Currently, the beautiful
Secretariat building hosts the Goethe Institut exhibition of German
contemporany artist Wolfgang Laib.
This is a unique event given
the fact that the building is closed during the year (visiting dignataries are
usually invited to take a tour of the building with Thant Myint-U, The Chairman
of the Yangon Heritage Trust).
The only day it opens for the
public is July 19 for Martyrs’ Day celebrations - the day Aung San was shot
dead in one of the rooms of this building together with members of his cabinet.
This is an additional reason for the locals, expats (and lucky tourists) to go
to see the exhibition to be able to study this old colonial building. Some
parts of the building are under renovation now.
Wolfgang Laib’s exhibition “Where the Water and
the Land End“ will run until the 4th of February and will be open every day
from 10 am to 5 pm. Free entrance.
I visited the exhibition a few days ago and I was
a little disappointed by the few exhibits but I trust you will spend a lot of
time studying the beautiful arhitecture of this historical building.
