National Gallery of Singapore

Our friend George Barbour told us that this new museum was a must see and he is right.  We spent much of our second day visiting this fantastic museum.   It is a new visual arts institution and contains the largest collection of modern art in Singapore and SE Asia.  Actually the museum is contained in two national monuments--the former Supreme Court and the former City Hall buildings which are adjacent to each other.

Supreme Court Left and City Hall Right

Atrium Between Buildings

City Hall Courtyard

We took a tour of the a special exhibit in cooperation of the Centre Pompidou "Reframing Modernism."  It contained art from both SE Asia and 20th century European masters.  The picture below is of a very large (10x 30')  lacquer work done by Vietnamese artist, Nguyen Gia Tri.