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Paintings are frequently taken from one place to another – from an artists’ studio to a gallery, from a storage facility to a museum, or even from an art fair to your home. Learn how to pack paintings to ensure their safety in transport.
Johnny Chen (Registrar) documents the arduous process of shifting Ng Eng Teng's Mother and Child from its original location at Tampines Central Park to its new home by the steps of the Gallery’s City Hall building. 5 minute read.
With photographs, sketches and writings, archival materials contain valuable first-hand information on artists’ professional practices. Michelle Tay introduces us to the Gallery's Georgette Chen Archive, which includes her beloved Hermes Baby typewriter as well as hand-drawn menu cards, providing us with a rare and intimate look into Chen's thoughts, observations and life. 17 minute read.
For many artists in the 19th and 20th centuries, Paris was a place of pilgrimage. In this curatorial insight, trace the journeys of and connections between Southeast Asian artists who made a stop in city, through curators Lisa Horikawa and Phoebe Scott's methodological report. 15 minute read.
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