Study Trip to Phnom Penh 11 to 15 December 2017

Category - overseas study trips
by Chua Yi Wen & Yvonne Chan The class of 2018 for Master of Arts in Asian Art Histories visited Phnom Penh this year for our study trip from 11-15 December 2017. Despite the Cambodian contemporary art scene being relatively young, it is rich, colourful and dynamic. Thanks to the careful curation and planning by our lecturer Clare Veal, we met people across the whole spectrum of the art scene, Read more....

Why do we need to Reimagine Modernism in Art?

Category - annual lecture 2018
Professor Partha Mitter will deliver the 7th MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture on 21 March 2018 Wednesday 21 March 2018 7.00pm-9.00pm Block F Level 2 #F202 LASALLE College of the Arts 1 McNally Street Free admission (on a first-come first-served basis) RSVP: abdulhafiiz.abdulkar@lasalle.edu.sg A reception will follow A number of artists from outside the West enjoy a high international Read more....

Jumping Scales: Local Densities and Global Art Circulations

Category - annual lecture 2017
Professor Irit Rogoff will deliver the 6th MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture on 23rd March 2017 Thursday 23rd March 2017 7.00pm-9.00pm Block F Level 2 #F201 LASALLE College of the Arts 1 McNally Street Free admission (on a first-come first-served basis) RSVP: estee.ho@lasalle.edu.sg A reception will follow How to exit the false binaries of Local and Global and to develop a 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....

Shaping the Early Discourse of Southeast Asian Contemporary Art: Japan, Australia and Singapore

Category - forums
Shaping the Early Discourse of Southeast Asian Contemporary Art: Japan, Australia and Singapore Date: Monday, 22nd February 2016 Time: 7pm-9pm Venue: Block F, Room 202, LASALLE College of the Arts Synopsis: This forum is intended to be a conversation between three curators from Japan, Australia and Singapore who were involved in exhibitions that had influenced and shaped the early discourse Read more....