Light to Night Singapore 2026

Kolektif Kafe invites visitors to take a seat and reflect on the intersections of feminism, social mobility, and self-reflection in response to Fear No Power. Centred on portraiture, the programme explores how identity and environment shape one another, revealing hidden narratives of women and youth navigating today’s “rat race.” Through tours and interactive “eat-in” and “take-out” activities, visitors reimagine artworks in relation to their lives—finding strength, solidarity, and the power to define their own stories.

This second edition of the Namjooning trail, “We are Bulletproof: ARMYlogue” pairs artworks from the UOB Southeast Asia Gallery and the DBS Singapore Gallery with solo songs by each BTS member, each contributing their unique voice to themes of healing, resilience, and discovery, collectively embodying "The Power in Us" as part of the Light to Night Singapore Festival 2026. 

Armed with Gallery Maze activity sheets, embark on a fun scavenger hunt around the DBS Singapore Gallery — but with a twist. What powers will you be granted along the way? Will you work with, against, or around your new powers? And most importantly, can you solve our wacky riddles before time runs out?

Inspired by the Light to Night Festival 2026 theme, “The Power in Us,” Power Trip! explores how power can be expressed through art, and how art can include, exclude, divide, and unite. The activity concludes with an eye-opening dialogue on empowering everyone to participate in society as equals, regardless of who they may be.

Artsplaining is a casual platform for art advocacy, introducing art appreciation to individuals from all industries and backgrounds by connecting art to the non-art world. Through thoughtful conversations and witty interpretations, our featured guests explore how works in National Gallery Singapore relate to different fields. Equal parts offbeat and accessible, this session is perfect for anyone curious about the visual arts. In this edition, Artsplaining collaborates with the Resonates with Residency (RWR) Programme, showcasing the artists and their creative process. Hear ArunDditha share how her residency shaped the artwork that inspired her final performance.

Artsplaining is a casual platform for art advocacy, introducing art appreciation to individuals from all industries and backgrounds by connecting art to the non-art world. Through thoughtful conversations and witty interpretations, our featured guests explore how works in National Gallery Singapore relate to different fields. Equal parts offbeat and accessible, this session is perfect for anyone curious about the visual arts. In this edition, Artsplaining collaborates with the Resonates with Residency (RWR) Programme, showcasing the artists and their creative process. Come by to hear Vick Low’s perspective on his residency and how it influenced the choice of artwork for performance.

Artsplaining is a casual platform for art advocacy, introducing art appreciation to individuals from all industries and backgrounds by connecting art to the non-art world. Through thoughtful conversations and witty interpretations, our featured guests explore how works in National Gallery Singapore relate to different fields. Equal parts offbeat and accessible, this session is perfect for anyone curious about the visual arts. In this edition, Artsplaining collaborates with the Resonates with Residency (RWR) Programme, showcasing the artists and their creative process. Catch Dapheny Chen as she unveils the journey from residency to the artwork that inspires her performance.

Artsplaining is a casual platform for art advocacy, introducing art appreciation to individuals from all industries and backgrounds by connecting art to the non-art world. Through witty, thoughtful conversations, guests explore how artworks at National Gallery Singapore intersect with diverse experiences, making art relatable and accessible. Inspired by the Gallery’s Hands-on Learning and Development (HOLD) Collection, a set of tactile and interactive adaptations of artworks from the National Collection, this session focuses on tactility and touch. Drawing on their expertise in materiality and multi-sensory engagement, Dr Diana and Amanda’s conversation will introduce fresh ways to encounter the Gallery’s collection, inviting participants to experience art beyond sight for an inclusive, unique, and sensory-rich experience.

Uncover the stories of Singapore’s Civic District, where power once resided in stone and marble — and continues to shape our shared identity. Led by a Gallery guide knowledgeable in the history and architecture of Preservation of Sites and Monuments, this tour invites you to see familiar landmarks anew. Learn why these grand colonial buildings were built where they stand, how their architecture reflects shifting values, and how key moments in Singapore’s history — and the artworks within the Gallery — reveal the enduring power in us to transform spaces of authority into spaces of the people. 

Experience sunset at the Singapore Padang as we board The Artists Village’s spectral art bus, bringing Michael Lin’s lantern bags from the city steps into the open. In this work, participants and artists explore the tension between the monumental temporality of the nation-state and its official art history, alongside the encounter between Michael Lin’s work and the artists’ ephemeral practices. Over four evenings, we move together in “soft time” as a constellation of strangers, family, and friends, inhabiting everyday rhythms of movement, memory, and sound in an experience that is mobile, intimate, and continuously unfolding in the present.