August 2026 Round-Up
Pattani Biennale, Singapore Gallery Month, Asia University Museum of Modern Art and Museum Arnhem
Pattani Biennale 2026: Simple Poetry
Pattani Biennale 2026, exhibition view at Pattani Home for Children, featuring works by children from children homes across Thailand. Photo by Sophirat Muangkum. Image courtesy of Pattani Biennale 2026.
Organised by the Visual Arts Programme of the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts at Prince of Songkla University, together with Pootorn Connect and regional civil society networks, the inaugural Pattani Biennale is led by chief curator Anuwat Apimukmongkon under the theme Simple Poetry. The biennale turns towards the small and seemingly insignificant, locating meaning in the textures of everyday life. More than 50 Thai and 50 international participants are exhibiting across six venues. Among them are Pangrok Sulap, Zulkhairi Zulkiflee, Abdul Abdullah, Oat Montien and Roopesh Sitharan. Their works are presented in dialogue with the creative output of prisoners, children from shelters, fishermen and migrant labourers.
Pattani Biennale 2026 runs from 8 August to 1 November 2026. More information here.
Singapore Gallery Month 2026
Lavender Chang, #47-03, 2015-16, fine art archival print, edition of 5 + 2 artist’s proofs, 25.4 x 20.3cm and 125 x 100cm. Image courtesy of the artist and FOST Gallery.
Presented by the Art Galleries Association Singapore (AGAS), Singapore Gallery Month returns with more than 100 exhibitions and events across the island. This year’s edition sets out to make the step into collecting less daunting, addressing audiences from first-time visitors to established collectors. It prioritises direct encounters through artist talks, studio visits, precinct tours, workshops and a speed-dating event pairing collectors with artists, which can be accessed with the returning Patron’s Pass, priced at SGD1,000. The pass also gives holders SGD500 in gallery credits to purchase artworks, and consultations with advisors including Joyce Toh, Honor Harger and Iola Lenzi.
Singapore Gallery Monthis happening from 15 August to 13 September 2026. More information here.
TANAHAIR: Navigating Asianness from Malaysia
Exhibition view of works by artist Yee I-Lann at the Asia University Museum of Modern Art in Taichung. Image courtesy of the Asia University Museum of Modern Art.
TANAHAIR: Navigating Asianness from Malaysia opens the Summer Camp series at the Asia University Museum of Modern Art in Taichung, the museum’s new interdisciplinary summer platform under director Yulin Lee. The exhibition’s title joins two Malay words, tanah (land) and air (water), which together mean homeland. It builds upon several years of field research and residencies in Malaysia by curators Teoh Chee Keong, Chai Kit Siang and Eric Chen. Using Malaysia as its point of departure, the exhibition treats Asia as a shifting web of histories, cultures and landscapes. Participants include Yee I-Lann, Chang Yoong Chia and Teoh Ming Wah, Chong Kim Chiew and 0 and Teratai Architecture.
TANAHAIR: Navigating Asianness from Malaysia is on view from 1 July until 1 November 2026 at Asia University Museum of Modern Art, Taichung, Taiwan. More information here.
Bakudengar
Dicky Takndare, Para Para (Families Sawor, Korwa, Hanasbei, Jouwe, Koerni, Kaigere), 2026. Image courtesy of Museum Arnhem.
Bakudengar was curated by a “public in residence”, consisting of six participants who worked closely with visual artists to create new works for the show. The title joins the Indonesian baku (each other) and dengar (to hear and listen). The works in the exhibition address the histories of West Papua, Maluku, Minahasa and the Chinese-Indonesian community. Together, they foreground themes such as struggles for freedom, environmental protection, the consequences of Dutch colonial rule and the New Order regime, and the part women play in carrying cultural heritage forward. Participating artists include Jennifer Tee, Maryanto, Fitri DK, Gegerboyo, Agung Kurniawan, Ipeh Nur, Geraldy Laimera and Dicky Takndare.
Bakudengar will be on view from 10 March to 20 September 2026 at Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, the Netherlands. More information here.