• Issue
  • Mar 01, 2024

Art Fair Report: Regions for Growth

Installation view of MARCOS KUEH’s Woven Billboards: Nenek Moyang (part of the Kenyalang Circus series), 2023, industrial weaving with recycled polyester thread, eight colors, at Art SG, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore, 2024. Courtesy the artist, The Back Room, and Art SG.

Singapore has rapidly become the region’s favorite city among global asset and wealth-management firms in recent years, as the strained relationship between China and the United States has caused financial firms to seek a getaway from the risks of possible sanctions and embargoes from the two feuding superpowers. India, now the world’s largest population, maintains its art market largely on an expanding domestic audience.