The Keppel Centre for Art Education opened the same year – Singapore’s first dedicated art education facility within a museum – offering hands-on art experiences, interactive installations, and learning spaces for children, educators, and families.

Light to Night made its debut as part of Singapore Art Week, transforming public spaces with light projections, performances, and interactive works.

Spilling across the Civic District, the festival brought together art, innovation, and the community, quickly becoming a popular event among locals.

We unveiled our first Children’s Biennale, an initiative that commissioned artists to create immersive, interactive artworks especially for children and families.

It marked a turning point in our role as an arts education and intergenerational learning space.

This landmark exhibition brought together two major shows – Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay, and Between Worlds: Raden Saleh and Juan Luna – connecting Southeast Asian and European art histories and attracting wide acclaim.

Within three years, we welcomed our five millionth visitor, a milestone that reflected our ability to engage diverse audiences and build strong connections with the public.

The Gallery co-presented Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow, drawing record-breaking crowds and cementing the Gallery’s reputation for hosting internationally significant exhibitions in dialogue with regional art.

With its immersive spaces and striking visuals, the show set new attendance records.

Co-organised with Tate Modern and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition Nam June Paik: The Future is Now, brought global art dialogue to our doorstep and introduced visitors to the pioneering world of video art.

As the only Asian stop of this global tour, the exhibition cemented the Gallery’s role in international curatorial collaborations and showcased its capacity to present cutting-edge media art to regional audiences.

We brought art into everyday spaces with The People’s Gallery, where we turned more than 25 void decks and community spaces into augmented reality galleries.

By scanning QR codes, residents experienced artworks from the national collection through their mobile devices – bringing art into the rhythm of everyday life.

This year, we mark our 10th anniversary with a celebration of art, events, and community engagement. From retrospectives to public programmes, we look back – and forward – at a decade of shaping art discourse, growing regional collections, and connecting audiences with the stories of Southeast Asia.