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ART SG 2024 Wraps Up As A Huge Success

By Priyanka Elhence
31 Jan 2024

The second edition of ART SG, Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, wrapped up on Sunday, 21 January 2024 as a huge success to the highly anticipated event, marking Singapore’s increasing visual art prominence in the region.

Said Magnus Renfrew, Co-Founder, ART SG: “We are delighted by the response to the second edition of ART SG, the first major art fair of the year and a must-see on the cultural calendar. A significant number of collectors and institutions from the region and further afield attended the fair demonstrating the appeal of both the fair as well as the city’s abundant cultural offerings. Our participating galleries reported swift and robust sales at this buzzy and energetic edition. In addition, we are also proud of the city’s arts scene and how it has embraced ART SG for Singapore Art Week 2024. This year has shown once again that ART SG is able to both burnish and support Singapore’s increasingly influential role as a hub for the Indo-Pacific’s growing art market and its world-class visual art ecosystems.”

  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
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ART SG is part of Singapore Art Week, the city state’s annual celebration of the visual arts and the first major art fair of the year on the international cultural calendar. Organised by The Art Assembly and supported by founding and lead partner UBS,  ART SG was presented over two floors at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, running from 19 - 21 January 2024, with a preview day held on 18 January. 

ART SG’s participating galleries across the fair’s three main sectors showcased ambitious solo, duo, and group presentations featuring outstanding artworks by artists from throughout Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific, and the rest of the world.

  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
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Alongside 114 booth presentations by participating galleries from 33 countries and territories around the world, the show also featured a sector comprising large-scale art and installation on view around the fair (PLATFORM) and a curated film (ART SG FILM) and talks (ART SG PERSPECTIVES) program.


The event was attended by private collectors, international collectors, and directors, curators, and patrons from international museums and institutions, as well as visitors from Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Europe and the US, totalling in at an impressive 45,303 attendees across the four days, cementing ART SG’s pole position on the international cultural and events calendar.

  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
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Adds Shuyin Yang, Fair Director, ART SG, “We are thrilled to report a strong second edition of ART SG and immensely grateful and honoured by the participation and commitment of our galleries to the fair. Singapore has truly shown its ability to appeal to many different audiences with its dynamic arts scene. I am truly excited to see how its story unfolds over the years to come.”

The record attendance of visitors, complemented by solid sales reported by galleries, also reaffirms Singapore’s vital role as a gateway to visual art in Southeast Asia, once again proving ART SG’s prominent role in developing audiences for contemporary art in the region, whilst deepening Southeast Asia’s connection to the international art world. Galleries also highlighted an enthusiastic response from both established and emerging collectors from all corners of the world, with many noting that ART SG had provided a great platform for meeting new collectors.

  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
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Visitors also experienced Singapore’s vibrant cultural scene as the city’s visual art institutions, private foundations and collections and galleries came together to stage a dynamic showcase of the visual arts for Singapore Art Week 2024. 

Jin Yee Young, Co-Head UBS Global Wealth Management Asia Pacific and Country Head UBS Singapore: "It was great to see such strong attendance of collectors, curators, institutions, and artists at this year's fair, showing that ART SG has quickly established itself as a major moment for contemporary art in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The fair brings together a diverse community from the region as well as visitors from further afield.”

  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
  • ART SG 2024. Courtesy of ART SG.
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Notable sales highlights from this second edition of ART SG included:


  • Thaddeaus Ropac sold a work by Anselm Kiefer for €1.1 million, alongside works by Lee Bul, Miquel Barceló, Jules de Balincourt, Alex Katz, Oliver Beer, Mandy El-Sayegh, and James Rosenquist

  • Sundaram Tagore sold a range of works by Hiroshi Senju, Jane Lee, Miya Ando, and Zheng Lu for a combined total of over US$1 million

  • White Cube sold works by Tracey Emin, Jessica Rankin, and Darren Almond, among others for a combined total of £1.5 million

  • Waddington Custot sold two sculptures by Barry Flanagan, including a work sold for US$680,000 to a Chinese resident in Singapore; an installation featured as part of PLATFORM by Ian Davenport sold for US$360,000; and two sculptures by Yves Dana, including a work for sold for US$92,000 to a collector based in Singapore;

  • Lehmann Maupin sold a number of works, including a painting by David Salle sold for US$250,000 to a prominent family collection in Singapore, alongside multiple works by Lee Bul (US$200,000 – US$300,000) and Kim Yun Shin (US$60,000 – US$90,000) respectively

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