Photo Blog: Art Stage Singapore 2016
By Denise Tsui
Entering Art Stage Singapore 2016 through Thai artist Ploenchan Vinyaratn’s Netscape (2015)—a passageway of black feathers, colorful appliqué and embroidery resembling giant nestling wings—over 7,000 VIPs attended the vernissage evening of the fair on January 19, where they were greeted with flowing champagne and art. Branded as Southeast Asia’s flagship art fair, Art Stage Singapore prides itself for its commitment to showcasing modern and contemporary art from the region and Asia at large. Open to the public until January 24, the fair, now in its sixth edition, once again is held inside the 17,000-square-meter Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, gathering 173 galleries from 34 countries.
Maintaining its regional focus, around 75 percent of exhibitors this year have locations or outposts in Asia—of these, 37 are Singapore-based galleries. In addition, Art Stage Singapore is welcoming 71 new participating galleries to its roster this year including: Aspan Gallery (Kazakhstan), X-ist (Turkey), Gallery Ward (United Arab Emirates), The Columns Gallery (South Korea), Taka Ishii Gallery (Japan), Giorgio Persano (Italy) and Martin Browne Contemporary (Australia), among others.
