Installation View at ART SG 2025, Khairulddin Wahab, The Lands Below the Winds, 2024, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 500 x 500 x 160 cm. Presented by Cuturi Gallery. Image courtesy of ART SG 2025

S.E.A. Focus, a major contemporary Southeast Asian Art event in Singapore, will be organised by ART SG starting in 2026. This marks a new chapter for the event, which was founded and successfully delivered for seven years by STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery (STPI). Emi Eu, Executive Director of STPI, will remain as the artistic consultant alongside John Tung as the curator for the 2026 edition.

Commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), S.E.A. Focus has been an anchor event of Singapore Art Week (SAW) since 2019. Founding organiser STPI, which successfully delivered seven editions of S.E.A. Focus, has nurtured a pivotal platform for established and emerging Southeast Asian artists to connect with a global audience comprising collectors, academics, dealers and enthusiasts.

S.E.A. Focus will continue to champion contemporary art from Southeast Asia on a regional and global scale. The event will also actively foster discourse and market development to deliver enriching experiences for galleries, artists and audiences with its strong curatorial format. This format represents another evolution for the event, which was conceived in 2019 as a pop-up gallery showcase at Gillman Barracks before its transformation into a curated exhibition at Tanjong Pagar Distripark.

The 2026 edition of S.E.A. Focus will be presented at ART SG to collectively boost the value and offerings of both events during SAW. This strategic consolidation also cements both platforms as a mega-anchor for SAW, offering Singapore and international collectors’ wider access to diverse art market segments, while enabling Singapore to grow the Southeast Asian art market on a global scale. As a confluence point of international art presentation and discussion, S.E.A. Focus participating galleries will benefit from the global networking opportunities available at ART SG, while all visitors will enjoy the convenience of single-ticket admission to both S.E.A. Focus and ART SG.

Emi Eu, Executive Director, STPI, said, “STPI took the helm of S.E.A. Focus in 2019 with a vision to build a distinctive platform where the best artistic talents from the region could be elevated onto the global stage. With the invaluable support and trust from NAC, each edition continued to surpass the previous, establishing itself as a vital platform in the region’s art ecosystem today. I look forward to being a part of this new chapter of S.E.A. Focus together with ART SG, as we embrace a fresh format while staying true to its commitment in championing Southeast Asian contemporary art.”