2021 Theses
Category - thesis
Name: Masturah Sha’ari
Thesis Title: Spirit of Collectivism: Malay Art Societies in Singapore, 1940s-1970s
Thesis Abstract
Art societies played a pivotal role in the development and art practices of artists in Singapore in the early years. The Malay art societies were especially important during a period when the art scene centred around the dominant Nanyang discourse and overlooked artists Read more....


Online event
Monday, 2 November 2020, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Since the 1980s, there has been a significant rise in the number of exhibitions and trans-national projects that presented diaspora as a theme or featured diasporic artists, including, most recently, DIASPORA: Exit, Exile, Exodus of Southeast Asia, which was held at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum and Lucid Dreams and Distant Visions: South
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On 18 March 2020, Taiwan made the announcement that all foreign nationals will be barred from entering the country. This is the new reality we are living in the thick of the global coronavirus pandemic. It is hard to believe now that just about four months ago, at the end of November, the Asian Art Histories students were in Taiwan and experiencing one of the most