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=== 2000s onwards ===
In 2001, Singapore participated in the [[Venice Biennale]] with its own national pavilion for the first time, with artists [[Henri Chen KeZhan]], Matthew Ngui, [[Salleh Japar]], and [[Suzann Victor]] exhibiting work.<ref name=":453">{{Cite book |last=Toh |first=Charmaine |title=Siapa Nama Kamu? Art in Singapore Since the 19th Century |date=2015 |publisher=National Gallery Singapore |isbn=9789810973841 |editor-last=Low |editor-first=Sze Wee |pages=90–103 |chapter=Shifting Grounds}}</ref> Singapore continued its participation in the Venice Biennale with the exception of 2013, when the National Arts Council reassessed its participation in future biennales and resumed in 2015 after signing a 20-year lease on a national pavilion at the Arsenale in Venice.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nanda |first=Akshita |date=6 May 2015 |title=Singapore signs 20-year lease on Venice Biennale pavilion |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/singapore-signs-20-year-lease-on-venice-biennale-pavilion |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124182411/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/singapore-signs-20-year-lease-on-venice-biennale-pavilion |archive-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> [[Documenta11]] in 2002 would see the participation of [[Charles Lim]] and Woon Tien Wei as the [[internet art]] collective tsunamii.net, presenting the work ''alpha 3.4'' (2002).<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2016 |title=alpha 3.4 |url=https://anthology.rhizome.org/alpha-3-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201153743/https://anthology.rhizome.org/alpha-3-4 |archive-date=1 February 2021 |access-date=22 May 2021 |website=Rhizome Net Art Anthology}}</ref> After several years of hosting large-scale exhibitions such as the [[Singapore Art Show]], the Nokia Singapore Art series, and SENI Singapore in 2004, Singapore launched the inaugural [[Singapore Biennale]] in 2006.<ref name=":295">{{Cite web |last1=Lim |first1=Siew Kim |last2=Goh |first2=Lee Kim |date=2017 |title=Singapore Biennale |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1363_2008-07-31.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715174457/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1363_2008-07-31.html |archive-date=
[[File:CC4_Promenade_Platform_B_with_artwork_20200902_142340.jpg|thumb|300x300px|[[PHUNK]], ''Dreams in Social Cosmic Odyssey'', 2010, [[Promenade MRT station]] in Singapore]]
In 2003, the "Art in Transit" (AIT) initiative was established by the [[Land Transport Authority]] (LTA) in tandem with the completion of the [[North East MRT line|North East Line]] on the country's [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) system.<ref name="Massot 2020">{{Cite web |date=7 April 2020 |title=Getting Around - Public Transport - A Better Public Transport Experience - Art in Transit |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/a_better_public_transport_experience/art_in_transit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421081559/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/a_better_public_transport_experience/art_in_transit.html |archive-date=21 April 2020 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=LTA}}</ref> The initiative gave MRT stations specially commissioned permanent artworks by Singaporean artists in a wide variety of art styles and mediums, including sculptures, murals and mosaics often integrated into the stations' interior architecture.<ref name="Massot 2020" /><ref name="AIT">{{Cite web |title=Art in Transit brochure |url=http://www.lta.gov.sg/public_transport/doc/Art%20in%20Transit%20brochure.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050830161228/http://www.lta.gov.sg/public_transport/doc/Art%20in%20Transit%20brochure.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2005 |access-date=23 June 2022 |publisher=Land Transport Authority}}</ref> With over 300 art pieces across 80 stations, it is Singapore's largest [[public art]] programme.<ref name="Massot 2020" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Melanie |date=19 November 2019 |title=LTA looking for artists to spruce up Punggol Coast MRT station, applications close Dec. 19, 2019 |language=en |work=Mothership |publisher=Bridgewater Holdings Pte Ltd |url=https://mothership.sg/2019/11/lta-punggol-coast-mrt-artists/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327090903/https://mothership.sg/2019/11/lta-punggol-coast-mrt-artists/ }}</ref>
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