Calling all parents and kids! The Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 is back at National Gallery Singapore from 31 May 2025 to 29 March 2026 and bigger than ever! Expect multi-sensory and immersive installations where art meets play all free to visit.
Step into a magical world to hang out with quirky animal friends, create your own digital art and dance your heart out. This year marks the Gallery Children’s Biennale’s 5th anniversary and the event features eight amazing installations that will spark joy, kindness, love, and dreams in kids of all ages.
Gallery Children’s Biennale at National Gallery Singapore
Even the babies can enjoy the Gallery Children’s Biennale as active participants. For the first time, all artworks in the Gallery Children’s Biennale include baby-friendly experiences that stimulate their auditory and visual senses in a safe environment.
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The thoughtfully designed spaces and experiences enable infants, toddlers, children, and persons with disabilities to enjoy and participate in art activities.
Here’s a walk through of the eight installations with themes on joy, kindness, love and dreams.
Eight Installations at Gallery Children’s Biennale
Colourful Play: Embrace Feelings of Joy
Embrace feelings of joy at the Gallery’s Coleman entrance and spine hall at local artist Fern Wong’s installation titled Colourful Play. This is a first-time collaboration between the Biennale and ART:DIS ( a non-profit organisation for persons with disabilities in the arts). Children can touch and interact with the artist’s intricate papercut works on the wall and even complete the papercut design using magnetic papercut shapes.
Babies and toddlers will also be drawn to the colours, sounds, materiality as they rotate sound makers, textural panels and reflective elements. Lots of sensory play for the little ones here!
I WE THEM: Take a Seat with Animal and Human Friends
Ever wondered how chairs play an important role in daily life? The whimsical installation by Spanish artist Vicente Delgado points out how chairs foster love and connections with family and friends, meals and conversations. That puts a usually insignificant piece of furniture into the spotlight.
Inspired by the value of love and the symbolism of chairs, kids are invited to sit among animals and humans, plus interact with the various elements of the installation. Don’t forget to give the large inflatable hand a high-five.
A zone specially for toddlers has also been created. Toddlers can check out the spinning wheels and puzzles made just got them, while infants can explore a large play mat.
Through art and play, I WE THEM celebrates love, empathy, and the simple act of being together.
Fantasy: Enter a Dream World
Malaysian art duo Co2_karbondioksida has designed a world filled with 400 toys suspended from the ceiling and walls, prompting adults and children to think of their childhood memories. The Fantasy artwork offers a space for all visitors to dream.
All clothes and toys used are pre-loved pieces donated by Cloop with about 130 kg of donated baby clothes repurposed into covers for the flooring and cushions. This art installation also highlights environmental concerns and our responses to global issues such as consumerism and sustainable practices.
Dance Dance Chromatics: Create Abstract Digital Paintings by Dancing
Dance to create art at contemporary artist Wyn-Lyn Tan’s interactive art installation. The Tan’s nature-inspired abstract paintings will invite you to use your motion to trigger visual effects and even a hidden “portal” with the title of dancing king or queen. The multi-sensory artwork features a digital AI-generated landscape based on 20 years of the artist’s paintings, including serene scenes of the vast sky and the ocean’s waves.
Step and wave to activate the sensors and this will trigger visual effects such as snowfall, misty clouds and aurora borealis, as well as trigger distinct disruptions in the colours and movement of the wall of paintings.
Make your own abstract digital painting through your movement, perhaps connecting with nature in a comfortable space indoors is one way to discover the beauty of nature.
Kindness Garden: Let Kindness and Empathy Blossom
Learn about kindness one petal at a time. Japanese artist Hiromi Tango’s enchanting garden with oversized flowers has sprouted. The pastel-coloured petals, seemingly delicate, are crafter from metal. Look closely to reveal words such as love, grace inscribed accompanied by Braille engravings.
Young ones can experience reading words of kindness inscribed in braille and step into the shoes of the visually impaired. The artist hopes to instil a deeper understanding of the different communities around us through considering their thoughts and experiences.
For children who may feel overwhelmed, Kindness Garden includes calm domes where they can rest amongst lavender-scented plushies, making the experience friendly for neurodivergent children.
Lessons in Being Kind: Learning Empathy and Compassion
Head to the Gallery’s Anteroom which has been transformed into a cosy theatre space screening a stop-motion film by Laotian artists, Souliya Phoumivong. Follow colourful round blob characters on a journey of self-discovery, touching on topics such as identity, self-acceptance and the importance of kindness towards others and oneself.
The space also displays clay figures made by young Singaporean participants and an activity area to create a stop-motion video as well as a fun balancing chair that engages children to work together to keep it level.
Home is Where the Heart Is: Discover Diverse Homes and Living Spaces
The mural is inspired by local pioneer artist Mohamed Salehuddin’s Malay House. Ring the doorbell, open the door to a neighbour’s home and hear greetings from the friendly neighbourhood pushcart ice-cream seller. The mural brings an imaginary neighbourhood to life, inviting children to think about their home, homes of the past and the love of their community.
Since kampungs are rarely seen in Singapore, the little ones can learn what their grandparents’ lives used to be like. Parents and grandparents can share their personal memories and stories of the places the once called home.
Imaginary Peach Garden: Design Hybrid Animals that Come to Life
South Korean artist YeSeung Lee will take you on a mythical adventure with her “Imaginary Peach Garden” installation, where you can design hybrid animals and bring them to life with augmented reality.
Inspired by tazo puzzle cards and animals from Korean and Southeast Asian folktales, the artwork encourages children to create their interpretation of fantastical creatures using foam puzzles and devices to create digital formations that are projected on the wall.
Look out for the large inflatable forms which expand and deflate rhythmically as if they are alive!
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Other Activities at Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025
Tiny Tales at National Gallery by Play Scene
Love storytelling? Join in the special storytelling adventure to explore the heart of the exhibition through stories that celebrate love, joy, kindness and dreams. Each session brings these beautiful values to life, sparking imagination and inspiring young hearts to embrace the magic of these timeless themes!
When: 31 May, 8 June, 6 – 7 September, 1 November, 6 December 2025, 7 – 8 March 2026, 3pm
Admission: Free
Confluence by Maya Dance Theatre Ltd – Diverse Abilities Dance Collective (DADC)
Enter the world of Confluence, a poetic journey brought to life by dancers of Diverse Abilities Dance Collective (DADC) and the poetry of Catherine Joan Devadason. The performance weaves Catherine’s words into a lyrical narrative interpreted through contemporary dance.
When: 31 May 2025, 2pm, 4pm
Where: Padang Atrium
Admission: Free
What Brings You Joy?
This fun and creative workshop is where kids can express their feelings and emotions through art! Using Fern Wong’s artwork as inspiration, participants will decorate and design unique creations that reflect how they feel on magnet pieces. Kids will explore self-expression, creativity and have fun with colour!
When: 7 June 2025, 3pm
Where: The Spine Hall
Fees: $5 per parent-child pair
Gallery Toddlers!: Sensory Bottle Workshop
This hands-on workshop invites toddlers to create their own sensory bottles. They’ll have fun experimenting with colours, textures and sounds while exploring the calming and creative effects of these interactive art pieces.
When: 8 June 2025, 8 March 2026, 10.30am, 11.30am (40 min)
Where: City Hall Wing, Level 1, Keppel Centre for Art Education, Expression Workshop
Fees: $15 per parent-toddler pair
Registration Link: Gallery Toddlers! Sensory Bottle Workshop
Crafting Tomorrow: Fabric Fun
This child-friendly hands-on workshop focused on upcycling and sustainability! Three to Five year olds will craft their very own fabric scrap artwork with unused drawstring bags. Older ones between six to twelve will learn how to make fabric twine friendship bracelets. Each session includes a brief introduction followed by a fun, interactive workshop where participants will engage with sustainable practices through art.
When: 15 June 2025, 10am, 2pm
Where: City Hall Wing, Level 5, Studios
Fees: $10 per person
Children’s Carnival
Look forward to creative workshops, captivating performances and interactive activities designed to inspire young minds. Everyone can look forward to a fantastic lineup that encourages exploration and creativity, providing kids with the opportunity to express themselves in a fun, engaging environment.
When: 1 November 2025, 11am – 5pm
Admission: Free
Pop-Up Card Workshop
Enter a whimsical world inspired by Vicente Delgado’s (a.k.a. Tito) magical installations! In this fun workshop, kids will learn how to create their very own pop-up cards, bringing their favourite characters to life. With inspiration from the playful, imaginative universe of Tito’s artwork, children will explore creativity, design and the magic of 3D art!
When: 24 January 2026, 3 – 4pm
Where: City Hall Wing, Level 5, Studios
Fees: $10 per person
An Invitation to Play and Learn at Gallery’s Children Biennale 2025
The Gallery’s Children Biennale 2025: Tomorrow We’ll Be… runs from 31 May 2025 to 29 March 2026. Admission and participation in Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 are free for all visitors.
With a recommended donation of $2 to the Gallery, visitors may also pick up a My Biennale Buddy activity booklet onsite, which features extended artist and artwork write-ups, programme information, and a stamping activity where families may redeem a small gift upon visiting all the artworks and collecting the stamps.
When: 31 May to 29 March 2026, 10 am to 7 pm daily
Where: National Gallery Singapore, 1 St Andrew’s Road
Website: Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025
Admission is Free
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