Due to a private event, several locations across National Gallery Singapore will be closed on Friday, 13 March 2026. Click here for more information. 

Art can question, provoke, and spark conversations that challenge how we see ourselves and others. Drawing from two exhibitions that explores the erotic and the body, Fear No Power: Women Imagining Otherwise and Passion is Volcanic: Desire in Southeast Asian Art, the Gallery presents Under Our Skin - a series of talks on gender, power, desire, social norms and cultural dynamics.

  • When: Mar–Oct 2026
  • Suitable For: Adults, Families, Visitors with accessibility needs, Students and Educators
  • Where: Various locations around National Gallery Singapore
  • Ticket information: Registration required

The Body Remembers

30 April 2026, 6.30–8pm | National Gallery Singapore, City Hall Wing, Level B1, The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium 
$5 per pax (Standard), $2 per pax (Gallery Insiders), registration required

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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The Body Remembers

Auditorium hall full of people, with 4 speakers on stage. Their faces are projected onto a screen.

The Powers That Shape Us​

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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Watch the panel here

The Powers That Shape Us​

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