1. Lady Dior House
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The iconic Lady Dior House is finally in Singapore, and if you’re a Lady Dior lover yourself, or just a fan of gorgeous bags, this exhibition will be right up your alley. You’ll be surrounded by tons of beautiful Dior bags in a plethora of rainbow colours and textures. Each of the bags you’ll see are designed by various contemporary artists, who have reimagined the iconic and classic silhouette with their own style, making each piece truly a work of art.
@mochibumm Visited the Lady Dior House and it was an incredible experience 🥹 I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the many avant-garde bags deisgned by different artists and it incredible to see how their bags were made as well. #ladydior #ladydiorhouse #dior #thingstodoinsingapore #thingstodoinsg #sgfashion #diorexhibition #diorbag #diorbags
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There are several rooms to explore, like a dark room with immersive digital art projections, a massive “rainbow” wall of Lady Dior bags, a giant life-sized Lady Dior installation and more. You can reserve your free entry to the exhibition online here.
Lady Dior House
Dates: Now till 11th August 2024
Address: 5 Jiak Kim Street, Singapore 169425
Opening Hours: 11am-9pm daily
2. Singapore Night Festival
@sg.nightfest Are you ready to get playful? 😉 #SGNightFest is back with the whimsical theme ‘Art of Play’! Join us in Singapore’s LARGEST Nocturnal Experience, from 23 Aug to 7 Sep 2024. 🌟 Visit the link in our bio to explore the wonder! #SGNightFest #SNF2024 #BrasBasahBugis #SGFestivals
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The inaugural Singapore Night Festival is back this August with stunning projection mapping artworks, light-up installations, live performances, food, shopping and more. This year’s whimsical theme of ‘Art of Play’ is taking us back to the good ol’ days, with retro elements like amusement park rides, old-school game stalls and nostalgic childhood foods.
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There’s set to be over 50 unique experiences at the massive nocturnal event, and some highlights you can expect include an interactive “abacus”-inspired game featuring giant illuminated “beads”, intricate Peranakan-themed visuals, whimsical digital projections that tell a story and more. For more details and the full line-up of activities, see here.
Singapore Night Festival
Dates: 23th August-7th September 2024
Address: Bras Basah.Bugis Precinct
Opening Hours: 7.30pm-12am daily
3. Play:Date — Unlocking Cabinets of Play
@natmuseum_sg Share this with a friend you want to visit Play:Date with! Play:Date is a world of our fondest childhood memories at the National Museum of Singapore, which features over 250 toys largely from the 1980s onwards, large-scale artworks and digital gamified experiences. Play:Date – Unlocking Cabinets of Play 📍National Museum of Singapore, Level 1 & 2 🗓️ Open till 5 Jan 2025 🎟️Free Admission (Separate fees apply for the digital gamified experiences)
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This new retro toy-inspired showcase lets you enter a world filled with nostalgia, and reminisce about the good old days playing with toys, with over 250 coveted toys on display. Toy enthusiasts can look forward to rare vintage toys dating from the 1980s till modern toys from present day, including Mcdonald’s toys from the 80s, unique Barbie doll collaborations, iconic yellow Matchbox cars, Hot Wheels, retro Tamagotchi models in rare designs and more.
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There will even be interactive and immersive activities at the exhibition, like a life-sized human claw machine, old-school arcade games, a live 8-bit filter machine where you can view yourself in retro 8-bit form, a station where you can DIY your own personalised avatar with local-inspired accessories and also a photobooth!
Play:Date Pop-Up Showcase
Dates: Now till 5th January 2025
Address: National Museum of Singapore,
Opening Hours: 10am-7pm daily
4. Learning Gallery
@singaporeartmuseum Imagine a space where the innocent awe of childhood meets the boundless world of art – welcome to the SAM’s new Learning Gallery! Step into a world of wonder as you experience original artworks from the National Collection, such as Nguan’s 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙, and Tang Da Wu’s 深疤凰 𝙎𝙀𝙈𝘽𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙉𝙂. Inspired by the carefree spirit of childhood, this interactive space explores themes, such as home, nature, memory, through your own unique lens. Embrace your curiosity. Let your inhibitions fade, and let the art move you in unexpected ways. Admission is free for all, so what are you waiting for? Plan your visit to the Learning Gallery today. Learn more and plan your visit now: bit.ly/SAM-LearningGallery. —— Installation views of the Learning Gallery at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark SingaporeArtMuseum SAMInsider LearningGallery
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There’s a new interactive gallery within the Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Distripark that’ll let you rediscover your childlike curiosity! There’s 5 different zones you can explore, each filled with contemporary artworks, digital projections, screenings, learning spaces, hands-on activities and more. To make things even more nostalgic, visitors to the gallery get to enjoy complimentary traditional snacks, ice cream and ribena, while stocks last!
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Watch as a “fossilized” bird takes flight and is “reborn”, emerging from the ashes in triumphant flight, see a bleak visual representation of a blackened forest, touch and play with a colourful interactive digital wall to transform it and create your own visual art, watch a touching film screening on urban change and more.
Learning Gallery
Dates: Now till 29th June 2025
Address: Gallery 2, SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Opening Hours: 10am-7pm daily
5. Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey
@singaporeartmuseum Today marks the opening of 𝘖𝘭𝘢𝘧𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯: 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 at SAM, the inaugural survey exhibition in Southeast Asia dedicated to the work of Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. This travelling exhibition showcases a broad range of artworks across diverse media, touching on major themes of his three-decade-long practice—embodiment, experience and perception, as well as the urgency of climate action and more-than-human perspectives. In his art practice, Eliasson has been driven by the desire to make the ungraspable tangible. Artworks like 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 (1993), 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 (2020), 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 (1997) and 𝘈𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 (2019) use ephemeral materials such as light, wind, fog and water to conjure evanescent phenomena—shimmering rainbows, swirling mists, the split-second sculptural form of a spouting fountain—or make invisible elements of our surroundings like air or magnetic fields palpable. Other works, like 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 (2004), invite visitors to collaborate, creating communal experiences and building shared worlds. SAM is excited to be the exclusive hosts of 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, which will not continue to subsequent locations of this travelling exhibition. – 𝘖𝘭𝘢𝘧𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯: 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 runs from 10 May to 22 September 2024 at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. Plan your visit today: bit.ly/SAM-OlafurEliasson SingaporeArtMuseum OlafurEliasson YourCuriousJourneySG ArtExhibition MuseumTok singaporeexhibition fyp trending singaporeweekend — 📷: Installation view of 𝘖𝘭𝘢𝘧𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯: 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; Video: Chen Dongyan; Image courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 2024 Olafur Eliasson
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Be awed by the immersive and experiential exhibition that is Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey at Singapore Art Museum, featuring a showcase of ephemeral and dreamy installations and art experiences.
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Some highlights from the exhibition include installations with water, light, wind and fog, creating enchanting scenes of shimmering rainbows and swirling mists. Another installation also features toy bricks, where the visitor is invited to get hands-on and create a piece of art of their own.
Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey
Dates: Now till 22nd September 2024
Address: SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Opening Hours: 10am-7pm daily
6. Story of the Forest
@vins_bearface Story of the Forest is an immersive installation of flora and fauna, created by the renowned Japanese digital art collective TeamLab, and is featured at the National Museum of Singapore. 📍: National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178897 ( Level 2, Glass Rotunda ) 📆: Until 13 Oct 2024 🎟️: Free admission – Citizen / PR $10 Tourists & Foreign Residents 🕥: Daily from 10am to 7pm | Last admission at 6.15pm 🚇: Bras Basah MRT station, walk 8-10 minutes #nationalmuseum #nationalmuseumofsingapore #singapore #visitsingapore #museum #teamlab #singaporemuseum
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Immerse yourself in the ethereal and enchanting mystical forest at the Story of the Forest, a popular digital installation created by the renowned Japanese collective, TeamLabs. The stunning digital experience takes you on a journey through a forest filled with glowing flora and fauna, magical creatures and even falling “shooting stars”.
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There’s even an open space within the exhibition where you can lie down to bask in the glow of the lights and projections, enjoying the beautiful images projected on the ceiling and around you. This well-loved larger-than-life exhibition will be leaving Singapore soon, so make sure to catch the magic while you can.
Story of the Forest
Dates: Now till 13th October 2024
Address: Glass Rotunda at the National Museum of Singapore
Opening Hours: 10am-7pm daily
7. The Good Old Games
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With National Day coming right around the corner, it’s only fitting that we’ve got some new SG-themed art as well to get us in the patriotic spirit. The Good Old Games is a light-up installation that’s part of the National Day celebrations happening at (or more specifically, outside) The National Museum of Singapore.
@natmuseum_sg We’re getting ready to lepak & play on SGNationalDay. Celebrate singapore’s birthday with tons of activities – intergenerational programmes, scavenger hunts, craft activities & more. End the day with a picnic at the National Museum of Singapore to catch the #live screening of the ndp2024. Don’t forget to stay on at night to check out our play-themed light installations happening 1-9 Aug! Admission to our permanent galleries will be #free on 9 Aug 2024! Pre-registration is required for selected programmes – hurry & register now! #exploresingapore #thingstodosingapore #singapore #ndpshow
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Watch as the museum’s facade is lit with stunning digital art projections inspired by the good ol’ childhood days. Adding to the festivities are life-sized renditions of some of the most iconic childhood games, like chapteh, give stone, spinning tops and “country flag erasers”. There will even be live screenings of the National Day Parade happening the day of, held at the lawn of the museum, and everyone is welcome.
The Good Old Games
Dates: Now till 9th August 2024
Address: Outside the National Museum of Singapore
Opening Hours: 7.30pm-12am daily
8. Fukasa
@acm_singapore ✨Bookmark this for your weekend out✨ Walk through this beautiful collection of Fukusa at the peranakan museum & learn more about the gift covers that never stop giving #fukusa #giftcovers #textiles
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If you’ve got a penchant for Japanese art, the new Fukasa exhibition from the renowned Chris Hall collection might just be right up your alley. The exhibition explores the age-old art (yes, art) of gift giving: the why and how we give gifts.
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The exhibition features traditional Japanese gift covers, fukasas, that were used in the past to drape or fold over gifts for various occasions. You’ll see a stunning display of various textiles that have been exquisitely woven, embroidered, painted and dyed. You’ll even get the opportunity to design your own fukasa digitally, and watch as the design comes to life on a giant LED screen.
Fukasa
Dates: Now till 25th August 2024
Address: Peranakan Museum Singapore, 39 Armenian St, Singapore 179941
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