SINGAPORE ART WEEK 2019 - JANUARY 17-20, 2019 TOUR LEADER: ROBERT VEEL - ADFAS Travel
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SINGAPORE
ART WEEK 2019
JANUARY 17-20, 2019
TOUR LEADER: ROBERT VEEL
‘The Paradox of Beauty’, oil on canvas, Myoung Jo Jeong
SINGAPORE Overview
ARTS WEEK 2019
In the last 20 years the island-nation of Singapore has transformed itself
Tour dates: January 17-20, 2019 from a bustling commercial city into a vibrant cultural one – a leading
Asian centre of art, music and design. It boasts remarkable museums and
galleries, a fine symphony orchestra and an energetic and outward-
Tour leader: Robert Veel
looking culture. Our new tour has been timed to coincide with Singapore
Art Week, held every January. The itinerary combines Singapore’s
Tour Price: $2,650 per person, twin share complex heritage, tropical gardens, the visual arts and live performances.
Single Supplement: $780 for sole use of Singapore Art Week takes place at multiple venues, including the recently
double room opened National Gallery of Art, a comprehensive survey of Southeast
Asian art housed in a vast structure that combines heritage architecture
Booking deposit: $500 per person with brilliant contemporary design. We also visit a converted army
barracks and the contemporary art fair, held at the impressive Marina Bay
Sands complex. Singapore’s historical and artistic heritage is also
Recommended airline: Singapore Airlines covered, with a visit to the excellent Asian Civilizations Museum, the
Peranakan Museum and the World War II remains at Fort Canning.
Maximum places: 20
Also included is a concert by the excellent Singapore Symphony
Itinerary: Singapore (3 nights) Orchestra and visits to some of Singapore’s best gardens. Five-star
accommodation is provided at the Fullerton Hotel, converted from the
Date published: August 27, 2019 colonial-era post office and a short walk from many of the venues we visit.
Your tour leader
Robert Veel has a BA and M.Ed from the
University of Sydney, where he taught for
many years before co-founding Academy
Travel in 2004.
Robert is a cultural historian with over 20
years’ experience leading tours to Italy, South
East Asia, the USA, Scandinavia and Turkey.
He has a strong personal interest in the visual
arts, architecture and music, and has designed
and led more than 50 tours for Academy
Travel. More recently Robert led the first offering of Academy Travel’s
tours to Tasmania and New Zealand.
He has travelled to Singapore many times and is familiar with all the
venues visited on this tour. Robert attended Singapore Art Week in 2017.
“Robert was very personable, very knowledgeable and nothing
was a trouble to him, an excellent leader in every way.”
Enquiries and
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bookings
“Our tour leader Robert Veel was humorous, very knowledgeable
For further information and to and had an attention to detail that was quite exemplary. He was quite
secure a place on this tour meticulous and extremely well organised. One of the best tour leaders I’ve
please contact Kathy ever had the pleasure of travelling with.”
Wardrop at ADFAS Travel on – Palermo and Naples, January 2018.
9235 0023 or 1800 639 699
(outside Sydney) or email
kathy@academytravel.com.au This tour is run in association
with Academy Travel
Tour Highlights
SINGAPORE ART WEEK
In seven short years the Singapore Art Week has emerged as
one of Asia’s leading fine arts events. Like Art Basel it
combines exhibitions in public and private museums with
commercial shows from leading galleries around the world. The
Singapore Art Week takes place at multiple venues around the
city, including the National Gallery, the Singapore Art Museum,
the Marina Bay Sands Complex and Gillman Barracks.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF SINGAPORE
Opened in 2015 the National Gallery of Singapore is an
architectural marvel. The colonial-era, classical-style Supreme
Court and Municipal building have been joined together within
a contemporary shell created by the French architectural firm
Studio Milou. The Gallery has a beautifully displayed historical
collection, housed in the former courtrooms, and schedules
major international exhibitions to coincide with Art Week.
ASIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM
Ranked among the top 10 museums in Asia, Singapore’s Asian
Civilizations Museum takes visitors on a journey through the
diverse cultures and civilizations from which the ethnic groups
of Singapore trace their ancestry – China, Southeast Asia, the
subcontinent and West Asia. Highlights of the museum include
a large haul of Chinese Tang Dynasty ceramics found in a
shipwreck off the Malaysian coastline, and a textiles gallery.
PERANAKAN MUSEUM
Peranakan is the name given to the ‘straits Chinese’,
descendants of the 16th and 17th-century immigrants from
China’s coastal regions who settled in the period of Dutch and
British colonisation. Although ethnically Chinese, their
language is a mix of Hokkien and Malay and their dress,
architecture and design are heavily influenced by Indonesian,
Malay and Indian cultures.
SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Founded in 1979, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra has
established itself as Southeast Asia’s leading ensemble, thanks
to enthusiastic official support and Singapore’s excellent
education system, which includes music. Each year the
orchestra attracts top international soloists, and has appeared
at the Berlin Philharmonie, the BBC Proms, the Lincoln Center
in New York and in Beijing.
Detailed itinerary
Included meals are shown with the symbols B, L and D.
Tour start & finish time
The tour starts on Thursday 17 January at 6.00pm, at the
Fullerton Hotel, Singapore.
The tour ends on Sunday 20 January at Singapore Changi
Airport at approximately 6.00pm.
Thursday January 17
Arrive Singapore
Many day flights from Australia arrive in the late afternoon. Meet
your fellow participants and tour leader over drinks at the bar of
the Fullerton Hotel, then proceed to dinner on the banks of the
Singapore River, adjacent to our hotel. Overnight Singapore (D)
Above: The annual Light to Night festival takes place during
Singapore Art Week
Friday January 18
Heritage and art
Below: The orchid garden at Singapore Botanic Gardens; and – Singapore symphony orchestra
Singapore Art Museum focuses on contemporary painting, design
and film We begin our program with the Asian Civilisations Museum,
housed in the historic Empress Building close to our hotel. A
curator introduces us to the main collections of the museum and
any special exhibitions which are showing. After a break we
head to the National Gallery of Singapore for the first of two
visits. Our initial investigation covers the permanent collection,
located in the court rooms of the former supreme court building.
These galleries not only showcase the visual world of the region
in the 18th and 19th centuries, but also contain important
historical displays relating to colonial Singapore. On the roof of
the museum there are elegant bars and restaurants with great
views over the city. After lunch we visit the Peranakan Museum,
generally regarded as the best museum of its type in the region.
The collection is a delightful journey through a unique culture,
surveying decorative arts, domestic architecture and design.
This evening we attend the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s
40th anniversary Gala concert at the visually striking Esplanade
Concert Hall. Overnight Singapore. (B)
Performance details
Venue: Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
Program: Leong Yoon Pin, Dayong Sampan Overture; Ives,
The Unanswered Question; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 In
E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"; Beethoven Symphony No. 7 In
A Major, Op. 92
Performers: Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui
(conductor), Lim Yan (piano)
Saturday January 19
Singapore Art Week
Early this morning we head to the Singapore Botanic Gardens,
carved out of a remaining section of Malay forest not far from
the city centre. Our visit concentrates on the fine orchid garden.
We then return to the National Gallery to inspect both the
Singapore Art Week galleries and the visiting international
exhibition timed to coincide with the fair. We enjoy lunch at one
of the restaurants atop the Gallery. This afternoon there is the
option of visiting the Singapore Art Museum, housed in a historic
building near Raffles Hotel. During Singapore Art Week, this
museum is usually dedicated to film and contemporary art. In
the early evening we head to Gillman Barracks, about 30
minutes out of the city centre. These former army barracks have
been converted into a contemporary art precinct. During
Singapore Art Week they host exhibitions from leading
European and regional commercial galleries. (B, L)
Sunday January 20
History and happenings
After checking out of the Fullerton Hotel, we head to Fort
Canning Park to visit the Fort Canning Bunker, popularly known
as the Battle Box. The complex includes a telephone exchange,
signals and operations rooms, sleeping quarters and a cipher
room for coding and decoding messages. It was used from 1936
right up to the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II.
We then head to the Marina Bay Sands complex, another
striking piece of contemporary architecture. The main
commercial galleries of Singapore Art Week are to be found in
the exhibition halls here, and there will be time to explore them
and have a light lunch. If you prefer, you can visit the
remarkable Gardens by the Bay, directly outside the Marina Bay
Sands. In the afternoon we head to Changi Airport. (B)
Above: Street art commissioned for Singapore Art Week; and old
and new blend seamlessly in Singapore’s built environment
Below: the visually striking Esplanade Theatre, often referred to as
the Durian
The Fullerton Hotel
The Fullerton Hotel was commissioned in 1919 as part of the
British colony’s centennial celebrations. The neo-classical style
building was opened in 1924 and housed the General Post
Office, the Exchange, the Singapore Club, the Marine
Department and the Import and Export Department. Today it is a
five-star hotel and is perfectly located within walking distance of
the major galleries and museums which form the core of our
itinerary. The hotel has numerous cafes, bars and restaurants,
an outdoor pool, fitness centre and spa.
www.fullertonhotels.com/the-fullerton-hotel
Tour Price Fitness Requirements
The tour price is $2,650 per person, twin share (land content of THIS tour
only). The supplement for a single room is $780 per person.
A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required to GRADE ONE
secure a place on the tour.
It is important both for you and for your fellow travellers that
you are fit enough to be able to enjoy all the activities on this
Tour Inclusions tour. To give you an indication of the level of physical fitness
required to participate on our tours, we have given them a
Included in the tour price star grading. ADFAS Travel’s tours tend to feature extended
walking tours and site visits, which require greater fitness
• Three nights’ accommodation in the five-star Fullerton than coach touring. We ask you instead to consider carefully
Hotel your ability to meet the physical demands of the tour.
• All entry to Singapore Art Week and other sites
• Best available tickets to a performance by the Singapore Participation criteria for this tour
Symphony Orchestra This Grade One tour is appropriate for travellers in good
• All breakfasts, one lunch and one dinner, including drinks health with good mobility. You should be able to comfortably
• All land travel around Singapore by private coach and participate in up to three hours of physical activity per day on
taxi most days, including walking at an easy pace, sometimes on
• All tipping at for group meals and activities uneven terrain, climbing stairs and standing in galleries.
• Local guides and services of experienced tour leader You should be able to:
throughout keep up with the group at all times
Not included walk for 2-3 kilometres at a moderate to slow pace with
only short breaks
• International air fares, taxes and surcharges (see below) stand for a reasonable length of time in galleries and
• Travel insurance museums
• Meals not mentioned in itinerary negotiate stairs and bridges
• Expenses of a personal nature get on and off a coach, ferry or boat with steep stairs
unassisted
Air travel OPTIONS move your luggage a short distance if required
A note for older travellers
The tour price quoted is for land content only. For this tour we
recommend Singapore Airlines which offer several daily If you are more than 80 years old, or have restricted mobility,
flights from most Australian cities. Please contact us for it is likely that you will find this itinerary challenging. You may
further information on competitive Economy, Business and have to miss certain activities and may not get the full value
First Class airfares. Transfers between airport and hotel are of the tour. Before submitting your booking form, please
included for all passengers booking their flights through contact ADFAS Travel to discuss your situation and the
ADFAS Travel. These may be group or individual transfers. exact physical requirements of this tour. While we will do our
best to reasonably accommodate the physical needs of all
group members, we reserve the right to refuse bookings if
Enquiries & bookings we feel that the requirements of the tour are too demanding
for you and/or if local conditions mean we cannot reasonably
For further information and to secure a place on this tour accommodate your condition.
please contact Kathy Wardrop at ADFAS Travel on
9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email
kathy@academytravel.com.au
Weather on Tour
Singapore has a tropical climate, 24-32 degrees and humid
year-round. Wear lose, comfortable clothing and bring an
umbrella and comfortable walking shoes. All indoor sites are
well air-conditioned, so a light jacket may also be handy.
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