With a recent push to boost the arts scene in Singapore, including the opening of National Gallery Singapore for the nation’s 50th birthday, no one can say that there isn’t a wealth of arts programming to attend. From free festivals attended by thousands to smaller, paid events, there are multiple art events going on even within the same weekend. However, some people are of the opinion that there might be too many art festivals, leading to a sort of art exhaustion among the art fans of Singapore.
While the boost in art events was important to raise awareness of and bolster the art scene in Singapore, people only have so much free time on their hands. So when there are a multitude of art programs happening all within the same time, participants must pick and choose which they can go to. And since there are free events competing with paid events, it could often make more economic sense for visitors to attend free events and save their money. However, this causes the paid events to suffer, and some of them have been forced to close early, limit their showings, or simply accept the dip in revenue from paying customers.
In another theory about this lack of growth in smaller, paid art events, attendees of these events might suffer from a sort of fatigue. While it is important to have quality art programming scheduled throughout the year, many people would probably enjoy broader events that embraced their varied interests. In other words, most people don’t want to attend art events day after day, requiring more of a variation on the ways they spend their free time. In that vein, it might make more sense for there to be less art events on tap — or at least more spread out in the scheduling sense. It could be a classic case of supply versus demand. If there are too many art events supplied to the public, the saturation of them might lead to a decrease in demand since they are so widely available. A decrease in supply — less art events to choose from — could go a long way in inspiring more people to attend one of a few exclusive and exciting events.
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