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 Front view of the Singapore Art Museum | |
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Former name | Saint Joseph's Institution |
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| Established | 20 January 1996 |
| Location | 71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555 |
| Coordinates | (1°17′50″N 103°51′03″E / 1.29734°N 103.85090°E) |
| Type | Contemporary Art Museum |
| Collections | Singaporean, Southeast Asian and East Asian art |
| Director | Dr Eugene Tan |
| Chairperson | Mr Edmund Cheng |
| Architect | Charles Benedict Nain |
| Public transit access | CC2 Bras Basah DT21 Bencoolen |
| Website | www |
The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM) is an art museum with multiple venues across Singapore. It is the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important public collections by local and Southeast artists. It collaborates with international art museums to co-curate contemporary art exhibitions.
SAM presents art across multiple spaces such as Tanjong Pagar Distripark, its heritage buildings and other partner venues across Singapore. The heritage buildings are located at two adjacent sites. The main building, dating back to 1955 is the former Saint Joseph’s Institution on Bras Basah Road; the second building known as the 'SAM at 8Q' was the former Catholic High School on Queen Street. The museum organised the Singapore Biennale in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019 and will continue to do so in 2022.[1]