National Gallery Singapore

Singapore - Just across my Cathedral is this beautiful restored City hall and Supreme Court transformed into a National Gallery Singapore. This museum housed mainly visual arts from Singapore and around Southeast Asia.

Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas, laid the foundation stone of the Supreme Court building on 1 April 1937. Underneath it is a time capsule containing newspapers dated 31 March 1937 and currency from the Straits Settlements. It is due to be retrieved in the year 3000.

The Keppel Centre for Art Education on level 1 caters to mainly youth and children with the Children museum workshop, art corridor, Children museum and many galleries for them.

Glass panel from a height

Scare of heights?

It is an illusion of clear lights and placement which gives you a feeling of staring down from great heights.

Chair in a corner

This chair in the corner is in fact another illusion at the DBS gallery. Cleverly placed pieces of artwork to create tricks to the eye.

Actual display

Rotunda

One the 3rd floor, The Rotunda was part of the Supreme court building which houses the law library. On the 4th floor, I was able to see the uppermost top of the Rotunda.

Rotunda dome

The City Hall and Supreme court was beautifully transformed allowing a play of light and colour.

Corridor of the former Supreme court

Listening to Architecture

This exhibit at the ArchiGallery offers insight into the enduring histories and architectural designs of the two national monuments and their dramatic transformations into a home for Southeast Asian art.

Beautiful artwork

Bamboo artwork

This artwork consist of bamboo maze structure was designed by Rirkrit Tiravanija on the 5th floor at Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden gallery. Within the center of the bamboo structure sits a Japanese tea house. I walked halfway through the maze and turned back.

On the 5th and 6th floor has 4 restaurants with a very nice view of Singapore skylight and I think it would look amazing at night.

Esplande and Marina Bay Sands

Sofitel Hotel

Central business district

It was a well spent afternoon at the National Gallery.

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