What we do
Explore how the National Gallery Singapore extends the joy of art beyond its walls. From libraries to parks, malls to neighbourhoods, immerse yourself in vibrant art experiences. Join us as we bring art to life, enriching audiences and fostering creativity across Singapore.
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Learn about artworks from the National Collection through the Gallery’s Travelling Art Carts! Each art cart is available for a 2-week loan at $500 (excluding GST) to cover transport costs.
Featuring different themes, these mobile art education stations introduce students to the basics of batik painting or offer a glimpse of the past with dioramas.
The Travelling Art Carts offer fun and interactive activities that foster creativity and cultivate curiosity in children.
For enquiries or to register, email outreach@nationalgallery.sg.
Featuring artworks by prominent Singapore and Southeast Asian artists, the Roving Art Studio invites students to learn about and engage with artworks from the National Collection.
Designed to foster curiosity, imagination, and visual inquiry among students, this programme brings art encounters out of the museum and into familiar everyday spaces. It invites young audiences to learn through play as they participate in activities, share their observations, and co-create with friends.
Lead Partner: APPLIED MATERIALS
Supporter: Gautam and Basabi Banerjee
Public outreach initiatives
Learn about artworks from the National Collection through the Gallery’s Travelling Art Carts.
Featuring different themes, these mobile art education stations introduce lives from the past and present through the eyes of Singapore and Southeast Asian artists.
The Travelling Art Carts also offer fun and interactive activities that foster creativity and cultivate curiosity in children.
These carts can be found at selected Public Libraries and SAFRA around Singapore.
Beep beep! National Gallery Singapore’s Roving Art Studio is travelling around to your familiar everyday places. Visitors can engage with and learn about Southeast Asian art from the National Collection and participate in free hands-on activities.
Lead Partner: APPLIED MATERIALS
Supporter: Gautam and Basabi Banerjee
Experience immersive art activities or enjoy amazing art installations near you.
Travelling Art Carts
Forest Fire
Forest Fire is a dramatic composition depicting animals fleeing a fire, chased by flames to the edge of a precipice. It was painted by the artist Raden Saleh in 1849. Raden Saleh was born in Semarang, Indonesia, but studied and stayed in Europe for a long time. The painting reflects the influences of both Eastern and Western art on the artist. This art cart features an interactive moiré effect.
Life by the River
Life by the River portrays a typical scene of local village life in the 1970s near Pasir Panjang, located in the western part of Singapore. It was painted by Liu Kang, one of the pioneer artists in Singapore who developed the Nanyang painting style. Here, students can create their very own river-life scene using the interactive elements.
Singapore River
Singapore River by Chen Chong Swee depicts the familiar scene of the Singapore River in his unique style of heavily outlined subjects—houses, bridge, bumboats—against bright and pure colours. This art cart that requires an electrical point as old scenes of Singapore River will be shown.
Batik Making (Grey)
Batik painting is the process in which patterns or images are dyed onto fabric, usually using a wax-resist technique followed by the application of dye. These two art carts feature tools and processes of batik making.
Batik Making (Red)
Batik painting is the process in which patterns or images are dyed onto fabric, usually using a wax-resist technique followed by the application of dye. These two art carts feature tools and processes of batik making.
Here They Come!
Here They Come! was painted by Koeh Sia Yong in 1965. The gestures and expressions of the street peddlers, combined with the artwork’s title, suggest it captures the moment they have spotted the authorities and are packing up their wares to escape trouble. These two art carts feature props such as a steamer and fruits, allowing students to pose as street peddlers in the 1960s.
Here They Come!
Here They Come! was painted by Koeh Sia Yong in 1965. These two art carts feature props such as a steamer and fruits, allowing students to pose as street peddlers in the 1960s.
Seascape
The Seascape art cart is a vibrant interpretation of the boat in the featured artwork on a woodblock print. It features tools used in woodcarving and adapted relief carving for an interactive, tactile experience.
Drying Salted Fish
Available from 1 Apr 2026
The Drying Salted Fish art cart features tools used in woodcarving, but also adapted relief carving for an interactive tactile experience.
Singapore Waterfront
Available from 1 Apr 2026
With Singapore Waterfront, visitors are invited to step into the world of Georgette Chen as she captures an evolving landscape en plein air. The art cart features three flip panels at different sections of the artwork—the sky, the buildings, and the river—showing the different brush textures used by the artist.
Singapore's National Day Celebration
Available from 1 Apr 2026
Inspired by the proud parades in Chua Mia Tee’s Singapore’s National Day Celebration, we drew a parallel to familiar HDB scenes. As visitors slide the artwork like an HDB window, they'll discover an interactive diorama of flags adorning the flats, with miniature versions of the parade contingents walking through the neighbourhood.
Singapore Breakfast
Available from 1 Aug 2026
Singapore Breakfast by Lee Boon Ngan invites children to explore the art of still life by recreating the iconic breakfast scenes from the featured artwork and reflecting on what they had for their own breakfast that day, using it as inspiration to create their own still life drawings.
Still Life
Available from 1 Aug 2026
Drawing from Tchang Ju Chi’s Still Life, this art cart takes the form of an artist’s palette, complete with paintbrush details, celebrating the act of still life painting itself.
Durian Vendor
Available from 1 Aug 2026
Inspired by Liu Kang's Durian Vendor, this art cart’s rustic truck design recalls vehicles once used to sell durians, while baskets and a giant durian extend the painting into a tactile street-life scene. It presents Liu Kang’s work as both art and a window into Singapore’s social history and traditions (additional durian provided).
