The CEO of the Singapore Art Museum posted to his social media page that he left his position at the beginning of last month, though the museum has yet to release any official statement on the post’s vacancy. Officials say that the search to replace the CEO is already underway, though nothing has yet been announced in terms of possibilities for replacements.
Leng Tshua posted that he was leaving his position at the museum to pursue a new career as the director of a marine exploration firm in the United States. Tshua has extensive experience in various businesses, including an international piano company. He was first brought on to the leadership position after the previous CEO departed to help with the opening of National Gallery Singapore. Tshua has held the position for just around a year.
This isn’t the first high level departure recently for Singapore Art Museum. The facility’s director also announced her departure at the end of last year in order to focus on personal artistic ventures.
Though the dual departures have created something of an absence of leadership at the Singapore Art Museum, officials there have assured the public that the museum will continue to function normally. There will still be curatorial leadership for the Singapore Art Museum, which has recently enjoyed new, successful exhibitions on life on and under the sea — two shows tailored to both adults and children. Otherwise, the Singapore Art Museum, a bastion for contemporary art in Singapore, relies mainly on permanent exhibits of modern art to entertain and open the minds of those who visit. In the interim of hiring new leadership positions for those posts vacated, temporary leaders have been put into place to ensure that day-to-day operations at the Singapore Art Museum will continue as planned. The facility is also responsible for organizing this year’s Singapore Biennale, but all planning is being handled by the curatorial heads of the facility, meaning that the leadership vacuum won’t affect the storied art event.
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To read more about the change in leadership for the art museum, go to http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/singapore-art-museum-chief-executive-officer-resigns.