Galerie Quynh, Fost Gallery, ara contemporary, SNA Arts Management and Art Jakarta

The Archive Body

Trọng Gia Nguyễn, *Orlando, Jepson Street*, 2017. Image courtesy of Galerie Quynh.

Galerie Quynh brings together eight artists, Hoàng Dương Cầm, Vy Trịnh, Nguyễn Huy An, Trúc-Anh, Trọng Gia Nguyễn, Liên Trương in collaboration with Hồng-Ân Trương, The Propeller Group, and Võ Trân Châu for this group show, The Archive Body. Each of these artists’ practices focus on hands-on archiving, exploring new approaches to archival work. Focusing on the individual elements and processes that make up the archive including drawings, film footage, found objects, and photographs, the exhibition details the found materials and artist interactions with the world around them. The Archive Body is also complemented by a collaboration with The Reading Room, which transforms part of the space into an active archive through an art book collection consisting of exhibition monographs and publications.

The Archive Body is on show from 2 to 25 October 2025 at Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City. More information here.

White Clouds

Installation view of Sebastian Mary Tay, *When the Mountains Speak Through Empty Swirls,* 2025, glicée print on lustre paper, 75x100cm. Image courtesy of FOST Gallery.

FOST Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Sebastian Mary Tay this October. Titled White Clouds, the exhibition investigates our culture of contemporary imaging beyond its usual aesthetic functions to reveal hidden worlds. Utilising errors, malfunctions, and glitches, Tay’s series of works disclose the often concealed infrastructural truth of images, while language undergoes critical pressure to refuse resolution in meaning. Ultimately, Tay offers care as a method from which beings in an image are allowed to appear in their own time, treating silence and minor variation as conditions for meaning-making, rather than deficits of our attention.

White Clouds is up for view from now until 8 November 2025 at FOST Gallery, Singapore. More information here.

Wound and Interloper

Alisa Chunchue, *Wound 032024*, 2024, acrylic, graphite and colour pencil on canvas, 150x110x4cm. Image courtesy of ara contemporary.

Mar Kristoff, *The End*, 2025, gesso and acrylic ink on canvas, 130x160cm. Image courtesy of ara contemporary.

This month, ara contemporary will feature dual solo exhibitions across its space. The Main Gallery houses Wound, the first solo exhibition by Thai artist Alisa Chunchue, while the Focus Gallery displays Interloper, also a debut solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Mar Kristoff following his recognition as UOB Artist of the Year 2024, Indonesia. Wound is Chunchue’s ongoing series that uses pencil to trace the stitching steps of surgical suture techniques as a method to coping with grief and reflecting on survival. Interloper similarly acts as a point of reflection for Kristoff. Through paintings utilising family photographs and found objects, the works position him within an ambiguous terrain of both participant and outsider in order to confront the paradox of remembering.

Wound and Interloper are on display from now until 2 November 2025 at ara contemporary, Jakarta. More information here.

Forest Myth

Forest Myth reflects on Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang’s longstanding engagement with the ecological and political effects on natural environments and cultural beliefs in his works. Presented by SNA Arts Management, the solo exhibition explores the symbolic and cultural significance of the forest. Samnang also probes multiple possibilities in the reading of his works, which are presented across a variety of mediums including sculpture, installation, and single-channel video.

Forest Myth is up for view from 2 October to 5 December 2025 at SNA Arts Management, Phnom Penh. More information here.

Art Jakarta

Art Jakarta opens today, with Lead Partners Julius Baer, Bibit, Treasury and BCA. In total, 75 returning and new galleries are taking part. Complementing the gallery booths is Art Jakarta Spot, where visitors can experience five large-scale, site-specific solo projects by Adi Gunawan with Sanhkara Art, Ipeh Nur with ara contemporary, Endry Pragusta with Rachel Gallery, Aditya Novali with Roh Projects, and Ardi Gunawan with ISA Art Gallery. Another highlight is Art Jakarta Scene, where 32 artist collectives, studios and independent projects will offer artworks, objects, merchandise and publications to contribute to a vibrant fair. They include Mus≡ Art Merchandise from Jakarta, DGTMB Shop and Krack! from Yogyakarta, gelap ruang jiwa from Bandung, and more.

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Art Jakarta takes place from 3 to 5 October at JIExpo Kemayoran. For more information, and to get your tickets, visit artjakarta.com.

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