Weighing History through Modern and Contemporary Asian Art

Category - exhibition reviews
by Durriya Dohadwala - The third edition of the Collector’s Show is now on at the Singapore Art Museum. The exhibition, which is usually timed to open with and complement Art Stage Singapore, showcases 23 works from private collections around the world. Held together with the theme “Weight of History”, the works are an exploration on how the past has shaped the present; via memories, traditions, Read more....

Professor James Elkins – Unresolved Problems in Global Art History

Category - annual lecture 2013
Renowned art historian and well-published author Professor James Elkins will deliver the second MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture on 17 April 2013. Unresolved Problems in Global Art History Distinguished Speaker : Professor James Elkins Moderator : Lee Weng Choy Wed 17 April 2013 6.30pm-9.00pm Block F Level 2 #F201 LASALLE College of the Arts 1 McNally Street Free admission Read more....

When was Asian Art, History?

Category - annual lecture 2012
The first distinguished speaker of the Annual lecture was Dr Thomas J. Berghuis who delivered a lecture titled ‘When was Asian Art, History?’ – Collective Approaches to Contemporary Art, With Case Studies in China and Indonesia. Dr Thomas J. Berghuis is a Lecturer in Asian Art at the University of Sydney. In 2010 Dr Berghuis became the Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Asian Art Read more....

Artists on the Move : Transcultural Practices in Asian Contemporary Art

Category - forums
On 23 October 2012, the MA Asian Art Histories Programme organised a public seminar titled Artists on the Move: Transcultural Practices in Asian Contemporary Art. It invited an international panel of academics, curator and artist to speak on a topic that is particularly relevant to art practice and discourse within the Asian context. Transculturalism has been proposed as an approach to describe Read more....

Artworlds in the Making

Category - exhibitions
Artworlds in the Making 6 March to 30 April, YRAC, Blk 7, #01-13, Lock Road, Gillman Barracks, Singapore Artworlds in the Making is an exhibition presented by Biljana Ciric, Alex Hodbry and Seng Yu Jin. The exhibition will comprise a display of a historical timeline mapping the on-going dialogue about significant events that shape the history of art, with particular attention paid to practices Read more....