Symposium | City of Others, City of Migrants: Art in Paris, 1920s-1940s
Fri 6 June 2025 7.30 – 8.30 pm & Sat 7 June 2025 10.30am to 6pm | National Gallery Singapore, City Hall Wing, Level B1, Auditorium | Standard $20, Concession $10, registration required:
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How do we reframe the art history of Paris? How might we re-map the city through the eyes of migrant artists?
Held in conjunction with the exhibition "City of Others: Asian Artists in Paris, 1920s-1940s", the symposium further explore these lines of inquiry through keynote lectures by and conversations with curators and scholars including Inaga Shigemi (Professor Emeritus, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto & Postgraduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama), Eric Lefebvre (Director, Musée Cernuschi) and Denise Murrell (Meryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large, The Metropolitan Museum of Art), as well as the curatorial team for the exhibition from National Gallery Singapore, Phoebe Scott (Senior Curator), Cai Heng (Senior Curator), Horikawa Lisa (Senior Curator), Roy Ng (Assistant Curator), Teo Hui Min (Curator) and Patrick Flores (Chief Curator).
The symposium will consider Paris as both a site of connection and opportunity, as well as one of exploitation and appropriation. The speakers will examine how artistic consciousness shifts when Asian artists encounter a new city and culture while rediscovering the cultures of their origins.
"City of Others, City of Migrants: Art in Paris, 1920s–1940s" is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of Singapore (MCCY), with special thanks to Strategic Partner, Singapore Tourism Board.
More details will be announced as soon as they become available.
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About the exhibition
“City of Others: Asian Artists in Paris, 1920s–1940s” is a groundbreaking exhibition that examines the art history of Paris from Asian perspectives. The exhibition compares the experiences of Asian artists in Paris during a dynamic period of time, featuring works by Asian artists like Foujita Tsuguharu, Georgette Chen, Lê Phổ, Liu Kang, Pai Un-soung, Itakulla Kanae and Hamanaka Katsu. These artists met people from different cultures (cultural “others”) and were seen as outsiders (“others”) themselves, leading to vibrant exchanges of aesthetics and ideas.
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