Singapore Art Museum will present 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Form Is Emptiness' from 29 May to 4 October 2026, marking the artist’s first major exhibition in Southeast Asia. The show brings together 63 works from 11 series and 14 fossils from Sugimoto’s personal collection, spanning five decades of his practice. The title references the Heart Sutra, reflecting Sugimoto’s long-standing exploration of the tension between appearance and reality.
The exhibition matters because it offers a rare comprehensive view of Sugimoto’s interdisciplinary output—photography, sculpture, installation, writing, and architecture—in a region where his work has not been extensively shown. By framing his practice as an extension of photographic thinking, the show deepens understanding of how Sugimoto uses time and space to provoke perceptual shifts, reinforcing his influence on contemporary art discourse.