Friday Lates: Saint Sebastian procession
Guided tour and performance
Free
Places are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Please arrive in good time to access the building and find the meeting place in the advertised room.
About
Explore paintings of Saint Sebastian on a performative tour through the Gallery led by our 2025 National Gallery Artist in Residence, Ming Wong. His new artwork, 'Dance of the sun on the water | Saltatio solis in aqua', is based on the story of the martyr who was shot by archers.
The tour begins with a short performance in front of the big screen in the Sainsbury Wing Foyer, before moving into the galleries.
Ming Wong
Ming Wong (b. 1971, Singapore) lives and works in Berlin. His work contends with cinema and popular culture to consider how identity is constructed, reproduced and circulated. Through imperfect translations and reenactments of classic world cinema in which the artist plays all of the characters, Wong’s videos, photographs, installations and performances uncover the slippages that haunt ideas of ‘authenticity’ and ‘originality’.
His recent performance piece ‘Rhapsody in Yellow’ has been seen at steirischer herbst, Graz (2022); Berliner Festspiele (2023), SpielArt Festival, Munich (2023), Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen, Hannover (2024) and the Esplanade Singapore (2024). He represented Singapore at the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009) with his solo exhibition ‘Life of Imitation’, which was awarded a Special Mention. His work ‘Life of Imitation’ is currently on display at Tate Modern.