National Gallery Singapore defends lack of Chinese language info in Georgette Chen show

The exhibition Georgette Chen: At Home In The World.
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SINGAPORE - 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 on Dec 2, said that an unnamed art collector left the exhibition halfway, fuming that there was hardly any Chinese text in the show.

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