Singapore Art Museum

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Singapore Art Museum

Front view of the Singapore Art Museum
Former name	Saint Joseph's Institution
Established	20 January 1996; 28 years ago (1996-01-20)
Location	71 Bras Basah Road, Singapore 189555
Coordinates	(1°17′50″N 103°51′03″E / 1.29734°N 103.85090°E / 1.29734; 103.85090)
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.singaporeartmuseum.sg

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, Southeast and East Asian 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]