Light to Night Singapore 2025 will run from 17 Jan to 6 Feb 2025, celebrating the National Gallery Singapore’s 10th anniversary and SG60, and over 70 artworks and programmes.
Venue: National Gallery Singapore & various locations across the Civic District
Date: 17 Jan to 6 Feb 2025
Admission: Free with paid programmes
Light to Night Singapore 2025
National Gallery Singapore is kicking off 2025 with the highly anticipated return of Light to Night Singapore, a marquee event of Singapore Art Week. From 17 January to 6 February 2025, festival-goers can look forward to over 70 artworks and programmes, including large-scale projection mappings, luminous art installations, and engaging public programmes that invite audiences of all ages to come together and connect as they engage with the arts.
With this year’s theme “Do You See Me?”, the festival coincides with the Gallery’s 10th anniversary and SG60. In this milestone year, Light to Night Singapore 2025 invites visitors to explore identity, diversity, and belonging through luminous installations and public events.
Light to Night Singapore 2025 is spearheaded by National Gallery Singapore, collaborating with Asian Civilisations Museum, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, The Arts House, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, and CapitaLand.
Event Highlights
Art Skins on Monuments
- Spirit of Resilience by Chng Seok Tin
- Imprinted Memory by Goh Beng Kwan
- The Perception of Beauty by Jaafar Latiff
Works of three seminal local artists will take over National Gallery Singapore’s façade, namely the late printmaker and Cultural Medallion recipient Chng Seok Tin, painter and Cultural Medallion recipient Goh Beng Kwan and the late batik artist Jaafar Latiff. These projection mapping works mark the first time that the Gallery is working with the estates of late artists to showcase the legacy of their works.
Travelling Through the Tropical Rainforest by Han Sai Por
As the centrepiece of the Padang, the installation by renowned local sculptor and Cultural Medallion recipient Han Sai Por features six large-scale inflatable sculptural forms resembling tropical ferns, confronting audiences with a superscale view of what usually goes unnoticed in nature amidst Singapore’s urban landscape.
Art X Social: Festival Street
The Art X Social: Festival Street will be extended to open on all three festival weekends, with delectable food and drink offerings.
The Living Room
A new feature this year, The Living Room is a communal space that brings festival-goers together through interactive activities and programmes, located at the Singapore Courtyard at National Gallery Singapore.
Angin Cloud
Photo Credits: National Gallery Singapore
Angin Cloud by Vietnamese collective Art Labor imagines the rural industrialisation of a hillside in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. The expansive multi-floor installation is presented at the street level of National Gallery Singapore’s Padang Atrium with suspended pillars reference farming structures used in peppercorn plantations and hammocks to recline in the basement.
Through The Looking Glass
Artist Claire Teo from ARTDIS (Singapore) Ltd (ART:DIS) will present her installation Through The Looking Glass at National Gallery Singapore’s Auditorium Foyer, inspired by the artist’s experiences as a visually impaired individual. Festival-goers are invited to explore human perception through the immersive installation.
