Pop after Pop: Art around Us opens at National Gallery Singapore on 11 December 2026, and it is being billed as the largest group exhibition of Pop Art and its legacy ever staged in Southeast Asia. More than 200 artworks by over 100 artists are on the bill, from Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol to Ming Wong, FX Harsono and Ronald Ventura.
What to expect at Pop after Pop: Art around Us
Organised in collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York, the exhibition marks the first collaboration between the two institutions. Key works are on loan from the Guggenheim’s collection, alongside pieces from the Gallery’s own holdings and loans from private and institutional collections.
Rather than retelling Pop Art as a Western story, the show traces how artists across Southeast Asia took imagery from mass media, advertising and everyday city life and bent it towards their own political realities, social changes and cultural contexts. It spans paintings, sculptures, prints, installations and moving image works.
Pop Art icons from the Guggenheim
The headline loans include Roy Lichtenstein’s three-panel Preparedness (1968), which measures more than five metres across, and Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (Money money money) (2011), a vinyl print that makes its point in her trademark block lettering. Andy Warhol’s Mao (1972) rounds out the Western names.
Southeast Asian voices in the show
The more intriguing draw may be the regional works. Manit Sriwanichpoom’s Pink Man series from Thailand skewers consumer culture, Antipas Delotavo’s watercolour Dagger at the Heart of Mang Juan (1978) brings Philippine social realism into the conversation, and FX Harsono’s Telah Terbit (Out Now) (1975, reconstructed 2006) comes from Indonesia. Singapore’s Ming Wong is represented by Life of Imitation (2009).
Pop after Pop: Art around Us dates, venue and tickets
- Dates: 11 December 2026 to 4 April 2027
- Venue: Singtel Special Exhibition Galleries 1 and 2, Special Exhibition Gallery 3 on Level 3, Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery on Level B1 and public spaces at National Gallery Singapore
- Tickets: a Special Exhibition ticket is required, at S$15 for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents and S$25 for foreign residents and tourists
- Early bird: 30% off online tickets until 30 November 2026
- Gallery Insiders: unlimited free entry with membership, at S$20 for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents and S$35 for foreign residents and tourists
The exhibition is made possible by Series Partner Singtel and Lead Partner J.P. Morgan.
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