Art Outreach Basecamp is a public symposium organised by Art Outreach Singapore, held during Singapore Art Week alongside the Art Outreach Summit, a professional development programme for emerging and mid-career practitioners. Together, they position Singapore as a gathering point for global and regional voices at the intersection of art, history and society.

The 2026 edition unfolds as a two-part programme anchored by Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, whose solo exhibition Digging Stars debuts during Singapore Art Week. The programme opens with a performance lecture by Mahama — an immersive presentation blending storytelling, archival imagery and reflections on histories of trade, labour and memory drawn from the materials that define his practice.

This is followed by an extended panel discussion bringing Mahama into conversation with Alessio Antoniolli, Director of Triangle Network London; Dr. Zoé Whitley, curator and writer; and Antonia Scintilla, Director of Fondation Pernod Ricard. Together, these sessions weave perspectives from Africa, Europe and beyond, sparking dialogue on art's civic role and what it means to build platforms for cross-cultural exchange and critical conversation.

Basecamp provides a forum for artists, patrons and cultural stakeholders to engage beyond the exhibition context — extending the questions raised by Mahama's practice into a wider, more open arena of exchange. 

As organiser of both Basecamp and the Summit, Art Outreach draws on its position as an arts intermediary to convene international practitioners and institutional voices in Singapore, creating meaningful platforms for dialogue that strengthen the city's role in global arts discourse and open access to critical conversations for broader audiences.