- by Republica
With the aims of promoting Nepal as an art destination and supporting children battling cancer, a mega art festival began on Thursday, to be followed by an exhibition and sale. ...
- by Sangita Shrestha
Rectangles, circles, squares and more form different patterns and figures in artist Sangee Shrestha’s paintings are displayed in Mcube Gallery, Chakupat, Patan. This is her second solo exhibition titled ‘Sambeg’, where she uses these geometrical...
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A painting exhibition has been organized by Shivata Love Foundation with the support of the Indian Embassy and BP Koirala India-Nepal Foundation on the occasion of the 152nd Gandhi Jayanti. ...
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A total of 28 artists’ group exhibition ‘Alfresco Art Exhibition 2021’ began on October 3 at Nepal Art Council, Babermahal. ...
- by Associated Press
A Danish artist who was was given a pile of money by a museum with which to create a piece of artwork, submitted two empty canvases — titled “Take the Money and Run.” Jens Haaning...
- by Sangita Shrestha
Artist Subas Tamang has an average Nepali height; a man in his early 30’s who completed his Master’s in Fine Arts in Printmaking. On Sunday, he was seen donning a dark blue shirt and a gray trouser; and on his right shoulder hung a black tote bag. Subas has a calm face, yet his eyes give away a vibe, as if something is bothering him.
- by Sangita Shrestha
Indra Jatra is one of the most remarkable festivals of Kathmandu where the streets come alive with traditional music, mask dances, chariot processions, folk drama and more. And the procession of Pulu Kishi is one of the fascinating processions among other processions taken out during the jatra.
- by Sangita Shrestha
L Bazra Lama’s solo painting exhibition titled ‘Besar’ began at LA Gallery, Bauddha on Wednesday. A total of 13 conceptual paintings are on display where he has used social issues such as abortion, suicide, constitution, and politics among others as his theme for the exhibition.
- by Sangita Shrestha
Around 50 works of a total of 23 artists are on display at an exhibition titled ‘The Nude exhibition 2021’ which began on September 3 at M Cube Gallery, Chakupat, Lalitpur. As the title of the exhibition suggests, it features paintings, photographs, installations and sculptures that accentuate the beauty of the natural body without artificial clothing — nude.
- by Reuters
Sotheby’s on Thursday announced the sale of a private modern and contemporary art collection featuring Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso pieces valued at more than $600 million, saying that was the highest estimate ever placed on any collection to come to auction.
- by Sangita Shrestha
Today is father’s day and it’s always a sweet gesture to show your dad how much you love and appreciate him. And the best way to do so is offering him some sweet delights to indulge in.
- by Reuters
Belgian collector Yvette Darden was surrounded by a pile of colored tins, with items ranging from Chocolate, toffee, coffee and rice to tobacco, talc and shoe polish, and come from as far away as India
- by Associated Press
A Banksy artwork that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million is up for sale again — at several times the previous price.
- by Reuters
Using a long pair of tweezers, Monami Ohno delicately places tiny cardboard "scales" on the legs of her sculpture of Godzilla, the giant reptile from the classic Japanese movie.
- by Republica
International Coalition of Sites of Conscience launched 'Shared Journeys', a virtual exhibit that showcases the hidden, lost, or sidelined histories of the Asian region—seven Asian countries, 12 exhibitions by 12 organizations on July 29 on www.sharedjourneys.online.
- by Reuters
Crowds gathered in coastal towns in eastern England on Saturday to view new works by Banksy, after the secretive street artist claimed responsibility for the murals. Ten images appeared in towns in Norfolk and Suffolk over the past week, sparking speculation that Banksy was behind them.
- by Sangita Shrestha
According to the lunar calendar, every year Naagpachami is observed on the fifth day of the bright half of the Nepali month of Shrawan. Naagpanchami is the festival dedicated to Naag or the serpent god. During Nagpanchami, poster/paintings with motifs of snakes, half-human half-snake forms, Lord Krishna sitting or standing on multi-headed snake, insects, frog and more are seen pasted on the front door of the houses.
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Uttam Nepali, a senior scholar and modern painter of Nepali fine arts, passed away at the age of 84 on Wednesday.
- by Republica
Nepal Art Village, a company which aims to promote artisan families of Nepal to live and display their masterpieces, lost its President Raj Kumar Shakya- a well known repousse artist to COVID-19 on June 5, 2021.
- by Associated Press
A New York City museum dedicated to telling Chinese American history marked its reopening to the public on Wednesday, with an exhibit on Asian Americans and racism that it curated partially through submissions gathered during the pandemic and a surge of anti-Asian bias incidents around the country.