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Its first art installation was a S$90,000, 7 m (23 ft)-high Swarovski crystal chandelier at the museum main entrance. It weighs 325 kilograms and took over three months to make. [6] The museum was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong on 20 January 1996.
The National Gallery Singapore, often known exonymously as the National Gallery, is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore. It oversees the world's largest public collection of Singaporean and regional art of the Eastern world , specifically of Southeast Asia , with a ...
Pages in category "Art museums and galleries in Singapore" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
NUS Museum (National University of Singapore) Parkview Museum [3] Red Dot Design Museum Singapore [4] The Republic of Singapore Navy Museum [5] Singapore Philatelic Museum (SPM) Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris [6] Singapore Coins and Notes Museum (SCNM) Sports Museum; The Gem Museum; Trick Eye Museum [7] Vintage Camera Museum; The Live Turtle ...
Chua Mia Tee, National Language Class, 1959, Oil on canvas, 112 x 153 cm, Installation view at National Gallery Singapore Chua Mia Tee (Chinese: 蔡名智; pinyin: Cài Míngzhì; [1] born 25 November 1931) is a Chinese-born Singaporean artist known for his social realist oil paintings capturing the social and political conditions of Singapore and Malaya in the 1950s and 60s.
The visual art of Singapore, or Singaporean art, refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with Singapore throughout its history and towards the present-day. The history of Singaporean art includes the indigenous artistic traditions of the Malay Archipelago and the diverse visual practices of itinerant artists and migrants from China, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe.
The gallery was initially projected to attract 36,000 visitors a year over the first three years of its existence, most of whom were expected to be students or local community groups. [2] In 2004, the gallery underwent a major renovation of 80% of its exhibits. Upon its reopening on 3 December 2004, the Gallery was renamed the Singapore City ...
The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean art, culture and history.Located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in the country, with its history dating back to when it was first established in 1849, starting out as a section of a library at the Singapore Institution [d] as the Raffles Library and Museum.