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Parallels between Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa are the subject of two thematic shows

The world may have come a long way from depicting India as the land of snake-charmers, poverty and hippie havens, but an economically and geopolitically ascendant India still sits uneasily with the West's mind-portrait. One such broad brushstroke has been sections of the foreign media's obsession with India's 'democracy indicators sliding'. This is rich coming from democracies that have changed leaderships faster than Tunbridge Wells turnstiles, or tackled their post-election results by storming their seat of government.

The tropical ‘attitude’ that brings together two regions in rejection of European colonialism

National Gallery Singapore is proud to present Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America, a major exhibition that takes a comparative approach towards the complex histories of art across these two regions.

In the different fields of study in the arts and social sciences, there are some which are concerned with specific regions of the world. These are Asian Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Central Asian Studies and so on.