WHEN the National Gallery Singapore opens next year, it will be a game changer – it will be the first institution to champion both the modern and contemporary visual art traditions of South-east Asia.
Not only will it have two permanent galleries – one dedicated to Singapore art history and the other to South-east Asian art – it will have a special-exhibition gallery for potential collaborations with top modern museums such as the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, all while keeping its South-east Asian direction.
At the Gallery’s brand launch on Wednesday night, Acting Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said: “The National Gallery aims to put Singapore firmly on the global visual arts map and position Singapore as a thought-leader in South-east Asian art. It will be the world’s first museum to focus on the research and exhibition of South-east Asian art from the 19th century onwards.”
Never before has an institution in the region comprehensively and systematically taken stock of the century-long artistic wealth of South-east Asia. The Singapore Art Museum has played a role in championing regional art since its inception in 1996, but its focus has mostly been on contemporary art.
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