Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 At National Gallery Singapore

Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 at National Gallery Singapore is free to enter! It’s themed ‘Tomorrow We’ll Be…’ and it features 8 kid-friendly art installations – including baby-friendly artworks for the very first time!”

The fifth edition of the Gallery Children’s Biennale, themed ‘Tomorrow We’ll Be’ is back at National Gallery Singapore. This year’s edition is in conjunction with the Gallery’s 10th anniversary and the nation’s 60th birthday, and you can look forward to a showcase of eight art installations by local and international artists that spotlight four core values: Joy, Kindness, Dream and Love.

For the first time ever, all artworks at the Gallery Children’s Biennale are baby-friendly, inviting kids of all ages (and the young at heart!) to explore eight interactive and larger-than-life artworks that stimulate their auditory and visual senses in a safe environment. Visitors are encouraged to think of the endless possibilities of their future through multi-sensorial art installations and engaging programmes.

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Gallery Children’s Biennale: 8 art installations for kids

The Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 invites little ones to dive into eight fun, kid-friendly art installations filled with hands-on play and sensory surprises. To kick things off, kids can grab a Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 Art Pack, which is a colourful kit packed with art supplies, easy-to-follow instructions, and creative prompts inspired by the artworks. With baby-friendly installations featured for the first time, the Art Packs now come in two versions: one for ages six and under, and one for seven and up! Check out full details of each installation below.

1. Embracing the Future with Joy

Some of the installations at the Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025 are by local artists, including Embracing the Future with Joy by Fern Wong. This vibrant installation features Fern’s signature papercut art and invites children to explore what happiness means to them through bright hues, playful textures, and patterns. Kids can help complete a giant magnetic wall design adding their own creative touch to the artwork. For the smaller ones, there’s a dedicated corner with a sensorial “busy board” filled with sound makers, mazes, and textured panels designed to support early development while keeping little hands engaged!

Where: Spine Hall

2. Dance Dance Chromatics

At Dance Dance Chromatics, local artist Wyn-Lyn Tan invites children to experience art in motion. This installation is set against a stunning AI-generated video wall inspired by two decades of the artist’s paintings and transforms movement into colour and emotion. Kids can jump, twirl and step on four-floor pads that trigger visual changes in the digital landscape. With motion sensors, little ones get to explore how movement and colour can express joy.

3. Empowering the World through Kindness

Kindness Garden is a sensory-filled installation by Japanese artist Hiromi Tango that encourages children to explore empathy through sight, sound, touch, and smell. Surrounded by oversized flowers, kids can discover messages of kindness written in braille, offering a glimpse into how the visually impaired experience the world. At the heart of the garden is a “sound flower” that invites playful interaction through sound and movement. Designed with inclusivity in mind, the installation also features calm domes filled with lavender-scented plushies, creating a quiet, soothing space especially thoughtful for neurodivergent children.

4. Lessons in Being Kind

Lessons in Being Kind features a stop-motion film by Laotian artist Souliya Phoumivong, where kids can explore themes of identity, self-acceptance, and the power of kindness through the adventures of colourful blob-like characters. Get creative at the activity area by making your own stop-motion videos, and let the kids have fun at the balancing chair!

5. I WE THEM

I WE THEM is a whimsical installation that transforms everyday surroundings into playful, character-like forms. Designed to spark connection and comfort, families are invited to slow down and share moments together. Babies and toddlers can explore freely in a soft ‘flower bed’ filled with gentle sculptures encouraging sensory and emotional development, while older kids will enjoy giving high-fives to a giant inflatable hand and spinning seven rotating discs of different sizes!

6. Home is Where the Heart Is

Inspired by Mohamed Salehuddin’s Malay House in Malacca in 1960, Home is Where the Heart Is is an imagined neighbourhood that celebrates Singapore’s rich and diverse heritage. This vibrant mural invites children to explore what home means to them through playful, interactive elements. Here, they can ring a doorbell, open a neighbour’s door, or listen to greetings from a cheerful ice cream seller. Parents and grandparents can also share memories of past homes, sparking conversations that connect generations and deepen appreciation for the places we come from.

7. Fantasy

Fantasy is an installation by Malaysia-based art collective Co2_karbondioksida that transforms 130kg of upcycled children’s clothing and nearly 400 donated toys into a dreamy, sustainable space. At its centre hangs a large-scale mobile made from repurposed toys. Soft cubes crafted from donated clothes cover the cushioned floor, providing a safe and cosy area for babies and young children to explore. While playing, visitors are also encouraged to think about waste, overconsumption, and the environment.

8. Imaginary Peach Garden

Imaginary Peach Garden by South Korean artist YeSeung Lee blends technology and storytelling through an interactive installation. Inspired by traditional tazo puzzle cards and animals from Korean and Southeast Asian folktales, children can create their own fantastical creatures in two ways: by piecing together physical foam puzzles or using digital devices to form shapes projected onto the wall.

Programmes and workshops at Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025

Throughout Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025, there will be plenty of kid-friendly programmes and workshops that are mostly free to join! These include storytelling workshops, adventure trails, craft activites and more. Check out the full list of programmes on Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025’s website.

Read more: Kid-Friendly Guide To National Gallery Singapore & Keppel Centre for Art Education

How much are tickets for Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025?

It’s free for Singaporeans and PRs to enter Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025. Simply head down to the National Gallery Singapore to explore these exciting art installations and kid-friendly workshops at Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025.

Read more: Kid-Friendly Guide To National Gallery Singapore & Keppel Centre for Art Education

How to get to Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025

By MRT: Get off at City Hall (7-minute walk from exit B), Clark Quay (10-minute walk from exit E) or Raffles Place (10-minute walk from exit B). More deets here.

By bus: Click here for all the public buses that will take you to the Children’s Biennale 2023.

By taxi/car: The taxi stand and drop-off point is at the Coleman Street entrance. If you’re driving, you will need to use Parliament Place and St Andrew’s Road to access the car park. More deets here.

Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025
When: 31 May 2025 – 29 March 2026
Opening hours: 10am – 7pm daily
Address: National Gallery Singapore, 1 St. Andrew’s Road, Singapore 178957

Gallery Children’s Biennale 2025,National Gallery Singapore, 1 Saint Andrew’s Road, Singapore 178957, Tel: (+65) 6271 7000, nationalgallery.sg