With a whole new year to start afresh, check out some of these art exhibitions January has to offer to get you ready for a whole new you!

Domestic Bliss

The sequel to the ‘Pollination’ collection, two artists have worked closely together for over six months to explore the idea of ‘domus’: the house, and its subsequent evolution to ‘domestic’: made in the home. The precarious notion of home and belonging is unwrapped from the perspectives of artists Malaysian Izat Arif and Vietnamese Hoàng Minh Đúc.

Dates: 16th November 2019 – 19 January 2020
Hours: 11am – 7pm
Location: Ilham Gallery, Menara Ilham, 8, Jalan Binjai, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Website: Home where the heart is

Artroom 22 1st Anniversary

Celebrating a whole year of bringing artists together to showcase their creations and art lovers to explore their hobbies, Artroom 22 is here to feature even more local artists! Over 26 local creators will be featured on the auspicious day of the 11th of January, and the event will be held in the historical Lot 18 Gallery.

Dates: 5th – 17th January 2020
Hours: 9am – 6pm
Location: Lot 18 Gallery, L1, Jalan Panggong, City Centre, 50000 Kuala Lumpur
Website: Year of the Rat

DREAMS Group Exhibition: Transcending Reality

11 visual artists come together to explore the many interpretations of the ‘dream’ and the psyche through their own mediums and styles. Discover how everything, from personal experience, to culture, gender, and belief influence the thought and perspective of the self and everything around.

Dates: 11 Jan – 14 Mar 2020
Hours: 3pm – 6pm (Opening Reception)
Location: Inner Joy Art, No. 7, Lorong Universiti C, Section 16, 46350 Petaling Jaya
Website: Dreams

The Body Politic and The Body

Ilham Gallery and the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) unite for a first collaboration to jointly feature the many facets of contemporary art and its genealogies from both galleries’ collection. This exhibition will focus on the tension between the socio-political body of Malaysian society as an individual subjective body and as a collective entity. Many renowned pieces from past collections as well as new additions such as performance pieces and commissioned works will be displayed to engage and address all bodies of art and knowledge of Malaysia.

Dates: 8th December 2019 – 12 April 2020
Hours: 11am – 7pm
Location: Ilham Gallery, Menara Ilham, 8, Jalan Binjai, 50450 Kuala Lumpur
Website: BODY

If you would like to share about an upcoming art exhibition in KL, drop an email to our staff writer, Sarah Anne at [email protected].