page_title: Singapore Biennale
hierarchical_section_title: Singapore Biennale
caption_attribution_description: English: Cardboard furniture designed by Mark Wee, Robin Wau &amp; Jonathan Choe for the Singapore Biennale Opening Party, which was later exhibited at Tanglin Camp, City Hall, and in Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Pavillion on the SMU Campus.
context_page_description: The Singapore Biennale is a contemporary art biennale in Singapore. The first Singapore Biennale operated as one of a lineup of Singapore 2006 events. Fumio Nanjo, Director of Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, has been reappointed Artistic Director of the Singapore Biennale 2008. Working with Mr Nanjo on Singapore Biennale 2008 are two curators: independent curator Joselina Cruz, formerly a curator at the Singapore Art Museum and the Lopez Museum in Manila; and Matthew Ngui, one of Singapore's leading artists in contemporary art.
  The first Singapore Biennale employed the theme of "Belief", commencing on 4 September 2006 and ended on 12 November 2006. The event was held in various locations throughout Singapore. It featured 195 artworks, from 95 artists and collectives from 38 different countries. The event was part of the Singapore 2006 events which included the 2006 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event was organised by the National Arts Council in conjunction with the National Heritage Board.
context_section_description: The Singapore Biennale (Chinese: 新加坡双年展) is a contemporary art biennale in Singapore.  The first Singapore Biennale operated as one of a lineup of Singapore 2006 events.  Fumio Nanjo, Director of Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, has been reappointed Artistic Director of the Singapore Biennale 2008.   Working with Mr Nanjo on Singapore Biennale 2008 are two curators: independent curator Joselina Cruz, formerly a curator at the Singapore Art Museum and the Lopez Museum in Manila; and Matthew Ngui, one of Singapore's leading artists in contemporary art.
  The first Singapore Biennale employed the theme of "Belief", commencing on 4 September 2006 and ended on 12 November 2006. The event was held in various locations throughout Singapore.  It featured 195 artworks, from 95 artists and collectives from 38 different countries. The event was part of the Singapore 2006 events which included the 2006 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group held at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event was organised by the National Arts Council (which also organised the annual Singapore Arts Festival) in conjunction with the National Heritage Board.
  The first and second editions of the Biennale were organised by the National Arts Council. For the third edition, Singapore Art Museum - Singapore's contemporary art museum - came on board as a venue organiser. In the fourth and fifth editions, the National Arts Council of Singapore appointed the Singapore Art Museum as the Singapore Biennale organiser.  Under the direction of the Singapore Art Museum, the Biennale has focused on deepening awareness and understanding of Southeast Asian contemporary art, and attracted over 500,000 visitors over 4 months.
  The 2016 edition of the Singapore Biennale takes place from 27 October 2016 to 26 February 2017, and is titled " An Atlas of Mirrors". Exploring shared histories and current realities within and beyond the region, Singapore Biennale 2016 will be a constellation of artistic perspectives that provide unexpected ways of seeing the world and ourselves.  The international contemporary art exhibition will feature site-specific and never seen before contemporary artworks by more than 60 artists across Southeast Asia, and East and South Asia.  The Biennale aims to cultivate deeper public engagement with contemporary visual arts through its accompanying public engagement and education programmes, that include artist and curator talks and tours, school visits and workshops, and community days. The 2019 edition, titled 'Every Step in the Right Direction' (22 November 2019–22 March 2020), was led by Artistic Director Patrick Flores and considered the steps required to 'consider current conditions and the human endeavour for change', while considering the 'spectacularity of Singapore as a Potemkin metropolis in Southeast Asia inflects the intuition of biennial spectacle,' as Flores explained in an interview in Ocula Magazine.
caption: This cardboard furniture, originally designed for the Biennale Opening Party VIP tentage (used by VIPs including Lee Hsien Loong) was designed  by Mark Wee, Robin Wau & Jonathan Choe. It was later exhibited at Tanglin Camp, City Hall, and Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Pavilion at Singapore Management University.
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