{"id":50361,"date":"2026-05-06T23:51:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50361"},"modified":"2026-05-06T23:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:51:53","slug":"singaporean-performance-artist-amanda-heng-presents-a-pause-at-61st-venice-biennale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50361","title":{"rendered":"Singaporean performance artist Amanda Heng presents &#8216;A Pause&#8217; at 61st Venice Biennale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Heng\u2019s exhibition was commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), supported by the\u00a0Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and organised by Singapore Art Museum (SAM).<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Chief executive officer and director of SAM Eugene Tan called Heng a \u201cfoundational figure in Singapore\u2019s contemporary art history\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>\u201cHer work, grounded in the gestures and rhythms of everyday life, has reshaped how we understand the relationship between art and the everyday, and it is meaningful to see this resonate on an international stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>NAC\u2019s chief executive officer Elaine Ng said the presentation reflected the council\u2019s commitment to supporting local artists at international platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>This is Singapore\u2019s 12th time participating in the Venice Biennale. Previously showcased artists include Robert Zhao, Shubigi Rao and Song-Ming Ang.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/venice-biennale-amanda-heng-pause-6102316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heng\u2019s exhibition was commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), supported by the\u00a0Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and organised by Singapore Art Museum&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--KQ8tbYpI--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/06\/20251004_llt_p3-8-7.jpg?itok=tomwlVJi","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22151,4371,1785,7074,7484,16468,2742,5514,1293,13216],"class_list":["post-50361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-61st","tag-amanda","tag-artist","tag-biennale","tag-heng","tag-pause","tag-performance","tag-presents","tag-singaporean","tag-venice","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/50362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}