reimagines this cultural
  practice as an imaginary space where one can meet absent loved ones through the ritual of
  painting.

• Lee and Bae (Busan) will host a group exhibition by five international artists: Connie Harrison,
  Yowshien Kuo, Hugo McCloud and Zéh Palito. Titled On further observation, this presentation will
  invite viewers to pause and re-examine the works on display, to find hidden detail or nuances made
  more evident by the contrast between the works themselves.

Futures

Futures, the sector dedicated to supporting young galleries under the age of 10 years, will see 11 galleries
showcasing presentations specially created for Art SG. Presentations will have been created within the past
18 months and not previously exhibited in a gallery or institutional setting. Highlights include:

• For their debut participation in Art SG, Haridas Contemporary (Singapore) will spotlight a new
  sculpture by Singaporean artist Melissa Tan, titled *The fates: Klotho, Lachesis and Antropos. The
  largest work in Tan’s iconic metal sculpture series (began in 2018), this monumental work explores
  the notion of womanhood through the lens of mythology. Other artists on display will include
  Esmond Loh and Jeremy Sharma.

• Warin Lab Contemporary (Bangkok) will present two emerging artists, Nakrob Moonmanas and
  Eri Imamura. The joint exhibition, A world in parallel, will challenge conventional perceptions of
  current and historical accounts, contemplating the complexities of memory and the fluidity of truth
  within the artistic realm.

• Showcasing a solo display by Chinese artist Jin Han, Mandy Zhang Art (London) will feature a
  new series of oil paintings and woodcuts that delve into the theme of the ‘aether’. This concept,
  articulated by Aristotle as part of the five elements series, identified aether as the fifth element
  alongside water, fire, air and earth.

Platform

Featuring four artists from diverse backgrounds and generations, Platform presents a curated exhibition of
dynamic, large-scale and site-specific installations situated across the fair. This year’s section comprises:

• Miya Ando’s Moon ensō(Engessō円月相) (2024), an installation consisting of 29 panels of printed
  silk chiffon, representing a complete lunar cycle and depicting all the phases of the moon. The
  imagery is derived from Ando’s Moon Almanac, a series of 1345 small drawings in natural indigo
  dye on washi paper, depicting the moon and created daily over 2.5 years of the Covid pandemic in
  New York City. Presented by Sundaram Tagore Gallery.

• Featuring three canvases, Khairulddin Wahab’s The lands below the winds (2024) weaves
  together narratives from historical geography and maritime history. Exploring Southeast Asia’s
  profound relationship with water, Wahab delves into the deep connection between the Malay
  Archipelago and its surrounding seas, the paradoxical role of water as a deadly yet life-giving
  force, and the sea as both a barrier and a conduit to the world beyond. Presented by Cuturi
  Gallery.

• Shavonne Wong’s Eva (2024) is a social experiment and performance artwork that explores the
  complex and evolving relationships between humans and AI companions. As an interactive
  chatbot with a 3D virtual character, Eva is more than a virtual influencer; she serves as a mirror
  reflecting society’s authentic thoughts and feelings about artificial intelligence. Presented by The
  Columns Gallery.

• Part of Pablo Reinoso’s acclaimed Spaghetti bench series, Promenade chambord (2022) adapts
  the familiar yet anonymous public bench. Reinoso’s bench sculptures have been installed in
  numerous public locations, including beside the River Thames in London and on the south terrace
  of the Elysée Palace in Paris. The artist’s work is held in public collections worldwide, including
  Société des Amis du MNAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Fonds national d’art contemporain,
  Paris; Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina and
  Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil. Presented by Waddington Custot.

Film

Art SG is pleased to announce the appointment of Artistic Director of the St Moritz Art Festival and Founding
Director of Bangkok Kunsthalle and Khao Yao Art Forest Stefano Rabolli Pansera as the curator for Art SG
2025’s Film program, hosted in collaboration with cultural partner Bangkok Kunsthalle. Comprising a
selection of film, video art and moving image artworks, the program will showcase new artistic practices and
highlight groundbreaking names working in these mediums.

For 2025, an innovative curated section By artists, on artists will explore a selection of film and video works
created by artists and shown in juxtaposition to a series of films focusing on the lives and careers of
well-known artists. This section will develop across three chapters, Constructing landscapes, Voices and
signs and Ruins and memories, through which audiences will gain fresh insights into contemporary art
practices across different histories and disciplines.

Stefano Rabolli Pansera is an architect and curator. After working with Herzog de Meuron in Basel from 2005
to 2007, and teaching at the Architectural Association School of Architecture for six years, he founded Beyond
Entropy Ltd, a curatorial agency operating in Africa and Asia. In 2013, he was the recipient of the Golden Lion
for best national participation for the Angola Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In 2015, Pansera designed the
Mangiabarche open-air gallery and directed the exhibition program for the MACC Museum in Sardinia. From
2017 until 2022 he worked as director at Hauser and Wirth Gallery in London and St Moritz. Since 2022, Pansera
has directed Bangkok Kunsthalle, where he has transformed the museum into a dynamic architectural model
with exhibitions of Michel Auder, Korakrit Arunanondchai and Yoko Ono. Khao Yai Art Forest, an institution that
aims to advance, support, and realize artists’ visionary proposals within nature, will open in January 2025.

Talks

Returning for Art SG 2025, the Talks program, supported by AXA XL, will offer a diverse series of engaging
discussions exploring a range of contemporary art themes and issues, from the Bangkok Art Biennale to the
intersection of performance and art, the relationship between art and artificial intelligence, the current
landscape of film and moving image practices, and more. The program will also spotlight Singaporean art,
celebrating the rich landscape of the region. Led by director Aaron Cezar, Delfina Foundation (London) will
collaborate with Art SG to create a series of program around collecting, philanthropy and creating private
foundations. Inspired by Delfina Foundation’s ground-breaking program ‘Collecting as Practice’ which explores
the philosophy, psychology and politics of collecting, three critical discussions will be presented at Art SG
2025, looking at the essential role of collectors in shaping artistic regional development. In addition, Art SG is
pleased to present artist talks by significant rising stars hailing from Southeast Asia who have made an
international impact, London-based and Malaysian-born painter and mixed media artist Mandy El-Sayegh, and
Thai multi-disciplinary artist Korakrit Arunanondchai, who in 2024 presented a major installation at the
Bangkok Kunsthalle, nostalgia for unity, an ongoing solo exhibition at Museum MACAN, Jakarta, Sing Dance
Cry Breathe, and is the founder of Ghost, tri-annual video and performance art series, which will return for its
third and final edition in 2025.

Over the last 15 years, Aaron Cezar has positioned the Delfina Foundation as a meeting point and incubator
of creative talent, forming partnerships with leading international institutions. He has also developed the
Foundation’s groundbreaking thematic programs such as Collecting as Practice, the first ever integrated
residency program for collectors and artists. In addition, Cezar has curated external exhibitions, performances and programs at the Hayward Gallery Project Space, SongEun Artspace, ArtBo, and Art Dubai, among others. As part of the official public program of the 58th Venice Art Biennale, he conceived the opening week and final weekend performances with Ralph Rugoff. Cezar has also moderated high profile discussions in conferences as well as art fairs, including Art Basel, Frieze and Art Brussels. He is a Strategic Advisor to Asymmetry Art Foundation and Kunsthalle Praha, and has been appointed to numerous boards and committees.

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