Malacca Art Gallery

Malacca Art Gallery
Balai Seni Lukis Melaka

General information
Type	Art gallery
Location	Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia
Opening	1958
Management	Malacca Museum Corporation^[1]

Malacca Art Gallery

The Malacca Art Gallery (Malay: Balai Seni Lukis Melaka) is an art gallery in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia.^[2]^[3]

History

The art gallery was established in 1958.^[4] The gallery was closed in February-November 2006 for renovation and upgrading works.^[5] It was then officiated on 8 November 2006 by Datuk Hj. Abdul Rahaman bin Hj. Abdul Karim, the chairman of the State Tourism, Culture and Heritage Committee.

Architecture

The museum is located on the upper floor of the building, while the ground floor houses the Malaysia Youth Museum.^[6]

Exhibitions

The permanent section of the gallery exhibits around 150 paintings and 30 sculptures produced by famous Malaysian artists, such as Rafie Abd Rahman, Wan Hui-jyu, Rahmat Ramli, Rafie Abd Ghani and Jehan Chan. Foreign artists displayed including Gerard Van Den Oetelaar from the Netherlands.^[5] The gallery also regularly exhibits other exhibitions such as calligraphy, movie etc.^[7]^[8]

References

↑ http://aam-us.org/docs/international/malaysia-melaka-art-gallery-folks-art-gallery-museumsconnect-2013.pdf?sfvrsn=2
↑ "Melaka Art Gallery". AmazingMelaka.com.
↑ NOR HAYATI ZAINUIDN. "Generasi muda pewaris seni khat". Utusan Online.
↑ http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/Selatan/20140415/ws_01/Melaka-hargai-seni-lukis
1 2 "Balai Seni Lukis Melaka Kini Dibuka Kepada Pelawat :: Bernama.com". bernama.com.
↑ Daniel, Timothy P. (2005). Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia: Identity, Representation, and Citizenship. New York: Routledge. pp. 108–109.
↑ "Melaka sesuai lokasi penggambaran filem". Utusan Online.
↑ "PERZIM - Majlis Perasmian Pameran Ekspressi Seni Khat". PERZIM.

Museums of Malaysia

West Malaysia

Arts	Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum Batik Painting Museum Penang Cheng Ho Cultural Museum Islamic Arts Museum Kite Museum Macau Gallery Malacca Malacca Art Gallery Malacca Islamic Museum Malacca Literature Museum Malacca Stamp Museum National Textile Museum National Visual Arts Gallery Penang Islamic Museum Penang Museum and Art Gallery Petronas Gallery Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum Sultan Alam Shah Museum Wei-Ling Gallery

Historic house	Governor's Museum Istana Ampang Tinggi Istana Negara Istana Seri Menanti Kota Ngah Ibrahim Malaysia Architecture Museum Malaysia Youth Museum Perak State Museum People's Museum Proclamation of Independence Memorial Stadthuys Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang Tun Ghafar Baba Museum

History	Beauty Museum Chitty Museum Education Museum Gallery of Admiral Cheng Ho Malacca Al-Quran Museum Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum Malacca Transportation Museum Malay and Islamic World Museum Maybank Numismatic Museum National History Museum National Museum Orang Asli Museum Pulau Besar Museum Royal Malaysian Police Museum Time Tunnel

Maritime	Maritime Museum Flor de la Mar Royal Malaysian Customs Department Museum Royal Malaysian Navy Museum Submarine Museum

Science	Al-Khawarizmi Astronomy Complex Malacca Planetarium National Science Centre Planetarium Negara

Other	Democratic Government Museum Malacca UMNO Museum Museum of Custom and Tradition Toy Museum

East Malaysia

Arts	Kuching Cat Museum Sabah Museum

Historic house	Fort Sylvia Labuan Museum Sarawak State Museum The Astana

Maritime	Labuan Maritime Museum

Science	Planetarium Sultan Iskandar

Coordinates: 2°11′29.8″N 102°14′58.3″E / 2.191611°N 102.249528°E / 2.191611; 102.249528

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Malacca Art Gallery

History

Architecture

Exhibitions

See also

References