If your body could speak, what would it say?
In many spaces, we are taught to respond in ways that align with expectations. Sometimes that means our words do not reflect what we truly feel. But beyond what is said, the body tells the truth. It holds joy, stress, desire, discomfort and memory in ways that cannot be overridden.
Across Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise and other exhibitions at National Gallery Singapore, artists have used the human body to express powerful ideas, complex and nuanced lived experiences, and urgent issues. Taking cues from what the body can express through art, this panel brings together perspectives from psychology, dance, film and more, to look at what the body holds, how we can be more aligned with it, and what it reveals when we finally listen to it.
Registration will start at 6.30pm, followed by the panel discussion at 7pm sharp. After the panel, all guests are welcome to view the exhibitions Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise and Passion is Volcanic: Desire in Southeast Asia (R18), which will both have extended hours till 10pm just for the attendees of the panel.
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When: 30 Apr 2026, 6.30–8pm - Suitable For: Adults, Visitors with accessibility needs, Young Adults
- Where: National Gallery Singapore, City Hall Wing, Level B1, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium
- Ticket information: $5 per pax (Standard), $2 per pax (Insiders)
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