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In conjunction with the opening of the 2008 edition of the
Singapore Biennale, the National Arts Council of Singapore - official organisers of the
Biennale - together with Fortune Cookie Projects will host the first Showcase Singapore.
Twenty-three major international galleries have been invited to exhibit the best work
available on the primary and secondary markets from around the world.
Showcase Singapore will open on the same day as the Biennale
- 9 September - and will be
presented on the ground floor of Old City Hall, the main venue of this year’s Biennale.
Access to all Biennale-related events on 9 and 10 September will be restricted to
invited international VIPs. Public opening takes place on 11 September.
The participants in Showcase Singapore represent
some of the most exciting work available
internationally. The strategic aim of the Showcase is to provide Asian collectors with the
opportunity to see major work by internationally-recognised artists and to offer Western
collectors and art professionals a platform to experience new cutting-edge work being
produced by artists from around the region.
The first Singapore Biennale was held in 2006. Organised by the National Arts Council of
Singapore, the curatorial team was led by the internationally renowned Fumio Nanjo. He will
again be the chief curator for the 2008 Singapore Biennale, working with co-curators
Joselina Cruz and Matthew Ngui.
Together with the Biennale, Fortune Cookie Projects is actively involved in developing a VIP
program for international visitors, which will include access to all VIP Biennale and
Showcase events. The organisers are also working with collectors and professional art
organisations from overseas to make Singapore the main destination for the thousands of
visitors who will attend the more than five art biennials and triennials
taking place in Asia this September.
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