""The exhibition navigates "a global Southeast Asia by placing Mexico City and Manila at the heart of a centuries-old world trade network", says Clement Onn, the director of Singapore's Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) & Peranakan Museum, which co-organised the show with the National Gallery of Singapore (NGS).""
""Port cities like Acapulco and Manila, alongside artistic production centres like Mexico City, were instrumental in fostering dynamic exchanges between Asia and the Americas. The fusion of cultures-much like the galleon trade itself-serves as a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness that transcended geographical borders," Onn says.""
""In a time of increasing fragmentation and division, art and culture serve as universal languages that connect people across regions and histories," Onn says.""
Somos Pacífico: El Mundo que emergió del Trópico opened at Mexico City's Colegio de San Ildefonso in early December, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Mexico–Singapore diplomatic relations and Singapore president Tharman Shanmugaratnam's state visit. The exhibition presents approximately 300 works, including 80 objects from Singapore's national collection, and includes loans from Philippine and Mexican museums and archives. Curators frame Mexico City and Manila as central nodes in a centuries-old trade network connecting Southeast Asia and the Americas via the galleon route. The display juxtaposes historical objects and modernist paintings to demonstrate cultural fusion and ongoing economic and artistic ties across the Pacific.
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