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Cultural Connections – Volume 5 (2020)

Living In The New Normal – The Arts and Culture Respond

Last updated 7 November 2025
Cover of Cultural Connections volume V, with year published 2020, in yellow colour

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Foreword and Editor-in-Chief's Note

Rosa Daniel, Dean, Culture Academy and Thangamma Karthigesu, Editor-in-Chief. [PDF, 51KB]

Ah Beng’s excursion into the past, present and future of culture

Peter Ho, Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures and Senior Fellow, Civil Service College [PDF, 238 KB]

Collecting the pandemic crisis: The challenge for museums in the age of COVID-19

Dr Mathew Trinca, Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and Director, National Museum of Australia [PDF, 989 KB]

The space(s) between us: Reflections amidst a pandemic on the role of an arts centre

Yvonne Tham, CEO, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay [PDF, 790 KB]

A strategic approach for museums to the post-COVID-19 world

Ye Yipei, Data Manager, The Palace Museum, China [PDF, 528 KB]

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden in the time of COVID-19

Professor Dr Marion Ackermann, Director General, Dresden State Art Collections (SKD), Germany [PDF, 222 KB]

Cultural opportunities for liveable neighbourhoods

Michael Koh, Executive Fellow, Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development and Tan Xin Wei Andy, Manager, Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development [PDF 6,372 KB]

The future of culture post COVID-19 in France

Jack Lang, Former Minister of Culture, France and President of the Institut du Monde Arabe [PDF, 171 KB]

Staying COVID-19 secure: Navigating the new normal for museums

Alvin Tan Tze Ee, Deputy Chief Executive (Policy & Community), National Heritage Board [PDF, 1,931 KB]

Staying the course, adopting new mindsets: The arts in the time of COVID

Paul Tan, Deputy Chief Executive, National Arts Council [PDF, 1,299 KB]

Never a dull moment in Jogja

Mella Jaarsma, Co-founder, Cemeti Institute for Art & Society, Yogyakarta, Indonesia [PDF, 1,431 KB]