{"id":98313,"date":"2026-11-08T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T10:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98313"},"modified":"2026-11-08T18:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T10:19:00","slug":"5-spaces-making-waves-for-queer-art-in-southeast-asia-from-singapore-to-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98313","title":{"rendered":"5 spaces making waves for queer art in Southeast Asia, from Singapore to Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/06\/271ccca3-983b-468c-973c-0c28bca723e7_2cbe7e6a.jpg?itok=K0I572wj&amp;v=1793948562\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Thanks to a wave of new galleries, exhibitions and initiatives, queer art is currently in the spotlight in Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">While this partly reflects greater queer acceptance in the region \u2013 <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">gay sex was decriminalised<\/span> in Singapore in 2023 and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">same-sex marriage legalised<\/span> in Thailand in 2025 \u2013 many of these openings are also the result of the determination of LGBTQ artists, collectors and curators to build their own platforms, rather than waiting for established institutions to make room for them.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Here are five art spaces to know.<\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"eh0yk8h0 css-17x7qa9 e1pqa4re1\">1. Adult Material<\/h3>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Around the corner from Bangkok\u2019s towering Golden Buddha is Adult Material, a commercial gallery dedicated to queer art.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3373501\/5-spaces-making-waves-queer-art-southeast-asia-singapore-bangkok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a wave of new galleries, exhibitions and initiatives, queer art is currently in the spotlight in Southeast Asia. While this partly reflects greater&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1501,5024,1744,2245,6775,22,4875,18722,7117],"class_list":["post-98313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-art","tag-asia","tag-bangkok","tag-making","tag-queer","tag-singapore","tag-southeast","tag-spaces","tag-waves","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98313","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=98313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}