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As the art world rushes headlong into digital realms, a Singaporean creative consultancy is doing the opposite: inviting collectors into someone’s living room. Everything and Nothing Has Changed opens this week in a private residence, bringing together 17 artists from Singapore and abroad—including Alvin Ong, August Sim, Dylan Chan and Taiwanese artist Skyler Chen—for a deliberately intimate art encounter this month.
Curated by Justin Low (a senior communications professional with multi-leading agency experience) and produced by art veteran Chua Ching Yi through The Independent People, a multi-disciplinary consultancy, the 6–20 November exhibition operates entirely by appointment.
It’s a format that’s worked elsewhere—New York’s Teen Party famously ran for three years out of a Brooklyn apartment, whilst Los Angeles gallery Marta built a studio flat directly into its exhibition space, but remains rare in Asia’s more commercially minded art scene.
The timing is curious. Singapore’s family offices jumped 43% in 2024, and nearly all high-net-worth collectors say they’re bullish on the market, yet galleries report buyers are taking longer to commit. Most deals now happen in the US$50,000 to US$1 million range, with serious collectors fixating on quality and provenance rather than speculation.
The Singapore show will centre on Skyler Chen’s Inner Restoration from Low’s personal collection, alongside works exploring transformation and identity.
“Art doesn’t always need grandeur to be powerful,” says Low. “Sometimes, the most profound encounters happen in spaces made for living, where art becomes part of the conversation.” For Chua, the shift is about rethinking value itself. “By relocating the viewing experience into the home, the show suggests new ways to celebrate artists, and to see art not as commodity, but as experience.”
Appointments are available via The Independent People’s Instagram.