Experience

Yip Yew Chong: Live Painting at IMBA

Artist

Yip Yew Chong

Dates

Getting Here

21 to 25 October 2026

Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong brings his artistic journey around the world back home with a new painting created live at IMBA. From 21–25 October, watch Yew Chong spend 30 hours across five days painting a panoramic night scene of modern-day Singapore, with Gardens by the Bay in the foreground, IMBA within the landscape, and the glittering city beyond.

In 2023, Yew Chong created I Paint my Singapore, a 60-metre-long panorama capturing the places, people, and memories of the Singapore he grew up with. His ongoing series, I Paint my World, takes this storytelling beyond Singapore, depicting places encountered through his travels. Now spanning 23 panels and 57.5 metres, the series continues to grow towards its planned completion in 2030. The new 2.5m × 1.5m Singapore painting connects these two chapters of his artistic journey, capturing the city as it is today from the very place where the work is being created.

Watch the painting develop in real time as Yew Chong brings the scene to life over five days. Drop by to catch the first brushstrokes, or return throughout the week to see how the painting gradually takes shape. Free to watch. No booking required.

Plan Your Visit

Dates

21–25 October 2026

Time

12pm–6pm daily

Location

IMBA Foyer

Admission

Free, no booking required

Audience Suitability

All ages

Plan Your Visit

Dates

21–25 October 2026

Time

12pm–6pm daily

Location

IMBA Foyer

Admission

Free, no booking required

Audience Suitability

All ages

Plan Your Visit

Dates

21–25 October 2026

Time

12pm–6pm daily

Location

IMBA Foyer

Admission

Free, no booking required

Audience Suitability

All ages

Getting Here

IMBA Theatre, 18 Marina Gardens Drive, #01-24, Singapore 018953

By MRT: Bayfront MRT Station, Exit B. Follow the signs towards Gardens by the Bay and Bayfront Plaza.

By Car: Park at Bayfront Plaza Carpark.

By Taxi / Private Hire: Alight at Bayfront Pavilion / EtonHouse.

Follow @be.imba for the latest updates.

Getting Here

IMBA Theatre, 18 Marina Gardens Drive, #01-24, Singapore 018953

By MRT: Bayfront MRT Station, Exit B. Follow the signs towards Gardens by the Bay and Bayfront Plaza.

By Car: Park at Bayfront Plaza Carpark.

By Taxi / Private Hire: Alight at Bayfront Pavilion / EtonHouse.

Follow @be.imba for the latest updates.

Getting Here

IMBA Theatre, 18 Marina Gardens Drive, #01-24, Singapore 018953

By MRT: Bayfront MRT Station, Exit B. Follow the signs towards Gardens by the Bay and Bayfront Plaza.

By Car: Park at Bayfront Plaza Carpark.

By Taxi / Private Hire: Alight at Bayfront Pavilion / EtonHouse.

Follow @be.imba for the latest updates.

Curiosity Gets You In First

Register your interest to get early access to IMBA’s upcoming shows.

Early birds get notified first — and enjoy exclusive perks when ticket sales open.

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Curiosity Gets You In First

Register your interest to get early access to IMBA’s upcoming shows.

Early birds get notified first — and enjoy exclusive perks when ticket sales open.

Birth Date

I agree to receive marketing and promotional materials from IMBA, it's affiliates, Prudential Singapore and Prudential Financial Advisors.

Extreme close-up black and white photograph of a human eye

Contact us

Curiosity Gets You In First

Register your interest to get early access to IMBA’s upcoming shows.

Early birds get notified first — and enjoy exclusive perks when ticket sales open.

Birth Date

I agree to receive marketing and promotional materials from IMBA, it's affiliates, Prudential Singapore and Prudential Financial Advisors.

Extreme close-up black and white photograph of a human eye

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Upcoming Shows

Opens 10th September

Bloomyard

Step into Bloomyard — a yard grown wild with oversized flowers, playful games and swings set among the blooms. Created by Graphic Rewilding in collaboration with IMBA, Bloomyard transforms the gallery into a larger-than-life garden made for play. Wander through a spectacular floral arch and into the blooms, swing among the flowers, rally across flower-shaped table tennis tables or line up a shot on the garden mini-golf course. For children, it's a world built for play. For adults, a chance to feel a little wonder again. Stay a little longer with a bite or drink at the café, then browse exclusive Bloomyard merchandise featuring Graphic Rewilding's distinctive botanical prints at Stacked Store.

Opens 10th September

Bloomyard

Step into Bloomyard — a yard grown wild with oversized flowers, playful games and swings set among the blooms. Created by Graphic Rewilding in collaboration with IMBA, Bloomyard transforms the gallery into a larger-than-life garden made for play. Wander through a spectacular floral arch and into the blooms, swing among the flowers, rally across flower-shaped table tennis tables or line up a shot on the garden mini-golf course. For children, it's a world built for play. For adults, a chance to feel a little wonder again. Stay a little longer with a bite or drink at the café, then browse exclusive Bloomyard merchandise featuring Graphic Rewilding's distinctive botanical prints at Stacked Store.

Opens 10th September

Bloomyard

Step into Bloomyard — a yard grown wild with oversized flowers, playful games and swings set among the blooms. Created by Graphic Rewilding in collaboration with IMBA, Bloomyard transforms the gallery into a larger-than-life garden made for play. Wander through a spectacular floral arch and into the blooms, swing among the flowers, rally across flower-shaped table tennis tables or line up a shot on the garden mini-golf course. For children, it's a world built for play. For adults, a chance to feel a little wonder again. Stay a little longer with a bite or drink at the café, then browse exclusive Bloomyard merchandise featuring Graphic Rewilding's distinctive botanical prints at Stacked Store.

Opens 13th February

Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)

Using large-scale projection in a remarkable new space, David Hockney takes us on a personal journey through sixty years of his art. Lightroom’s vast walls and revolutionary sound system enable us to experience the world through Hockney’s eyes. His life-long fascination with the possibilities of new media is given vibrant expression in a show that invites us to look more closely, more truly and more joyously.

Opens 13th February

Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)

Using large-scale projection in a remarkable new space, David Hockney takes us on a personal journey through sixty years of his art. Lightroom’s vast walls and revolutionary sound system enable us to experience the world through Hockney’s eyes. His life-long fascination with the possibilities of new media is given vibrant expression in a show that invites us to look more closely, more truly and more joyously.

Opens 13th February

Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)

Using large-scale projection in a remarkable new space, David Hockney takes us on a personal journey through sixty years of his art. Lightroom’s vast walls and revolutionary sound system enable us to experience the world through Hockney’s eyes. His life-long fascination with the possibilities of new media is given vibrant expression in a show that invites us to look more closely, more truly and more joyously.