Gallery explains perceived lack of Chinese details in Georgette Chen show

An unnamed art collector reportedly left the Georgette Chen: At Home In The World exhibition (above) - held at the National Gallery Singapore - halfway and had fumed that there was hardly any Chinese text in the show.
An unnamed art collector reportedly left the Georgette Chen: At Home In The World exhibition (above) - held at the National Gallery Singapore - halfway and had fumed that there was hardly any Chinese text in the show. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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The National Gallery Singapore (NGS) has responded to criticism over a perceived lack of Chinese-language information in its Georgette Chen: At Home In The World exhibition.

Lianhe Zaobao senior correspondent Ng Siang Ping, in an opinion piece published in the newspaper last Wednesday, said that an unnamed art collector left the exhibition halfway, fuming that there was hardly any Chinese text in the show. The collector complained that even the China-born artist's Chinese name, Zhang Li Ying, was absent and that only Georgette Chen is used.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 08, 2020, with the headline Gallery explains perceived lack of Chinese details in Georgette Chen show. Subscribe