MA Asian Art Histories - Lasalle College of the Arts

Application to the Southeast Asia Scholars Award is now open till 3 May 2026. It will cover the full tuition fee of the MA programme. Only applicants from SEA countries (except Singapore) are eligible.

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Application to the MA Asian Art Histories programme has been extended to 31 May for the August 2026 intake. Apply now!

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Pamela Coey is the distinguished speaker for the MA Asian Art Histories Annual Lecture 2026. It will take place in person on 30 March at 7.00pm in LASALLE College of the Arts. Follow the link below for more details and to register.

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Three alumni from the MA in Asian Art Histories programme will be sharing their PhD journeys on 25 March at 7.00pm SGT over Zoom. To register, click on the link below:

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Day four. We visited the Kyushu National Museum. Opened in 2005, it is only one of four national museums in Japan. Beautifully located within a natural setting, the focus of its collection and display is on pre-moden Japanese art and intercultural exchanges in the region. We were given a backroom tour of the museum, including its conservation facilities. I was impressed by some interesting practices, such as displaying the results of a poll of its top ten artefacts and a space where you could interact with the objects.

The students had a fruitful time visiting the library and archives of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. We also had a stimulating dialogue with Peofessor Masahiro Ushiroshoji, who was formerly the chief curator of the museum and played a pivotal role in the early discourse of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary Art. Prof Ushiroshoji then brought us to Biblitheca Lizard, his very own library that is also open to researchers. It's impressive in both its focus on Asian modern and contemporary art and its sheer quantity.

The students and programme leader are on a study trip to Fukuoka Japan. An appropriate place to start the trip is the Fukuoka City Museum, where you can immerse yourself in the history, art and archaeology, traditions and cultures of Fukuoka, facilitated by well-designed and contextually-rich displays.

An article featuring Krystina Lyon (class of 2020) on her art collection and her promotion of Southeast Asian women artists.

Why These Collectors Are Building a Platform for Southeast Asian Women Artists in London As they return to London, Krystina Lyon and her husband are dedicating their art-collecting focus to Southeast Asian women artists.

Congratulations to our alumna Amivavelda Priyono (class of 2023) for curating this show that will be held at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre!

Layer by Layer comes from a question about history is neither fixed nor whole, because it moves through people and time, shaped by those who remember and those who choose to forget. The exhibition brings together artists from Indonesia and Thailand who revisit fragments of the past to examine how memory and time accumulate, intertwine, and obscure. Through layered visual languages and the act of reimagining what has been silenced, these artworks reveal how memory resists closure. In doing so, they invite audiences to encounter history not as a single story, but as an ever-evolving terrain—fragile, porous, and perpetually rewritten.

Congratulations to the MA Asian Art Histories Graduation Class of 2025. A special shout-out to Casey, who was the recipient of the LASALLE Award for Academic Excellence, which is presented to the top postgraduate student of the entire MA cohort. Outstanding achievement, Casey!

Thesis poster presentation of our 2025 MA Asian Art Histories graduands. Congratulations! On view at Praxis Space, LASALLE College of the Arts from 4 to 12 Nov 2025.