by Marie-Pierre Mol
When the decision was taken to go to Hong Kong for the study trip, my classmates and I were looking forward having a good time in a city that we had already previously explored. However, to our pleasant surprise, this study trip was an opportunity to discover unexplored cultural territories. In Hong Kong, like in Singapore, land is scarce and thus expensive, and exhibition spaces Read more.... Hong Kong Study Trip : Under the Surface – 15 to 19 December 2013
by Marie-Pierre Mol
When the decision was taken to go to Hong Kong for the study trip, my classmates and I were looking forward having a good time in a city that we had already previously explored. However, to our pleasant surprise, this study trip was an opportunity to discover unexplored cultural territories. In Hong Kong, like in Singapore, land is scarce and thus expensive, and exhibition spaces Read more.... 






Pioneering scholar on Southeast Asian contemporary art Dr Caroline Turner will deliver the third MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture on 26 March 2014.
Art and Ethical Responsibility: Contemporary Asian Contexts
Distinguished Speaker : Dr Caroline Turner
Moderator : Iola Lenzi
Wed: 26 March 2014
7.00pm-9.00pm
Block F Level 2 #F202
LASALLE College of the Arts
1 McNally Street
Free
Between Here and Nanyang is an exhibition in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Marco Hsu’s A Brief History of Malayan Art and is intended to coincide with Singapore’s fifty years of independence in 2015. The text seeks to break away from the view that Malaya is a cultural desert, to highlight the vibrancy of Malayan art and define the Malayan cultural identity.
by Durriya Dohadwala -
Singapore’s link with the Arab world dates back to the early 19th century when Arab traders plied the sea routes between Asia and Europe. Some of the traders settled here, bringing their culture and customs with them which today we see amalgamated into Singapore’s multi cultural community. Arab art however, is something that is rarely seen here, especially in a contemporary
by Durriya Dohadwala -
The MA in Asian Art Histories programme includes in its curriculum a study trip to a regional country to understand ways in which the cultural and social environment shapes its art production as well as provide networking opportunities with the local art community. For the cohort of 2012, the study trip was to Hanoi, Vietnam and took place from June 6-10, 2013.
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