As Asia’s leading contemporary arts institution, LASALLE attracts celebrated arts practitioners from around the world to visit, collaborate and inspire.
Celebrated local and international artists, designers and creative luminaries have long made LASALLE a stop on their journey—adding to a growing legacy of visiting talent. Their presence sparks exhilarating exchanges that enrich learning for both students and faculty alike.
Events
Visual Storytelling for Extended Reality
The Faculty of Fine Arts, Media & Creative Industries invites you to a research presentation by Faculty Fellow Dr Andrea Nanetti, which will highlight initial findings from an international project …
Arts as a collaborative act
Join Siân Prime as she draws on her experience with theatre companies, arts entrepreneurs, designers and community action groups to provide insights into the experience of working collaboratively. What works? …
MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture 2026: Mekong as Metaphor, Again: Contemporary Art and Regionality in Southeast Asia
This reflection on region departs from an earlier essay by speaker Associate Professor Pamela Nguyen Corey titled “Metaphor as Method: Curating Regionalism in Mainland Southeast Asia” (2013), which examined controversies …
The Empathic Lens: Art, Animism, and Ecology in Contemporary Southeast Asia
Join the McNally School of Fine Arts for Brianne Cohen’s talk about her forthcoming book The Empathic Lens: Art, Animism, and Ecology in Contemporary Southeast Asia. Whether you are interested …
Features
In conversation with: Sammo Hung on the non-stop pursuit of hope in filmmaking
By BA (Hons) Animation Art students Grace Tan, Khoo Justen, Chen Jinyi and Kim Jinsol. Video filmed and edited by BA (Hons) Film students Arel Koh and Zachary Seak Zhen …
In conversation with: Animation storyboard artist Jeff Hong
In animator and visual artist Jeff Hong’s works, familiar fairy tale characters find themselves in disenchanting situations. The little mermaid, for instance, flops onto a beach, fins covered in crude …
