Singapore, and National Gallery Singapore, will be the site of an important international art conference this November. Representatives from over sixty different countries of the world will gather in Singapore to discuss the role of art museums in the current global political climate. As more and more leading nations of the world are making leadership decisions that represent a shift in populist nationalism, museum leaderships are struggling to find their place in the current environment.
In focus particularly at this year’s conference will be how museums around the world conduct public outreach and event planning, especially in context of the political climate. Museums are in a unique position to conduct curation and programming in response to a variety of different issues. Instead of browbeating or taking sides, special events and exhibitions can serve as jumping points to begin or continue conversations both within communities and outside of them on the larger global scale.
Singapore will play a special role in this year’s conference, especially since leaders will be gathering at National Gallery Singapore. Art from Southeast Asia will find itself in the spotlight because of National Gallery Singapore’s large collection, and international museum leaders will get a special chance to learn about what makes art in this particular region so essential. In addition to getting an opportunity to tour the collections within National Gallery Singapore, museum leaders will also venture outside the walls of the facility to see Singaporean art in other locations around the nation, including additional museums, galleries, art collectives, and schools.
The conference features a number of speakers and presentations of studies by a variety of art professionals representing numerous art institutions and nations. There are also events scheduled prior to and following the conference itself that include tours in Vietnam and Indonesia to give visitors a broader taste of Southeast Asian art. Overall, these art and museum leaders have a wonderful opportunity to expand their understandings of art around the world and how they can make the greatest impact possible on the public that comes to visit their facilities. Now more than ever, it is important for entities in art and culture to step up and assert the importance of broadening horizons and continuing to learn about new experiences.
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To learn more about the conference and how Singapore will play an important role, go to http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/147839/cimam-2017-annual-conference/.