| Filed under: Reviews | Tags: agnes arellano, agus suwage, classic contemporary, jim supangkat, Montien Boonma, redza piyadasa, simryn gill, Singapore Art Museum, southeast asia, suzann victor, Tang Da Wu, Vuong Van Thao 
Canonisation is apparently no longer a task meant for the descendants. Our Singapore contributor looks at the sticky relationship between contemporary art and art history.
| Filed under: Essays | Tags: Ahmad Mashadi, Amanda Heng, creative industries, Curating Lab: 100 Objects (Remixed), John Low, june yap, Lim Kok Boon, National University Museum Singapore, Singapore, Tang Da Wu, The Air Conditioned Recession, Valentine Willie Fine Art 
By June Yap
Two different exhibitions opened on the same evening and venue early August 2009: The Air Conditioned Recession: A Singapore Survey organised by Valentine Willie Fine Art, and Curating Lab: 100 Objects (Remixed) organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum.