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The visual art of Singapore, or Singaporean art, refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with Singapore throughout its history and towards the present-day. The history of Singaporean art includes the indigenous artistic traditions of the Malay Archipelago and the diverse visual practices of itinerant artists and migrants from China, the Indian subcontinent, and Europe.
The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early 19th century; however, evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed on the island in the 14th century. The last ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura, Parameswara, was expelled by the Majapahit or the Siamese before he founded Malacca.
Art Fund sponsors the Museum of the Year award (known as the Gulbenkian Prize from 2003 to 2007 and the Art Fund Prize from 2008 to 2012). This is a £100,000 prize awarded annually to the museum or gallery that had the most imaginative, innovative or popular project during the previous year.
The National Gallery Singapore, often known exonymously as the National Gallery, is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore. It oversees the world's largest public collection of Singaporean and regional art of the Eastern world, specifically of Southeast Asia, with a ...
GIC Private Limited is a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund that manages the country's foreign reserves.Established by the Government of Singapore in 1981 as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, of which "GIC" is derived from as an acronym, its mission is to preserve and enhance the international purchasing power of the reserves, with the aim to achieve good long-term returns ...
The National Arts Council ( NAC) is a statutory board established on 15 October 1991 to oversee the development of arts in Singapore. It is under the purview of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. The NAC provides grants, scholarships, awards and platforms for arts practitioners, as well as arts education and programmes for the ...
This is a list of notable Singaporean exchange-traded funds, or ETFs . ABF Singapore Bond Index Fund. CIMB FTSE ASEAN40 ETF. CIMB S&P Ethical Asia Pacific Dividend ETF. db x-trackers CSI300 UCITS ETF. db x-trackers DB Commodity Booster Bloomberg UCITS ETF. db x-trackers DB Commodity Booster Light Energy Benchmark UCITS ETF.
People's Action Party. The People's Action Party ( PAP) is a major conservative [9] [10] political party of the centre-right [11] in Singapore. It is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in the Parliament of Singapore, alongside the Workers' Party (WP) and the Progress Singapore Party (PSP). [12] [13]