Returning for its eight edition, here’s the low-down of what Southeast Asia’s distinguished art fair has in store this month


Every year, <a href="https://www.artstage.com/singapore/site/home" target="_blank">ART STAGE Singapore</a> promises nothing less than the cr&egrave;me de la cr&egrave;me of art offerings from&nbsp;across the Southeast Asian region. This year&#39;s selection is even more noteworthy thanks&nbsp;to ART&nbsp;STAGE&#39;s unprecedented&nbsp;collaboration with The Tiroche DeLeon Collection,&nbsp;an internationally recognized private collection by&nbsp;Serge Tiroche. Boasting prominent works acquired between 2011 and 2016, the collection features an impressive line-up of artists such as&nbsp;Donna&nbsp;Ong, Agus Suwage,&nbsp;Eko Nugroho,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ronald Ventura,&nbsp;to name a few.

Left: &quot;Hysteria&quot;&nbsp;(2011)&nbsp;by Geraldine Javier, Tiroche DeLeon Collection&nbsp;

A one-of-a-kind showcase of Asian contemporary works

All eyes on Thailand’s vibrant art scene

Ever a champion of the Southeast Asian art community, ART STAGE&nbsp;Singapore&nbsp;2018 will shine a spotlight on Thailand&rsquo;s flourishing&nbsp;art scene. Discover the country&#39;s rising talents and established names through a series of exhibitions from Thai and Thai-based galleries, such as Numthong Gallery, Tang Contemporary, Richard Koh Fine Art, Whitespace Gallery Bangkok and more.&nbsp;

"Mongkut 2015" (2015) by Arin Rungjang, Tang Contemporary

"No Past No Present No Future" (2015) by Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Numthong Gallery 

"Theatre of the Absurd" (2015) by Natee Utarit, Richard Koh Fine Art

"L'enfer,c'est les autres" (2016) by Natee Utarit, presented by Richard Koh Fine Art

The international art world will also get&nbsp;its fair share of the limelight. On top of masterpieces from the likes of the legendary&nbsp;Amedeo Modigilani and &quot;Priestess of Polka Dots&quot;, <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/living/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-yayoi-kusama-life-is-the-heart-of-a-rainbow-national-gallery">Yayoi Kusama</a>, ART STAGE&nbsp;Singapore 2018 will celebrate its first Honorary Invited Artist: Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, Fernando Botero. With a dedicated showcase of the prolific artist&#39;s oeuvre and&nbsp;a talk by&nbsp;Fernando Botero Jr., visitors will get a special&nbsp;insight&nbsp;into the icon&#39;s&nbsp;personal life&nbsp;and creativity.&nbsp;

An all-encompassing retrospective of Fernando Botero

Another key figure&nbsp;who will be highlighted is the late American artist, Alexander Calder. Famous for his delicately balanced &quot;mobiles&quot; &mdash; of which &quot;Calder, Stabile&quot; (1968) and &quot;The Red Crescent&quot; (1969)&nbsp;will be shown at the fair &mdash; Calder also created a series of&nbsp;brightly coloured goauches on paper to accompany his unique sculptures. These artworks, composed of geometric shapes and bold lines,&nbsp;are the subject of the&nbsp;&quot;Calder on Paper&quot; exhibition which will be presented by London&#39;s Omer Tiroche Gallery. The exhibited works will come from the private collection of&nbsp;Micky Tiroche &mdash; the most expansive collection of Calder&rsquo;s works on paper in existence.

Below: &quot;Untitled&quot;&nbsp;by Alexander Calder, Omer Tiroche Gallery.

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An exploration of the relationship between art and design

ART STAGE&nbsp;Singapore 2018&nbsp;will host&nbsp;the third edition of the Southeast Asia Forum, titled &quot;Art Meets Design: Cultural Trend or Fashionable Lifestyle?&quot;. The Forum will&nbsp;also present &quot;The Artling Collectible Design Showcase&quot;, a collaborative effort between ART STAGE&nbsp;and The Artling. The first of its kind in Singapore,&nbsp;the showcase will bring Southeast Asia&#39;s diverse&nbsp;design scene to the fore, as well as&nbsp;highlight&nbsp;the exciting new designers and studios that make it up.

"Compound Set 1" by Apiwat Chitapanya

"Feather Side Table" by Apiwat Chitapanya

"SYSTEM #3" by DAZINGFEELSGOOD

"SYSTEM #2" by DAZINGFEELSGOOD

"SYSTEM #1" by DAZINGFEELSGOOD

"Spring Stool" by Gabby Lichauco

"Round tall vase" by PATAPiAN

"Round short vase" by PATAPiAN

"Rakk" by Apiwat Chitapanya

"Measure of Reflection" by Ministry of Design for Industry+

ART STAGE&nbsp;Singapore 2018&nbsp;will run from 26&nbsp;to 28 January 2018&nbsp;at the Marina Bay Sands Expo &amp; Convention Centre. Find out more and get&nbsp;your tickets&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artstage.com" target="_blank">here</a>.

A Guide to ART STAGE Singapore 2018

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