National Gallery Singapore

National Gallery Singapore is a visual arts institution housing an unparalleled modern Singapore and Southeast Asian art collection.
It showcases more than 8,000 pieces from Singapore’s National Collection, making it one of the world’s largest and most invaluable public collections from the 19th century to the present day. 

Aiming to be the center for research, discussion, and publication on the modern art of the region, the Gallery offers wide access and a fresh understanding of our unique visual art heritage.

With its comprehensive collection, the Gallery presents the development of Singapore and regional cultures to tell their social, economic, and political histories. In addition, the Gallery looks beyond national and regional boundaries of art to include a wider ambit of international visual arts culture, research into Asian heritage and cultural affiliations, and engage with global cultures and discourses.

The ART AND SOUL of South Asia National Gallery Singapore is an internationally recognized institution for visual arts. It houses the largest collection of Singaporean and Southeast Asian contemporary art. The Gallery, located in central Singapore's Civic District, is home to two historic national monuments, City Hall and the former Supreme Court. These have been lovingly restored and converted into the exciting, 64,000 square-metre Gallery. The Gallery is a dynamic museum that reflects Singapore's rich heritage and geographic location.

It aims to inspire and foster a diverse and creative society by creating dialogues among the arts of Singapore, Southeast Asia, and around the globe. Our collaborative research, education and innovative programming reflect this. International museums like Mus e d Orsay and Centre Pompidou also collaborate with the Gallery, including Tate Britain and National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo MOMAT, Mus e d Orsay in Britain and Mus e d Orsay in Korea MMCA in Korea to present Southeast Asian art within a global context. This helps position Singapore as a major player in the international visual arts scene.

The Gallery, which ranked 20th in The Art Newspaper's global survey on attendance at art museums in 2020, was the only Southeast Asian museum to receive a ranking. The European Museum Academy awarded the Children in Museums Award to the Gallery in 2018 as the Asia's first. For its contribution to Singapore's vibrant tourism scene, the Gallery was also awarded the Best Attraction Award at TTG Travel Awards 2017 and Breakthrough Contribution Tourism Awards 2016.