Three women have been appointed in leadership roles in both the National Heritage Board and the Singapore Art Museum, bring new viewpoints and ideas for the cultural organizations.
All three have ample experience in the Singapore art world and are sure to add valuable insights to the groups. The new CEO of the National Heritage Board once served as a board member herself, meaning that she already knows the history of the organization and how to navigate the waters to help it improve and pursue the right kinds of projects in the future. One of the new members of the board of directors for the Singapore Art Museum is a professor of social science with a focus on culture. The other new addition for the museum created her own art gallery and was also only one of two women admitted to an important Singapore Chinese business group.
It is important, particularly for the Singapore Art Museum, to have leaders with backgrounds in both art and business. People who lack one or the other miss out on a complete understanding for the operations of a museum. Business leaders, for example, might misunderstand the more creative goings-on for the museum, such as the importance of select exhibitions. Art leaders, on the other hand, might lack the awareness for marketing and attracting both new and returning visitors to the property.
The Singapore Art Museum has lately seen a troubling lack of leadership, including a vacant CEO spot for nearly the past year. The high turnover rate for that position is also problematic, as new leaders of venues tend to like to put their own stamp on the facilities they are in charge of. Since the museum has seen a number of leadership changes recently, that means that the facility has experienced a lack of continuity for its programming. It also makes it difficult for it to commit to long-awaited improvement projects to its existing grounds and exhibit space — both of which haven’t seen any sort of makeover work since the museum’s opening two decades ago. With luck, the new leaders at the Singapore Art Museum will be able to support the venue as it overcomes these challenges and looks to grow in the future.
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