This catalogue showcases GLISTEN, a kinetic sculpture by Lisa Reihana, an Aotearoa New Zealander artist. Activated by wind and sunlight, the sculpture mirrors its environment with shimmers across its surfaces, inviting interaction within its triangular space. GLISTEN honours the weaving traditions of Southeast Asia and Aotearoa, allowing Songket and Māori Tāniko patterns to meet and coexist in a vibrant and harmonious visual celebration. The publication includes a curatorial essay, a dialogue with the artist about her creative process, and stunning photographs of GLISTEN. A foldout insert, designed to reflect the essence of GLISTEN, allows readers to peruse the intricate designs, accompanied by annotated text.

Wafa Ghnaim brings traditional Palestinian embroidery to life by resuscitating its roots as a powerful, provocative, and profound storytelling tool used by Palestinian women for hundreds of years to document their stories, observations, and experiences.

Rirkrit Tiravanija has created the second Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission artwork for National Gallery Singapore. Featuring an interlocking bamboo structure with a simple wooden tea house at its centre, this site-specific installation springs from the artist's interest in fostering social engagement and human interaction through art. With homes in Chiang Mai, New York and Berlin, Tiravanija's nomadic life is a constant negotiation of cultures, and a source of inspiration for his practice. This catalogue illuminates this influential artist's fascinating oeuvre through newly commissioned essays and full-colour images of the installation. Other artists featured in this Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series include Danh Vo (2017) and Charles Lim (forthcoming).

This publication spotlights the fourth work in the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series by Cao Fei, Fú Chá. An accompaniment to her kinetic installation, this artist's book features a text by curator Sam I-Shan, essays by Cao Fei as well as a poem by the artist Liao Huilan, alongside full-colour images of the commission.

This is the inaugural exhibition of the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission series, which invites leading international artists to create site-specific installations at the Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Gallery, made possible by a gift from the family of Ng Teng Fong. Published to accompany this exhibition, this catalogue delves deeper into Danh’s practice and broader discussions surrounding cross-cultural identity through essays by leading scholar Professor Nora Taylor and National Gallery Singapore curator Charmaine Toh alongside full-colour images of the commissioned work.