Gallery sights in Singapore City
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Ketna Patel Studio Gallery
Ketna Patel and her husband Jonathan run a home gallery best described as a ‘residential laboratory for like-minded people’. The studio’s specific goal is to promote dialogue between developed and developing nations, using art as the means of communication. While the gallery is open by appointment only, like-minded artists visiting Singapore should consider contacting Ketna (ketna@ketnapatel.com) to find out about ongoing projects and happenings.
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Isan Gallery
The home gallery of Percy Vatsaloo showcases intricately crafted and exquisitely beautiful clothing and other textiles made by tribal craftspeople of Isan in northeast Thailand. Visitors are welcome by appointment, and most of the items on display are also for sale. Percy works closely with the craftspeople themselves, and half of the sale price goes directly to them.
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NUS Museums
Ask any local about the trio of small art museums in the National University of Singapore (NUS) campus and you’ll probably get a blank stare before they reply, ‘Huh? NUS has got a museum?’ Which is a shame, as these galleries are top-notch and house a more exciting collection than the heavily advertised Singapore Art Museum.
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Xuanhua Art Gallery
Dedicated to showcasing the finest works of contemporary Chinese ink painters from Singapore and China, Xuanhua also hosts exhibitions and other events. Lovers of sweeping charcoal-and-ink landscapes featuring the karst mountains of Guilin and other picturesque scenes of middle-kingdom splendour, this is the place for you.
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Gajah Gallery
One of Singapore’s most respected galleries, Gajah has been around since the mid-1990s, and specialises in contemporary art from South and Southeast Asia. The gallery hosts regular exhibits and forums; in 2008 Gajah played host to the International Buddhist Film Festival.
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Art Seasons
You can’t miss this gallery, located as it is inside the distinctive architecture award-winning steel-and-glass building known locally as ‘The Box’. Art Seasons offers sculpture and painting, primarily that of artists from Singapore, China and Burma.
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Royal Selangor Pewter Gallery
On the western end of Clarke Quay is the Royal Selangor Pewter Gallery. Walk through the back where pewter-casting demos are run, then gawp at or buy the shiny stuff in the retail cabinets. It also runs pewtersmithing courses.
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Lukisan Art Gallery
Lukisan provides a venue for contemporary Asian artists both known and emerging. At the time of writing, Lukisan was featuring the works of renowned Filipino abstract artist Carlo Magno; check the website for upcoming events.
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Art-2 Gallery
A small gallery, Art-2 offers a melange of mediums ranging from sculpture and ceramics to painting and paperwork from Southeast Asia.
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