Sure, there are a few new restaurants and bars you’re planning to hit this weekend. Priorities. But don’t forget to give yourself a necessary dose of culture too. Those who have to listen to you talk will thank you.

The Frye Art Museum is currently featuring the first U.S. exhibition of internationally acclaimed multi-media artist Ming Wong.

As an artist based in Berlin, Wong has, until recently, primarily presented his work in Europe. However, as he gains exposure in Asia and America, new readings of his work have emerged, such as his identity as an expatriate artist born in Singapore.

Inspired by Singapore’s rich screen legacy, Wong — who now lives in Berlin — explores the shifting nature of identity and belonging across cultures through performance and cinema. According to Wong, his complex interweaving of “poor imitation,” melodrama, ethnicity, gender and language speak to an “outsider’s view on the mechanism of managerial tactics as applied to nation building or identity politics.” (Discuss that over cocktails.)

The exhibition features multiscreen video installations, billboards by Neo Chon Teck (Singapore’s last surviving billboard painter), rare screen memorabilia and photographs of cinema palaces.

Jointly organized by the Singapore Art Museum and the Frye Art Museum, Ming Wong: LIFE OF IMITATION, includes three installations: In Love for the Mood, Life of Imitation and Four Malay Stories. The exhibition is on view until Feb. 27. Admission is free.

Frye Art Museum | 704 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 |(206) 622-9250