Art & Everyday Life in Contemporary Singapore:
Public Space and Memories
New Book | London: Routledge, 2026
Intersection of Publicness, Practice and Pedagogy: Five Days at NAFA and Five Days in Museum (1982), Four Days at the Museum (1987) and A Sculpture Seminar 1 (1991)
Journal Paper | Singapore: NUS Press, Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia, 2025
The Artists Village in Singapore: Open Studios as Experimental Spaces of Indeterminacy
Journal Paper | USA: MIT Press, ARTMargins, 2025
Ella Raidel’s Of Haunted Spaces: Cinema, Heterotopias, and China’s Hyperurbanization.
Book Review | Malaysia: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Wacana Seni Journal of Arts Discourse, 2025
RUST: Echos of Memory
Curator | Prestige Gallery, Singapore, 2025
OPEN END: Resonate, Re-Read and Re-Trace The Substation Archive
Curator | Exhibition at the Rotunda Library & Archive, National Gallery Singapore. This project was supported by the Platform Projects Curatorial Award overseen by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and The Substation. The exhibition is also organised in conjunction with The Substation’s Anniversary Events 2024.
Adrian Tan (Dr)
Adrian Tan is an artist-curator whose work investigates public engagement with contemporary art through performance, archives, and exhibition-making in Southeast Asia. His practice is deeply informed by research, exploring how art functions in public spaces and within both institutional and independent frameworks. Beyond curation, Adrian’s contributions extend into teaching, writing, and research, shaping critical conversations on contemporary art and its publics. His work bridges artistic practice and scholarship, fostering dialogues on how art is experienced, mediated, and understood. He is currently a Research Fellow at National Archives Singapore and a Senior Lecturer in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore.
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