National Gallery
Jaclynn SeahJaclynn Seah|Guest Contributor|CULTURE, SINGAPORE Updated : Feb 29, 2016, 01.19 PM IST
Jaclynn Seah
Jaclynn Seah is a Singaporean girl who has a full-time day job like regular people do, and loves to travel when she can get the time off. She hopes to encourage fellow desk-bound wanderlusters to indulge in their love for travel and get away more. With a motto to try anything at least once, she’s always looking forward to that next trip!
This much-anticipated art gallery, opened in 2015, contains a collection of Southeast Asian and Singaporean art dating all the way from the 19th century to present day, and also hosts international art exhibitions. With a fabulous location right in the centre of the civic district, it will be housed within the old City Hall and Supreme Court buildings—both both gazetted as national monuments with a tremendous amount of history behind them—which have been preserved to retain their original classical architecture. With a lofty presence overlooking the flat green Padang in downtown Singapore, connecting bridges will link the two separate structures over the ground, while a basement that will join them down below. At over 60,000 sq m, the gallery will be the largest visual arts venue and museum in Singapore.
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