Making a ‘Great’ Art Museum: Contending with Southeast Asian Modernities and Art July 12, 2011

What makes a museum a 'must-go' destination for visitors?
What are the emerging global trends in museology and what are the challenges involved in developing a 'great' art museum?

The NHB Academy, the Institute of Policy Studies and the National University of Singapore are jointly organising a one-day symposium titled Making a ‘Great’ Art Museum: Contending with Southeast Asian Modernities and Art, on Wednesday, 13 July 2011.

The symposium attempts to explore and unravel the challenges involved in developing a ‘great’ art museum. Bringing together a panel of established academics and art experts locally and abroad, this symposium focuses on generating and deliberating on ideas of a museum's context and contents, its role within its environment as well its presence and function in a social, cultural, intellectual and even political ecology. In essence, the symposium will investigate how museums individually and collectively can realise the challenging goal of being a 'great' art museum.

Official Website: http://www.nhb.gov.sg/Academy/International_Conferences.html