<ADV> Gallery News, Issue 3 - The National Art Gallery, Singapore

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Making a Great Art Museum Symposium

What makes an art museum a 'must go' destination for visitors? What are the emerging global trends in museology and what are the challenges involved in developing a 'great' art museum?

These were some of the questions that were addressed
at a symposium "Making a Great Art Museum: Contending with Southeast Asian Modernities and Art", an event jointly organised by the NHB Academy and the Institute of Policy Studies. The event was held on 13 July 2011 at LASALLE College of the Arts. (Read more)

From left: Ms Ong Zhen Min, Curator, The National Art Gallery, Singapore; Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts; Dr Liu Thai
Ker, eldest son of Mr Liu Kang and Mr Kwok Kian
Chow, Director, The National Art Gallery, Singapore

Liu Kang:
A Centennial Celebration Exhibition Opening

More than 250 guests attended the exhibition opening of Liu Kang: A Centennial Celebration held on 28 July 2011
at the Singapore Art Museum. Gracing the opening was
Guest-of-Honour, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts. (Read more)

Liu Kang, Life by the River, 1975, oil
on canvas, 126 x 203 cm, collection
of National Heritage Board


	Liu Kang: A Centennial Celebration

	Runs through 16 October 2011 Singapore Art Museum, Special Exhibition Gallery This exhibition is held in celebration of the centennial year of birth of Liu Kang - one of the most influential artists of his generation. (Read more)

Tan Oe Pang, Butterfly, 2002, ink
and colour on rice paper, 67 x 67 cm,
collection of National Heritage Board

	Notable Acquisitions Exhibition 2011: Featuring Works by Tan Oe Pang

	Runs through 5 February 2012 Singapore Art Museum, Level 2 Featuring recent donations to the museum, the current Notable Acquisitions Exhibition showcases a variety of Tan Oe Pang’s works in the ink and oil medium.(Read more)

Wu Guanzhong, A Lotus Flower Island
荷花岛, 2003, oil on canvas, 41 x 60 cm, collection of National Heritage Board

	Seeing The Kite Again Series II

	Runs through 12 November 2012 Singapore Art Museum, Level 2 Seeing the Kite Again II features artworks from Wu Guanzhong – the internationally acclaimed artist who set the stage for the modernization of Chinese art by bridging Chinese and Western aesthetics.(Read more)


	Getting to know...

	Mrs Sushma Goh, Director of Projects, Exhibition Management and Operations, gives us a glimpse of what visitors can expect of the design of the Gallery come 2015. (Read more)

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