Art Stage Singapore was an Asian

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fair held every January in

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with a focus on Southeast

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History

Art Stage Singapore was founded by

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. Rudolf initially rejected a proposal to launch

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in Singapore in 1992 but later revisited the idea of creating a unique Asian art fair. The fair took nine years to be realized. The first edition was held in 2011 at

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. The cancellation of the 2019 edition of the fair, which was understood to be a commercial decision, left the future of the fair in doubt. The National Arts Council,

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and

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, who have supported the fair since its inception in 2011, released a joint statement after the cancellation saying that they were "disappointed that Art Stage Singapore has cancelled the 2019 edition of its fair."

References

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