National Art Gallery on track to becoming Asia's largest visual arts museum
The National Art Gallery is on track to becoming Asia's largest visual arts museum come 2015.
And it promises to be a feast for the senses with its array of Southeast Asian and Singapore art when it opens its doors in time to celebrate Singapore's 50th anniversary.
Boasting 60,000 square metres, the museum will focus on art from the 19th century to recent times.
It aims to strengthen Singapore's role as a regional and inter¬na¬tional hub for visual arts.
Chong Siak Ching, chief executive officer of National Art Gallery, said: "The content within the art gallery is going to be something that we are very proud of. We are going to have two permanent galleries - the Singapore and the Southeast Asian gallery. This would be a good opportunity for Singapore to now showcase some of the really good artworks, art pieces that we have of Singapore artists as well as Southeast Asian artists."
The National Art Gallery will be housed at two national monuments - the City Hall and the former Supreme Court buildings. Both are currently undergoing preservation and a major facelift.
The process started in January 2011 and has been scheduled to take more than 44 months.
Ms Chong said: "It is pretty complex in the whole construction restoration. We want to make sure that we restore as much and preserve as much of what is important and significant, but there are also new construction that is going on. We are gearing up to have it ready for opening in 2015. And you might know that 2015 is our Golden Jubliee year. So our opening year will coincide with a whole series of celebrations for Singapore's 50th anniversary."
And leading these initiatives will be Dr Eugene Tan - the new director of the National Art Gallery.
Dr Tan, who is also a programme director of special projects at the Economic Development Board, was named after an intensive search.
"What I aim for the gallery is really to convey the privilege of experiencing great works of arts through our collections of Singapore and Southeast Asian art," said Dr Tan.
Dr Tan, who will be focusing on exhibitions and programmes for the Gallery, will assume the post on May 15.
～News courtesy of Channel Newsasia～
The National Art Gallery is on track to becoming Asia's largest visual arts museum come 2015.
And it promises to be a feast for the senses with its array of Southeast Asian and Singapore art when it opens its doors in time to celebrate Singapore's 50th anniversary.
Boasting 60,000 square metres, the museum will focus on art from the 19th century to recent times.
It aims to strengthen Singapore's role as a regional and inter¬na¬tional hub for visual arts.
Chong Siak Ching, chief executive officer of National Art Gallery, said: "The content within the art gallery is going to be something that we are very proud of. We are going to have two permanent galleries - the Singapore and the Southeast Asian gallery. This would be a good opportunity for Singapore to now showcase some of the really good artworks, art pieces that we have of Singapore artists as well as Southeast Asian artists."
The National Art Gallery will be housed at two national monuments - the City Hall and the former Supreme Court buildings. Both are currently undergoing preservation and a major facelift.
The process started in January 2011 and has been scheduled to take more than 44 months.
Ms Chong said: "It is pretty complex in the whole construction restoration. We want to make sure that we restore as much and preserve as much of what is important and significant, but there are also new construction that is going on. We are gearing up to have it ready for opening in 2015. And you might know that 2015 is our Golden Jubliee year. So our opening year will coincide with a whole series of celebrations for Singapore's 50th anniversary."
And leading these initiatives will be Dr Eugene Tan - the new director of the National Art Gallery.
Dr Tan, who is also a programme director of special projects at the Economic Development Board, was named after an intensive search.
"What I aim for the gallery is really to convey the privilege of experiencing great works of arts through our collections of Singapore and Southeast Asian art," said Dr Tan.
Dr Tan, who will be focusing on exhibitions and programmes for the Gallery, will assume the post on May 15.
～News courtesy of Channel Newsasia～
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