Art Plural Gallery is an art gallery in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. It shows modern and

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and

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. It has been called one of the ten best contemporary art galleries in SingaporeEllen Von Wiegand. ( .d.br>Art in the Lion City: The Ten Best Contemporary Art Galleries in Singapore
. Theculturetrip.com. Accessed October 2013. and in 2013 was named as one of the world's best new galleries.Culture Stop: World's Best New Galleries and Museums
ArtInfo, 8 July 2013. Accessed October 2013.

History

The gallery was founded in 2011 by a Swiss art dealer, Frédéric de Senarclens. It occupies in a historic

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building on Armenian Street, in the cultural district of

.Jane A. Peterson (9 June 2011)
Singapore Adds to Its Art Scene
The Wall Street Journal: Scene Asia. Accessed October 2013.Jane A. Peterson (4 October 2013)

''Financial Times'' (London). Accessed 13 November 2013. It opened on 3 June 2011 with "Avant Première", which included works by

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Fabienne Verdier Fabienne Verdier (born 1962) is a French Painting, painter who works in France after years of studies in China. She was the first non-Chinese woman to be awarded a post-graduate diploma in fine arts by the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing ...

, Bernar Venet and

Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat (; born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian photographer and visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography. Her artwork centers on the contrasts between Islam and the West, femininit ...

. Artists who have exhibited at the gallery include Pablo Reinoso, Ian Davenport, Bernar Venet, Shirin Neshat, Fabienne Verdier, Chun Kwang Young and Qiu Jie. In early 2012 the gallery started its Emerging Artists programme to promote the work of promising artists at an early stage of their career. The programme offers the selected artist a first solo show in the gallery. Siddhartha Tawadey was the first artist to exhibit under this programme. .n.(12 September 2012)
Indian Photographer Siddhartha Tawadey Inaugurates Art Plural Gallery’s Emerging Artist Programme
Art Radar Asia. Accessed October 2013. By 2013 about 35% of the clients of the gallery were from

; some overseas clients visit the gallery. About 25% of sales are made online.

Publications

Catalogues published by the gallery include:"Art Plural Gallery"
OCLC WorldCat. Accessed January 2015. * Olivia Ludlow (2011). ''Regards Croisés: A Selection of Asian Contemporary Art''. * Henri-François Debailleux (2012). ''Pablo Reinoso: Scribbling Power''. * Joséphine Matamoros (2012). ''Tom Carr: Visualisation de la pensée''. Barcelona: Comanegra; Singapore: Art Plural Gallery. * Michael Stanley (2012). ''Ian Davenport: Between the Lines''. * Caroline Ward (2013). ''Chun Kwang Young''. * Michael Peppiatt, Jane A Peterson (2014). ''Art Plural: Voices of Contemporary Art''. Singapore: Gatehouse.

References

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