SINGAPORE.- Singapore Art Museum (SAM) announces a diverse line-up of over 80 artists for Singapore Biennale 2025 (SB2025). Commissioned by National Arts Council, Singapore (NAC), and organised by SAM, the 2025 edition will present over 100 artworks, including more than 30 new commissions. Anchored by the theme pure intention, art functions as a lens to view and delve into the evolution of Singapore’s urban and social environment. In collaboration with artists and curatorial contributors from around the world, the Biennale invites fresh perspectives and alternative interpretations on contemporary life and our collective future.
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Hailing from Singapore and Southeast Asia, as well as Argentina, Australia, Germany, India, South Korea, Türkiye, the United States, and beyond, the participating artists bring a range of backgrounds and artistic practices. Along with the curatorial network, they present conceptually rigorous works across a broad typology of spaces, from pre-colonial and colonial landmarks to shopping malls, historic housing estates, and greenspaces. Complementing these are roving projects designed to spark artistic discovery within the fabric of our everyday lives. Expansive in scale and spirit, SB2025 continues to establish Singapore as a node for artistic exchange, sparking critical dialogue on contemporary issues with a distinctly Southeast Asian lens.
In a joint statement, SB2025 curators Duncan Bass, Hsu Fang-Tze, Ong Puay Khim, and Selene Yap shared, “SB2025 provides a unique opportunity for us to reflect on the many ways our city has been shaped by its architecture and systems, as well as the people who move through it. By inviting diverse voices to respond to themes of rapid urban development, historical contradictions and speculative futures with pure intention, this edition unpacks Singapore’s multifaceted realities within global narratives. In activating spaces that are part of our daily rhythms, we hope to foster greater dialogue across cultures and communities, sparking moments of connection and curiosity towards the cosmopolitan futures we share.”
SB2025 curatorial contributors and participating artists as of September 19, 2025 include:
Curatorial Contributors: Asian Film Archive (Singapore), Futura Trōpica Netroots (Tropical Belt), Hothouse (Singapore), Hyphen— (Indonesia), and The Packet (Sri Lanka).
Participating artists: Tini Aliman, Allora and Calzadilla, Faysal Altunbozar, Fiona Amundsen, Anusapati, Anisha Baid, Tanatchai Bandasak, CAMP, Paul Chan, field-0 [Jingru (Cyan) Cheng and Chen Zhan], Kah Bee Chow, Chu Hao Pei, Shenuka Corea, Cui Jie, Dat Vu and Truong Que Chi, Cian Dayrit, Diakron and Emil Rønn Andersen, Debbie Ding, Tristan Duke, Emily Floyd, Forum Lenteng, Gabriela Golder, Griya Seni Hj. Kustiyah Edhi Sunarso, Hyphen—, Tom Nicholson with Ary "Jimged" Sendy, Aufa Ariaputra, Nasikin, Omar Aryarindra, Devadeep Gupta, Huang Po-Chih, Alana Hunt, Pierre Huyghe, ikkibawiKrrr, Kei Imazu, Izat Arif, Eisa Jocson, Jesse Jones, Joo Choon Lin, Özgür Kar, Ju Young Kim, Kapwani Kiwanga, Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, Rizki Lazuardi, Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee, Kang Seung Lee, Seung-taek Lee, Lim Mu Hue, Lim Yew Kuan, Liu Kang, lololol, Angelica Mesiti, Aiganym Mukhamejan, Kate Newby, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Ahmet Öğüt, Yuri Pattison, Gala Porras-Kim, Presiden Tidore, Shahana Rajani, Riar Rizaldi, Aya Rodriguez-Izumi, RRD (Red de Reproducción y Distribución), Salad Dressing, Ayesha Singh, Sorawit Songsataya, Emiria Sunassa, Young-jun Tak, Akira Takayama/Port B, Tan Pin Pin, Tan Zi Hao, Brandon Tay, The Observatory and DuckUnit, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Julian Abraham "Togar", Álvaro Urbano, Yuyan Wang, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Guo-Liang Tan, Adrian Wong, Elsa Wong, Ming Wong, Wu Peng Seng and Jiajia Zhang.
SB2025 will run from October 31, 2025 to March 29, 2026.
