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Museum Musings: Asian Civilisations Museum to Celebrate A Year Of Chinese Art

Following last year’s focus on Southeast Asia, Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) has announced a brand new Season of Chinese Art set to run from June 2019 to mid-2020. A total of three blockbuster exhibitions in collaboration with leading Chinese institutions and artists will spotlight the best of Chinese art, from masterpieces of art, heritage, culture to even fashion from China and Singapore, as ancient Chinese traditions … Continue reading Museum Musings: Asian Civilisations Museum to Celebrate A Year Of Chinese Art

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Museum Musings: Planes & Enevelopes at UltraSuperNew Gallery

This March, UltraSuperNew Gallery is set to present Planes & Envelopes, a brand new exhibition by Hazel Lim and Ginette Chittick, brought together for the first time. Both artists are known for using simple materials such as yarn and paper to create woven artworks, primarily focusing on intersections of contemporary art, design and craft. Using pared down materials such as the kapok yarn and semi-translucent paper, they fashion … Continue reading Museum Musings: Planes & Enevelopes at UltraSuperNew Gallery

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Museum Musings: I Am You at UltraSuperNew Gallery

UltraSuperNew Gallery on Rowell Road is set to present their first exhibition of 2019 this February. Titled I Am You, the exhibition will feature the work of eclectic French visual artist Elodie Chandernagor, as she challenges the illusion of self and explores the divinity of the human body through her photography.  Major questions Chandernagor asked herself as she went through this exibition included definitions of the artist and … Continue reading Museum Musings: I Am You at UltraSuperNew Gallery

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Museum Musings: In Random Order at FOST Gallery

This year, FOST Gallery starts off 2019 with a brand new exhibition. At In Random Order, works by artists Kray Chen, Heman Chong, Grace Tan and Syagini Ratna Wulan are set to be featured, unified by functioning within a structure, physical or conceptual, in turn determined by a set of rules and a unified composite of interrelated and independent (possibly infinite) modular parts. Yet each … Continue reading Museum Musings: In Random Order at FOST Gallery

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Museum Musings: Raffles In Southeast Asia at the Asian Civilisations Museum

What do we really know about Sir Stamford Raffles and his role in 19th-century Southeast Asia beyond what we’ve read in our social studies textbooks? What was the larger global and regional geo-political context in the lead-up to the so-called “founding” of modern Singapore?  Co-curated by Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) and The British Museum, as part of the Singapore Bicentennial commemoration in 2019, gear up … Continue reading Museum Musings: Raffles In Southeast Asia at the Asian Civilisations Museum

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Museum Musings: Faith and Belief On Display at the Asian Civilisations Museum’s Southeast Asia In The World

The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) has always been one of our favourite museums, a singular institution paying homage to the history and culture of Asia across rare artefacts and fascinating pieces. Now, with three new permanent galleries, the ACM continues to explore the theme of global maritime trade routes between West and East, and how these cultures and traditions have come to intertwine throughout history. Themed Christian Art, Islamic … Continue reading Museum Musings: Faith and Belief On Display at the Asian Civilisations Museum’s Southeast Asia In The World

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Museum Musings: ACM After Dark – The Elements at The Asian Civilisations Museum

Take a shot in the dark and find the magic in the moonlight with the Asian Civilisation Museum’s 2018 edition of ACM After Dark. For one night only, the museum will transform into a spooky jungle to bring guests on elemental extravaganza, as they explore Tranquil Earth, Mysterious Water, Blazing Fire and Roaring Air. These elements will come to life as guests discover creatures like India’s … Continue reading Museum Musings: ACM After Dark – The Elements at The Asian Civilisations Museum

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Museum Musings: National Museum of Singapore Commemorates The 75th Anniversary of Operation Jaywick

As part of the 75th Anniversary of wartime commando raid Operation Jaywick, the National Museum of Singapore has collaborated with the Australian National Maritime Museum to produce a brand new short film. Titled Dark Victory – Operation Jaywick: Singapore 1943, In the film, we watch a chronological overview of Operation Jaywick and its aftermath, reenacted through archival footage, news reports and computer-generated imagery. Operation Jaywick, which occurred on 26 … Continue reading Museum Musings: National Museum of Singapore Commemorates The 75th Anniversary of Operation Jaywick

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National Museum of Singapore Celebrates 131st Anniversary with Weekend of Fun Activities

Way back on a fateful Wednesday, specifically, 12th October 1887 at 5pm, the 14th Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Frederick Weld, ceremoniously opened the Raffles Library and Museum at Stamford Road. What was once a humble effort to spur intellectual inquiry in the region has since grown into a massive institution, outliving the Japanese Occupation and transforming into a sociohistory and cultural institution beloved by many, … Continue reading National Museum of Singapore Celebrates 131st Anniversary with Weekend of Fun Activities

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Museum Musings: Something Above; Somewhere Beyond at FOST Gallery

FOST Gallery presents Something Above; Somewhere Beyond, a solo exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Sebastian Mary Tay. As Tay’s first major exhibition with the gallery, the exhibition brings together selected photographic works from four different series: Redolent Hills and Delectable Mountains (2012/2013), Amidst the Colours (2015) and Where Does the Sun Rise; Where Will the Moon Shine (2017-) and Time Passing (2018-). Tay is interested in concepts of Ontology, … Continue reading Museum Musings: Something Above; Somewhere Beyond at FOST Gallery

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