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On November 2015 a new museum was opened in Singapore, the National Gallery<\/a>, with a collection of\u00a0over 8000 artworks. It is housed in two national monuments, the Old Supreme Court Building<\/a> and the City Hall<\/a>. They are adjacent, facing the padang, City Hall was built from 1926 to 1929, the Supreme Court a decade later, both in neoclassical colonial style.<\/p>\n

In 2005 it was decided to convert the two buildings into a new museum. An architectural design competition was launched and\u00a0Studio Milou Singapore<\/a> came out as the winner. In their design, the two buildings are connected by a curtain like canopy roof and two skybridges. The right picture shows an evening view from the Singapore Cricket Club<\/p>\n

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Here is a scale model of the National Gallery<\/p>\n

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On the last day of our recent trip to Singapore, before taking the bus back to KL, we decided to visit this museum. Here is a view from one of the skybridges. Left the City Hall, right the Former Supreme Court. Ticketing counter and entrance to the galleries are in the basement.<\/p>\n

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I like the design, the contrast between the old heritage buildings and the modern link. In the left picture you see the tree-like structure supporting the curtain roof, in the right picture the two skybridges. There were many (very disciplined!) groups of students.<\/p>\n

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We were lucky that there was a special exhibition going on, Century of Light<\/a>, consisting of two parts, Colours of Impressionism<\/span>, with masterpieces from the Paris Orsay Museum, and Between Worlds<\/span>, dedicated to two 19th century Asian painters who were strongly influenced by European Art.<\/p>\n

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First we visited the Colours of Impressionism. The Mus\u00e9e d’Orsay, specialising in 19th century art, is one of my favourites, it was an interesting experience to view the artworks here in Singapore.<\/p>\n

I don’t know why, but I am always happy when I see a painting of Caillebotte. On my own website I have a page<\/a>, dedicated to him<\/p>\n

Gustave Caillebotte, Vue de toits (Effet de neige) (1879)<\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

Several paintings by Monet were exhibited. In 1886 he visited the Netherlands and of course he had to paint the tulip fields…:-)<\/p>\n

Claude Monet, Champs de tulipes en Hollande (1886)<\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

More paintings of Monet, Signac, Renoir, Sisley and others<\/p>\n\n\t\t