Under Our Skin: Conversations on Gender, Identity, and Body

11 Sep 2026, 6.30–8pm | National Gallery Singapore, City Hall Wing, Level B1, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium & Foyer | $5 per person (Standard), $2 per person (Gallery Insiders), registration required

The words around us are rarely as neutral as they sound. The words we choose can shape how power is given or taken. ​Drawing from exhibition texts, artists’ voices and the lived experiences of our speakers, this panel looks at how language creates, reinforces and sometimes disrupts dominant narratives.

Featuring panellists Jason Wee, Joie Tan, Huzir Sulaiman, and Adele Tan.

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. Taking cues from what the body can express through art, this panel looks at what the body holds, how we can be more aligned with it, and what it reveals when we finally listen to it.

Featuring panellists Dr Jade Kua, Ruby Jayaseelan, Chan Sze-Wei and Preeti Nair, moderated by curator Qinyi Lim.

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Inspired by our exhibition Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise, this panel is co-organised with Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) and looks at how policies affecting women’s lives in Singapore have shifted and manifested over the years.

With perspectives from AWARE, activists, and community organisers, we explore how structures can both open and close doors, and what it takes to build a society that protects women’s rights.

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