03 Guide arts and heritage the to 2013 —sep jul Museums I Love www.nhb.gov.sg Devotion and Desire: Cross-Cultural Art in Asia Muhammad Azam Shah celebrating Holi (detail) New Acquisitions of the Asian Civilisations Museum Mughal India, around 1700, watercolour and gold on paper. Now till 8 December 2013 Purchased with funds from ACM Gala 2011. About the National Heritage Board Table Telephone: 6338 0000 The National Heritage Board celebrates its 20th anniversary on of contents _ 1 August 2013. 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Asian Civilisations National Museum Peranakan Singapore Singapore Others Museum of Singapore Museum Art Museum Philatelic Museum last chance! now now now now 4 jul 26 jul 11 sep Exploring the Historia SG 2013 Luminous Depths Art Garden at the Snakes and Ladders Galleries Alive!: Neighbourhood Ilham Alam: Nature Cosmos: The Stupa Singapore Art Museum An Afternoon of Sketches and Healing in the Now till August 2013 A Contemporary Now till September 2013 as a Buddhist Symbol Traditional Malay Malay World p.25 Project on the Now till p.39 26 & 27 July, Music and Kampong Now till 22 September Museum 1 September 2013 30 & 31 August 2013 11 September 2013 – Gelam Tales 2013 p.4 p.20 5 January 2014 now Lee Mingwei now p.13 3 an afternoon OF p.21 1 Princely Treasures Spice Is Nice traditional malaY music from the House of Now till 22 September 4 & 25 July, 1 August 8 aug 2013 Now till May 2014 Liechtenstein 2013 Istana Art Event 2013 15 sep p.28 p.40 Now till 29 September Kampong gelam tales Mid-Autumn Festival (Interactive characters 8 August 2013 2013 @ Wan Qing Yuan 14 jul 13 jul tour) p.11 p.6 15 September 2013 10 August 2013 Straits Family Sunday Spicy Saturday p.43 2 p.19 8 aug 14 July, 11 August & 13 & 27 July, Istana Open House 8 September 2013 17 August, Tours 1 p.29 now 14 & 28 Portrait of Madam September 2013 8 August 2013 Wellington Koo Terms & Conditions p.41 p.32 by Charles Tharp (British, 19 jul 1878 – 1951), 1921 Now till 8 September Oil on canvas, 197 × 100 cm After Hours at the 2013 Gift of Lim and Tan Securities Peranakan Museum p.34 23 aug Pte Ltd in memory of Johnny and Nancy Lim 19 July, 23 August & Singapore Night 24 jul 13 September 2013 Festival 2 now Rembrandt Harmensz p.30 23, 24, 30 & 31 Rubens in War President’s Young van Rijn August 2013 (1606 – 1669) now and Peace Talents p.12 Cupid with the Lacquer Across Asia 26 jul soap bubble, 1634 24 July 2013 Now till 15 September Oil on canvas Art & Wine @ TPM Now till 24 November p.23 2013 31 aug © LIECHTENSTEIN. 2013 p.38 31 aug 13 jul The Princely Collections, 26 July 2013 Vaduz-Vienna. p.14 3 aug p.30 National Stamp Monumental Malay CultureFest Collecting Walking Tours 2013 3 History Seminar now Huda Lutfi, Democracy is Competition 31 August 2013 – now Session 2 In/sight: Abstract Art 13 & 20 July 2013 Coming, 2008, acrylic and 22 September 2013 collage on paper, 37 × 45 Devotion and Desire by Wu Guanzhong 31 August 2013 – p.31 3 August 2013 p.17 cm, Barjeel Art Foundation and Artists from 15 September 2013 collection. Image courtesy of Cross-Cultural p.27 Southeast Asia p.42 Barjeel Art Foundation. Art in Asia 19 jul Now till 30 April 2014 New Acquisitions 16 aug Singapore p.36 of the Asian Princely Treasures HeritageFest 2013 Civilisations from the House 19 – 28 July 2013 Museum of Liechtenstein: 13 jul p.10 Music at an Not Against Now till 8 December Exhibition Interpretation: 2013 16 & 27 August, Untitled p.8 3, 6, 17 & 20 Opens 20 July 2013 September 2013 p.33 p.22 Calendar of Events 4 HIGHLIGHTS Singapore Art Museum · www.singaporeartmuseum.sg Singapore Art Museum · www.singaporeartmuseum.sg HIGHLIGHTS 5 Art Garden Featured Artworks at the Singapore Art Museum LANDscape in the Box Around the Day in Eighty The Incredibly Magical by NUS Architecture Students Worlds by Vicente Delgado Expanding Room by Mojoko Led by Assistant Professor, and Shang Liang Raffaella Sini and tutors Larry Now till Wander through fairy tales, get lost in dreams and stretch your Yeung Man Ki, Clifford Au Yong 1 September imagination, as the Singapore Art Museum's (SAM) Art Garden comes Wen Li, Lim Sze Ying and Doina 2013 back for the fourth year running! This ever-popular exhibition for the Andreea Ilies. _ young, and the young at heart, features exciting new commissions, Singapore Art mesmerising artworks, short films as well as animations by local and Museum at 8Q international artists. Explore the exhilarating world of contemporary _ art through these installations, and take part in the delightful activities Admission specially designed by SAM and the artists. Get ready to be surprised! charges apply Art Garden 2013 is supported by students from Republic Polytechnic. The exhibition is held in conjunction with Children’s Season 2013, jointly organised by the National Heritage Board and Museum Roundtable. The Enchanted Garden City Stellar Cave II Les rêves engloutis – Glossy by Sandra Lee by Julien Salaud Dreams in Depths by Stéphane Blanquet Film Screenings Sit back and enjoy a selection of local short films and animations, including a new film by local filmmaker, Tan Siang Yu, specially commissioned by SAM. Visit www.singaporeartmuseum.sg for more information about the films. Film still from Little Secret by Tan Siang Yu 6 HIGHLIGHTS National Museum of Singapore · www.nationalmuseum.sg National Museum of Singapore · www.nationalmuseum.sg HIGHLIGHTS 7 Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Vienna 1793–1865 Hinterbrühl near Vienna) Flowers in a Porcelain Vase with Candlestick and Silver Vessels, 1843 Oil on panel, 47 × 38 cm © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn Collections, (Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam) Vaduz–Vienna Cupid with the soap bubble, 1634 Oil on canvas, 75 × 93 cm © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp) Portrait of Clara Serena Rubens (1611 – 1623), c1616 Oil on canvas, mounted on a wooden panel, 37 × 27 cm © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna Princely Treasures from the House of Liechtenstein Ω√±◊¥œ√Á Signature HANJIN C.I. Basic Now till 29 Collected over 500 years, over 90 masterpieces from the exquisite «—¡¯«ÿøÓ¿« Ω…∫º∏∂≈©øÕ ∑Œ∞Ì∏∂≈©¿« ¡∂«’¿Ã¥Ÿ. Ω…∫º¿« «¸≈¬≥™ ªˆªÛ µÓ¿« ∫Ø«¸µ» ªÁøο∫ «—¡¯«ÿøÓ¿« ¿Ãπáˆ∏¶ ø÷∞ÓΩ√ƒ— ±‚昿« ¿Ã September ¿ª ≥¢ƒ°π«∑Œ ªÁøΪۿ« ∫Ø«¸¿∫ ªÁøΫ“ ºˆ 毥Ÿ. art collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein are now showcased in ∏µÁ ø¯∞Ì¿« ªÁøο∫ CD ∏≈¥∫æÛ¿« ƒƒ«ª≈Õ µ•¿Ã≈Õø° ¿««— »Æ¥Î, √‡º“ ∫πªÁ∞° µ«æÓæfl «—¥Ÿ. 2013 Singapore. This exhibition is exemplary of the Princely Family’s highly Jan Brueghel the Elder _ cultivated choice in art, with artworks ranging from paintings, prints (Brussels 1568–1625 National and engravings, tapestries, sculptures to rare decorative art objects. Antwerp) Museum of Significant works by Flemish artists like Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, Landscape with the Young Tobias, 1598 Singapore, as well as those by other renowned European masters such as Raphael Oil on copper, Exhibition and Lukas Cranach the Elder, will be showcased to celebrate the High 36 × 55 cm «—±€∑Œ∞Ì≈∏¿‘ Galleries 1 and Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical and Biedermeier art styles that © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely th th 2, Basement span from the late 15 century to the mid-19 century, all of which Collections, characterise the European way of articulating authority, power and Vaduz–Vienna Presenter: Organiser: Principal Sponsor: $10 wealth of the ruling houses. (includes SISTIC handling fees) In addition, a selection of 16 oil paintings from the National Collection will be displayed to draw links to the art of portraiture in Singapore’s «—πÆ∑Œ∞Ì≈∏¿‘ historical context, exploring how it was an important representational mode between the late 19th and mid-20th century. Sponsor: Supporter: Official Magazine: Official Online Partner: øµπÆ∑Œ∞Ì≈∏¿‘_1 øµπÆ∑Œ∞Ì≈∏¿‘_2 04 8 HIGHLIGHTS Asian Civilisations Museum · www.acm.org.sg Asian Civilisations Museum · www.acm.org.sg HIGHLIGHTS 9 Bowl with seated couple Iran, perhaps Kashan, Seljuk period, late 12th or early 13th century Frit body, diameter 20.8 cm Ritual food vessel (gui) China, Shaanxi province, early Western Zhou dynasty, late 11th to 10th century BC Bronze, 22.1 × 27.6 × 18.6 cm Devotion and Desire Cross-Cultural Art in Asia New Acquisitions of the Asian Civilisations Museum Now till For thousands of years, the cultures of Asia have traded, interacted, 8 December and exchanged ideas.