Singapore Art Museum
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The Singapore Art Museum (SAM; Chinese 新加坡 美术馆 , Pinyin Xīnjiāpō Měishùguǎn ) is an art museum in Singapore .
The museum houses one of the largest public collections of modern and contemporary East Asian art. There is also an increasing number of works of international contemporary art.
The museum opened on January 20, 1996. It is one of four national museums in Singapore and is located on Bras Basah Road in Singapore. The director is Tan Boon Hui .
The museum has been the organizer of the Singapore Biennale since 2007 .
The building
The museum is housed in a former Catholic boys' school, St Joseph's Institution (SJI) , which was founded by the Salesians . The foundation stone was laid in 1855. In 1990 the order gave up the complex, making space for a museum. After extensive repairs for museum purposes, the building now offers 18 fully air-conditioned exhibition rooms, an auditorium in the school's former chapel, two restaurants and a museum shop. The former gymnasium is now a multi-purpose hall, in which larger events, such as exhibition openings, take place.
The architecture of the former chapel has largely been retained even after the restoration. The former school yards and sports facilities of the school have been redesigned for museum visitors as inner courtyards with walkways, water basins and palm trees.
The collection
The focus of the collection is the contemporary art of Southeast Asia, which makes up around 80% of the inventory, the rest consists of works of art from other regions of Asia, such as China, India, Korea and Japan.
Publications
In addition to the catalogs documenting the museum's exhibitions, the museum has published the quarterly magazine "The Quarterly" since 2011, in which new trends in Asian art are discussed.
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 '50.6 " N , 103 ° 51' 3.6" E