(April 25, 2026, Singapore) vOilah! France Singapore Festival returns from 25 April to 20 June 2026 with a vibrant season celebrating French creativity and culture across Singapore. Organised by the Embassy of France in Singapore, in collaboration with leading cultural partners, the festival brings together communities, artists and institutions from both countries for a lively line-up of performances, exhibitions, culinary experiences and more.

From music and theatre to visual arts, literature and gastronomy, vOilah! 2026 offers a taste of French art de vivre (art of living) right here in Singapore. Audiences can catch renowned theatre productions, enjoy world-premiere concerts and dance collaborations between French and Singaporean artists, explore large scale exhibitions, and indulge in some of France’s finest products at the popular vOilah! French Food Market. A total of 26 programmes will be offered to everyone’s enjoyment! Here are few:

The Wonder Chamber, by Red Dot Baroque and Olivier Fortin

Musical Curiosities from 17th-century Europe

9, May 2026 3:00pm

The Arts House Chamber

Drawing inspiration from the 17th-century European Wunderkammer – private rooms filled with curious objects, inventions and musical instruments that sparked wonder and creativity -, this intimate chamber programme presents rarely-heard Baroque masterpieces by composers such as Buxtehude, Biber and Rosenmüller, including several Singapore premieres.

Harpsichorist Olivier Fortin was born in Québec and has been living in Burgundy, France since 2009, where he teaches baroque music and leads his own ensemble: Masques. Much demanded as a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed throughout Europe, in Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, the United States and Canada.

9 May
3:00pm & 5.30pm
Admission: $20, $38

The Arts House Chamber, 1 Old Parliament Ln, 179429

Ziad Dalloul

This debut exhibition of artist Ziad Dalloul in Singapore will feature paintings from the past five years and archival materials, which together trace his artistic evolution through philosophical inquiry into nature and existence. Born in Syria in 1953 and based in Paris since 1984, Dalloul’s works are part of major international collections, including the British Museum, Institut du Monde Arabe, and Fondazione Orestiadi.

His paintings explore the spaces between interior and exterior, presence and absence. Through masterful light and colour, Dalloul’s works evoke a “third place” beyond the real and the imagined, where possibility quietly unfolds.

Until May 23, 2026

Tuesday to Saturday 10:00am – 7:00pm

Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, 30 Beach Rd, #01-01, Singapore 189763

Free Admission

Still Lives, After Life

An exhibition by Ugo Li

Until 9, May 2026

Richard Koh Fine Art

Richard Koh Art Singapore presents Still Lives, After Life, Ugo Li’s first solo exhibition in Singapore, featuring paintings that revisit still life through temporality, residue, and persistence.

Li treats still life as arrangement but as aftermath: tables after meals, vases after flowers, surfaces marked by routine. Suspended moments linger as objects outlast function. Stillness becomes temporal rather than decorative, holding traces without narrative.

Plates, bottles, fruit, and furniture are rendered with restraint, balancing fragility and endurance. Modest and ornamental forms coexist, where value lies in duration. Unsentimental and attentive, these works propose continuity, where objects outlive their users as witnesses.

Until 9 May, 2026

11:00am – 7:00pm

Richard Koh Fine Art, Blk 47 Malan Rd, #01-26 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 109444

Free Admission 

RÉVOLUTION! A Fools’ Dialogue

An exhibition by Singaporean artists engaging with the French legacy

23 April to 23, May 2026

La Galerie, Alliance Française de Singapour,

RÉVOLUTION! – A Fools’ Dialogue brings together twenty local outsider artists, each responding directly to an artwork by a revolutionary French master. These are our riff-raffs and rule-breakers, inspired yet challenging the standard set by France with a fearless and frank perspective. By answering and reinterpreting French references, these artists define their own Singaporean stories, engaging a necessary dialogue between a young culture and an established canon. 

Revolutions begin when fools have dialogues. It takes a unique courage to be unafraid of tradition, a bravery France pioneered through the artists referenced who strayed away from conventions and redefined art itself. Today, the Singapore art scene remains nascent and raw. In the wake of the French trailblazers, this show aims to highlight the path Singaporeans are carving for themselves.

Until 23 May, 2026

9:00am – 7.30pm 

Alliance Française de Singapour, 1 Sarkies Rd, Singapore 258130

Free Admission

Danses de Rêve

A Singapore Ballet World Premiere

16, May 2026

17, May 2026

Le Théâtre, Alliance Française de Singapour

Danses de Rêve promises an unforgettable evening of dance, blending neo-classical choreography with timeless pas de deux. The programme features two works by French choreographers: Après un rêve (2026) by Claire Voss, as well as Singular (2021) by Étienne Ferrère. Audiences can also experience three exquisite pas de deux by Edmund Stripe, Choo-San Goh and Janek Schergen.

Together, these works create a rich and dynamic performance that celebrates innovation, tradition, and the enduring beauty of ballet.

Programme:

Après un rêve by Claire Voss

Piano Concerto No. 2 Opus 102 Pas de Deux by Edmund Stripe

Configurations Pas de Deux by Choo-San Goh

Cinderella Pas de Deux by Janek Schergen

Singular by Étienne Ferrère

16 May 2026 – 7:00pm

17 May – 3:00pm 

Le Théâtre, Alliance Française de Singapour, 1 Sarkies Rd, Singapore 258130

Admission $40

Presented by Singapore Ballet  

With Support from Ambassade de France

Complete Details about vOilah! France Singapore Festival can be found Here 

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