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ART Singapore's Heart and Soul

September 22, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Singapore’s TodayOnline profiles ART Singapore’s Chen Shen Po:

Before Chen joined ART Singapore in 2002, the 45-year-old mother-of-four held marketing and managing director portfolios at record labels BMG, Polygram and Universal. “I was flying around with Kylie Minogue and Take That, eating sushi with Andy Lau, working with Jacky Cheung,” she quipped good-naturedly. She also joined a start-up company that eventually went bust. “And then I thought I would be a housewife.”

Except that she got a call from her friends at the Art Galleries Association (Singapore), who were struggling to run this small art fair called ART Singapore.
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A Short History of Lorenzo Rudolf

September 8, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Singapore’s Today Online has an interview with Lorenzo Rudolf as he gears up to run Art Singapore. As part the introduction to the interview, Mayo Martin gives this brief bio of Rudolf’s adventures in the art fair business:

In 1991, the former lawyer was roped in as director of a quiet little art fair in a quiet little village – Art Basel. He immediately transformed what was a normal trade show into the virtual template of what art fairs are today – lots of glitz and glamour, lots of money, lots of quality art. In his 10-year stint, he turned collectors into VIPs, introduced corporate sponsorship, supported emerging artists and made this small Swiss village the centre of the art universe.  By the time he left, there were around 800 galleries on Art Basel’s annual waiting list. Continue Reading

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