Paintings that usually stay in Singapore collectors’ homes are on public view for free at ION Orchard until 27 October 2026. On three afternoons, 23, 26 and 27 October, you can also watch artists at work in live demonstrations. Voice of Art 7: Hope. Peace. Love opened at ION Art gallery on Level 4 on Wednesday, 21 October, so if Orchard Road is already on your plans this week, this is an easy detour with no ticket to buy.
The exhibition is the seventh edition of Voice of Art, an ongoing series by Be One Gallery that gives local and international artists a place to exhibit in Singapore and meet collectors, curators and art fans. This round brings together artists from Singapore, China, Vietnam, India, South Korea and France. Each one answered the same prompt: what do hope, peace and love look like from where they stand?
Admission is free, and the organisers list opening hours as 10am to 10pm daily. That means you can wander in after work or after dinner. If you’re collecting weekend ideas, it slots neatly next to the other picks in our guide to Singapore art exhibitions running from October 2026 to January 2027.
The Collections Nobody Usually Sees
The show includes a special showcase of works from the private collections of renowned Singapore art collectors, which the organisers say are usually held in private collections and seldom seen by the public.
The organisers say the section is meant to connect the people who make art with the people who keep it alive by buying and preserving it.
Three Words, Many Answers
Indian painter Zakir Husain Tanha, who mixes surrealism with heavy symbolism to tackle social issues, sent The Kettle of Love. In it, a woman in a flowing white gown has a kettle for a head, its spout arcing overhead as she holds a lantern in a field of pink lotuses.
Singapore’s Abu Jalal takes a more direct route to peace in Peace is Priceless. A man in a suit with a Singapore flag on his lapel has a blooming sunflower where his face should be, and he cradles a white dove against swirling clouds.
Megha Nema‘s Through Innocent Eyes – Dreams of Equality shows two children doodling pigs and other animals across the walls and furniture of a room, under words echoing George Orwell’s Animal Farm, while horses peer in from the garden.
Beijing-based Ma Dongmin, a Central Academy of Fine Arts graduate known for horses in his signature cerulean blue, contributes Blue Horse Tame. A horse’s head rises out of a rough, textured ground, its mane breaking apart into drips and splatters of blue and violet. Then there’s self-taught French painter Henri Wojcik, born in 1945, who paints festive scenes inspired by jazz, Matisse, Léger and Miró.
The Names Worth Looking Up
The line-up includes Dr Lim Poh Teck, trained at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and LASALLE College of the Arts. He won the Grand Prize at the 9th Painting of the Year Award run by United Overseas Bank (UOB) in 1990, and was named Ngee Ann Artist of the Year in 2023.
From Vietnam, Do Duy Tuan, born in 1954 in Thua Thien Hue, works in oil and mixed media and held his first solo exhibition in Singapore back in 2000. The show includes work by the late Nguyen Lam (1941 to 2025), whose paintings were selected for the Paris Biennale in 1961 and 1963.
Closer to home, self-taught Singaporean painter Barry Yeow draws heavily on Impressionism and names Claude Monet as a major influence. He sees art as a way to spread hope and joy. He has worked as a gallery owner and art teacher since 2015.
South Korea’s Kim Chang Han rounds things off with meditative landscapes from what he calls his “World Art Journey”, a personal quest for calm through untouched nature.
Among the preview images, Oh Swee Ai‘s Prosperity Flow II swirls koi across deep blue water.
Swati Singh‘s Through Line & Tone goes the other way entirely, with a striped, textile-style abstract set inside a deep red field.
Watch Artists Work Live
Alongside the paintings, there’s a dedicated presentation of glass art, aimed at introducing the medium and the people who make it to a wider crowd. The organisers also list live demonstrations by representatives of three local art groups, all from 3pm to 5pm.
On Friday, 23 October, Felicia Yong of Stained Glass Singapore leads a stained glass demonstration. The organisers bill her as Singapore’s pioneering stained glass artist, with more than 40 years of experience. On Monday, 26 October, Htayy Win from the Singapore Watercolour Society gives a watercolour demonstration.
On Tuesday, 27 October, the final day of the show, William Goh, president of the Modern Art Society Singapore, closes things out with a contemporary art demonstration.
Before You Go
If you’re still filling the rest of your month, our guide to Singapore art exhibitions running from October 2026 to January 2027 has more ideas to pair with it.
🗓️ Date: 21 to 27 October 2026
⏰ Time: 10am to 10pm daily, according to the organisers
📍 Location: ION Art gallery, Level 4, ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn
💰 Price: Free admission
🎨 Live demos: 3pm to 5pm on 23 October (stained glass), 26 October (watercolour) and 27 October (contemporary art)
🔗 Details: Gallery enquiries to Iris Pham of Be One Gallery at art@beonegallery.com or WhatsApp +65 8989 2007
Art that usually lives behind collectors’ front doors, live art demonstrations and a kettle-headed figure all sit under one roof, and none of it costs a cent. Voice of Art 7: Hope. Peace. Love stays at ION Art gallery until 27 October, with the first live demonstration, in stained glass, on Friday, 23 October at 3pm. For questions about the works on show, drop Be One Gallery a note at art@beonegallery.com before you head down!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of Be One Gallery.
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