National Gallery Singapore's pagoda exhibition by Malaysian artist goes to Paris

National Gallery Singapore's first show to travel abroad - to Centre Pompidou - is also the first dedicated show on a South-east Asian artist at the Parisian museum

For the first time, a National Gallery Singapore exhibition is travelling abroad. See how Malaysian artist Latiff Mohidin's works from his Pago Pago series are carefully brought to the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
The exhibition, Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago (1960-1969, top), highlights the works of Malaysian modernist artist Latiff Mohidin (above).
The exhibition, Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago (1960-1969, above), highlights the works of Malaysian modernist artist Latiff Mohidin. PHOTOS: NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE, REUTERS
The exhibition, Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago (1960-1969, top), highlights the works of Malaysian modernist artist Latiff Mohidin (above).
The exhibition, Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago (1960-1969), highlights the works of Malaysian modernist artist Latiff Mohidin (above). PHOTOS: NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE, REUTERS
More than 70 works and archival materials are on display at the exhibition (left) in Centre Pompidou.
More than 70 works and archival materials are on display at the exhibition (above) in Centre Pompidou. ST PHOTO: OLIVIA HO
Olivia Ho In Paris
Updated
Mar 03, 2018, 06:05 PM
Published
Mar 01, 2018, 05:00 AM
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For the next three months, visitors to Parisian museum Centre Pompidou will discover, amid the Picassos and Matisses, the abstract, burgeoning forms of Malaysian modernist artist Latiff Mohidin.

The exhibition Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago (1960-1969), which opened yesterday, is a landmark in two respects.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 01, 2018, with the headline National Gallery Singapore's pagoda exhibition by Malaysian artist goes to Paris. Subscribe

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