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The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and the the Singapore Art Museum have formalised a Memorandum of Understanding that will include opportunities for staff exchange and training, collaborative programming and research, and a co-curated contemporary art exhibition to be held in both countries from 2019 onwards.

In Singapore to sign the wide-ranging agreement, QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said the MOU will seal a five-year partnership between the two institutions from 2017 to 2021, with a possibility of a further extension.

Sianes stated "QAGOMA is delighted to be partnering with the Singapore Art Museum, Singapore’s top contemporary art museum, with whom we share the vision of presenting the most thought-provoking contemporary art from our region.

"With this partnership, we will be able to deepen our curatorial and research expertise by learning from each other.”

Joyce Toh, Curatorial Co-Head of the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), added “forged on common interests to promote and advance the art of this region, this MOU between SAM and QAGOMA strengthens and deepens SAM's partnerships and collaborations with international like-minded art institutions.

“We look forward to our partnership and the friendship that we will be building upon over the next five years.”

The MOU marks SAM's most significant and long-term partnership with an art institution since its corporatisation in 2013, and QAGOMA’s first wide-ranging formal agreement with an institution in Asia.

In June and September 2016, QAGOMA hosted two groups of staff members from the Singapore Art Museum to learn about QAGOMA’s collections and operations.

QAGOMA encompasses two adjacent river-side buildings in the Cultural Precinct at Brisbane's South Bank. The Gallery’s vision is to be the leading institution for the contemporary art of Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is a contemporary art museum which focuses on art-making and art-thinking in Singapore, South East Asia and Asia, encompassing a worldwide perspective on contemporary art practice.

SAM occupies two buildings: the old St Joseph’s Institution on Bras Basah Road, built in 1855 and now a National Monument; and SAM at 8Q, a conservation building across the road on Queen Street that was the old Catholic High School.

In 2011, SAM was the venue organiser of the Singapore Biennale, becoming the main organiser of the 2013 and 2016 editions. SAM was incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee on 13 November 2013, operating under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.

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