About the Gallery

ADVISORY ON COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019)

The safety and well-being of our visitors and staff continue to remain our top priority.

• Necessary precautionary measures such as wearing masks, contact tracing and safe distancing are in place. • The Gallery, together with its F&B establishments, has been certified SG Clean.

Given the constantly changing COVID-19 situation, please visit nationalgallery.sg for the latest updates on tours, events and programmes (including talks and lectures, workshops and courses, children's and family activities at the Keppel Centre for Art Education, performances and film screenings).

Thank you for your continued support and understanding as we keep the Gallery safe and enjoyable for everyone.

Facing page (top to bottom): Nam June Paik. John Cage Robot II. 1995. Vintage wood television cabinets, colour television receivers, DVD players, multi-channel video, piano keys, piano hammers, piano wire, acrylic paint, basket, books, wood mushrooms and chessmen. 274.3 × 203.2 × 78.7 cm. Collection of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2011.17. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Nam June Paik. TV Garden. 1974-7, remade 2002. Live plants, cathode-ray tube televisions and video, colour, sound. Lent by the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Dusseldorf.

Chua Mia Tee. Portable Cinema. 1977. Oil on canvas. 78.5 × 79.4 cm. Gift of Times Publishing Limited.

You Khin. Untitled (Doha Scene: Pakistani Bakers). 1990. Oil on canvas, 65 × 100 cm. Recent acquisition.

Image from Gallery Children's Biennale 2021: Why Art Matters.

Copyright in the content in this brochure may also reside in persons and entities other than, and in addition to the Gallery. The Gallery seeks to share our artworks with as many people as we can. We are fully committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others and always use our best efforts to obtain permission for artwork images used. Please contact us should you have any queries about this. Unless otherwise mentioned, all artwork images have been provided through the courtesy of National Heritage Board and artworks featured are National Gallery Singapore collection. The Gallery Guide is published by National Gallery Singapore. All rights reserved. Materials in this publication may not be reproduced in part or in whole without written consent of the Gallery. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information within this brochure. However, changes are sometimes unavoidable and the Gallery reserves the right to make modifications to the programmes and ticketing policy without prior notice. Please visit www.nationalgallery.sg for the most updated information. The views and opinions expressed by speakers, facilitators and docents at the workshops and tours do not necessarily represent the position of the Gallery. Published in Sep 2021. All information is correct at time of print.

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2 About the Gallery 3 Director’s Message 4 Art We Love 5 #GalleryAnywhere 6 Highlights Calendar 8 National Gallery Singapore Turns 5

Exhibitions

10 Special Exhibitions 18 Long-Term Exhibitions

24 Special Programmes

26 Gallery Tours 28 Performances 30 Talks and Workshops 31 Rotunda Library & Archive

Kids & Schools

32 Keppel Centre for Art Education 36 Shopping & Dining 38 Gallery Publications

40 Ticketing Information 42 General Information 44 Support the Gallery Visit Us