Singapore Biennale 2025

Singapore Biennale 2025: pure intention

As Singapore marks SG60, the Singapore Biennale 2025 (SB2025) invites audiences from all walks of life to rediscover our city’s evolving identity through contemporary art, experiencing Singapore through its many layers built by all those who have been a part of its history, collectively creating a city that is as planned as it is full of discovery, surprises, and interesting juxtapositions.

Guided by the concept of 'pure intention', SB2025 transforms spaces across the city—such as colonial landmarks reimagined as public spaces, green areas repurposed for recreation, and shopping centres that serve as vibrant social hubs for diverse communities—into settings for fresh perspectives and quiet reflection. Through this, the Biennale reveals a rapidly changing urban environment built upon inextricable layers of pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial history.

Through an exploration of art in everyday environments, audiences will be engaged to see familiar spaces in Singapore with fresh eyes and new perspectives, paying attention to the rituals, histories, lived experiences and aspirations that have shaped our environments and urban lives.

The list of participating artists, venues and programmes will be released later in 2025.

SB2025 is organised by Singapore Art Museum, commissioned by the National Arts Council, Singapore, and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

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About the Singapore Biennale

The Singapore Biennale was established in 2006 as the country’s pre-eminent platform for international dialogue in contemporary art. It presents and reflects the vigour of artistic practices in Singapore and the region within a global context, and fosters productive collaborations and deep engagement with artists, arts organisations, and the international arts community.

The Singapore Biennale cultivates public engagement with contemporary art through a period of concerted activities including exhibitions, public engagement and education programmes that feature artist and curator talks and tours, school visits and workshops, and community days. It complements achievements in other areas of arts and culture, collectively enhancing Singapore’s international profile as a vibrant city in which to live, work and play.