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The Cultural Medallion () is a cultural award in Singapore conferred to those who have achieved artistic excellence in
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. It is widely recognized as Singapore's pinnacle arts award.


History

The award was instituted in March 1979 by Minister for Culture
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and administered by the National Arts Council. The awards was given by the Minister for Culture. Since 2006, the award was presented by the
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instead of the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts (previously known as Minister for Culture). On 20 October Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts
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announced that project grant for the award is revised to S$80,000 upwards from S$50,000, giving recipients better opportunities to create major works.Clara Chow, "SSO co-leader, versatile artist get highest award for the arts", ''
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'', 21 October 2006
From 2013, in an effort to recognise multi-disciplinary artists, it was announced that recipients of the Cultural Medallion and
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will no longer be categorised according to art forms.


List of Cultural Medallion recipients


See also

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Culture of Singapore The culture of Singapore has changed greatly over the millennia. Its contemporary modern culture consists of a combination of Culture of Asia, Asian (Malays (ethnic group)#Culture, Malay / Tamil culture, Tamil / Chinese culture, Chinese) an ...


References

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Further reading

*Purushothaman, Venka (ed.) (2002) ''Narratives : Notes On A Cultural Journey : Cultural Medallion Recipients 1979 - 2001''. Singapore : National Arts Council.


External links


CULTURAL MEDALLION

National Arts Council list of current Nominations and Recipients
Arts in Singapore Civil awards and decorations of Singapore Asian arts awards Awards established in 1979