Tropical | Curator Tour with Teo Hui Min and Qinyi Lim

*This programme is free for exhibition ticket holders. Please ensure you have a valid admission ticket to “Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America”.

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Gain a deeper understanding into the images and ideas associated with the word “tropical” with curators Teo Hui Min and Qinyi Lim, as they take you on a guided tour of the exhibition “Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America”. Hear about the curatorial narratives behind the exhibition and delve deeper into selected artworks. Join us in uncovering the shared solidarities among artists, writers, and thinkers in Southeast Asia and Latin America against the backdrop of 20th-century colonialism.

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About the Curators

Teo Hui Min is Curator at National Gallery Singapore, where she contributes to the curation of “Siapa-Nama Kamu?” and “Beyond Declarations and Dreams”, long-term exhibitions of Singapore and Southeast Asian art from the 19th century to the present. Other exhibitions she has co-curated include “Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America” (2023), “Mohammad Din Mohammad: The Mistaken Ancestor” (2021), “Georgette Chen: At Home in the World (2020) and “Lim Cheng Hoe: Painting Singapore (2018)”.

Qinyi Lim is Curator at National Gallery Singapore. She completed the de Appel Curatorial Programme, Amsterdam in 2012. Qinyi has held curatorial positions at Singapore Art Museum, NUS Museum and Para Site, Hong Kong. Past exhibitions include Jakarta Biennale 2021: ESOK, “Antony Gormley” (2021), “Afterwork” (2016), “A luxury we cannot afford” (2015).