by Usha Das
“Why not ask again?” This was the curatorial theme of the 11th Shanghai Biennale which the 2016 cohort of the MA Asian Art Histories Programme students were privileged to attend as part of our overseas study trip. This was indeed a fitting question as it brought to the fore issues which we had covered in the classroom during the very first semester of the MA Asian Art Histories Programme. Read more.... Study trip to Shanghai – 12 to 16 December 2016
Category - overseas study trips
by Usha Das
“Why not ask again?” This was the curatorial theme of the 11th Shanghai Biennale which the 2016 cohort of the MA Asian Art Histories Programme students were privileged to attend as part of our overseas study trip. This was indeed a fitting question as it brought to the fore issues which we had covered in the classroom during the very first semester of the MA Asian Art Histories Programme. Read more.... 
Christiaan has been working in the visual arts sector for over 8 years with expertise in gallery sales, public relations and operations. His past managerial experiences with prominent commercial galleries – Gajah Gallery (SG) and Richard Koh Fine Art (MY) – has rendered his speciality in contemporary Southeast Asian art, with a particular focus on Singapore and Indonesia. Christiaan enjoys 
Yen Lin is an art writer, educator and curator specialising in photography. As the former Education and Resource Manager for DECK, a contemporary art space for photography in Singapore, she kickstarted the organisation’s first student and public education programmes. The programme has since reached out to more than 1,000 students from 30 schools. She was the Education and Outreach Programme Manager 
Chin-Miao’s professional experience in the high-tech industry trained her to look at the big picture from the bottom-up – through the process of gathering data, deriving information and formulating visions. Relocating from the San Francisco Bay Area back to Asia and Singapore in 2012, she found a new arena for her training – this time, in the field of Asian art histories. Moving from Taiwan to 
Ju Li's long and multi-faceted career in arts administration began in 1995, and she has since served in areas such as arts investment, marketing, fundraising, education and policy. To deepen her knowledge of visual art, she enrolled in the MA Asian Art Histories Programme. Her thesis is titled Problematising the Malay Artist in Singapore: Impact of Identity, Socio-Politics and the Art World on