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From the outside looking in
A mixed media exhibition are windows on a tangible, architectural archive of Patan
An amalgamation of artists
Exhibition collects both seasoned and upcoming Nepali artists
The unbearable lightness of being old
Art that explores youth, ageing, and unfulfilled longings with a visual amalgam of artistic motifs
Art and poetry in motion
Exhibition shows how Nepal’s public transport is also a vehicle for creative expression
Expressing culture and nature in eco-art
All phtos: SUMAN NEPALITwenty-one acrylic portals on the crossroads of physical and spiritual worlds await visitors along an unassuming…
Art for art's sake
Photo: ASHISH DHAKAL.Siddhartha Art Gallery is once again alive with a vibrant colour palette, meticulously textured on canvas, depicting…
The imaginarium of Samridh Mukhiya
"The old man with young hands iii", 2019, Pen and ink on paper. Photos: MONIKA DEUPALA.Sitting cross-legged in the dappled light under a tree…
Between the lines with Sujan Dangol
The artist shows us the loss of old Kathmandu Valley with his intense drawings of a densely-packed urbanscape.
Playing with symmetry and shadow
Sravasti Ghosh Dastidar’s photographic exhibition ‘Soul in Shades’ at Siddhartha Art Gallery was pushed back by one year because of the Covid-19…
Memories of home
Jagdish Moktan works with soil to paint his memory.After nearly a year of closure, Siddhartha Art Gallery is putting up two new shows. Jagdish…
A Single Brushstroke
Photos: JEROME EDOUJerome Edou’s monochrome ink exhibition A Single Brushstroke marks the first physical exhibition at Siddhartha Art Gallery in…
Nepal museums reopen after 8 months
Narayanhiti Palace Museum reopens after eight month long closure during the Covid-19 crisis. Photos: BIKRAM RAISince March, Nepal’s museum…
History in (not such) a hurry
When the Nepali Times morphed into a weekly newspaper from an e-platform in 2000, it was met at first with initial skepticism as the few English…
Golden deities
This week Siddhartha Art Gallery brings to us the rare opportunity to view the works of two celebrated Tibetan thangka artists, Tenzing Dhargay…
Atrocities against Tharu expressed in art
Lavkant ChaudharyAs they enter Lavkant Chaudhary’s Masinya Dastoor exhibition at the Siddhartha Art Gallery, the visitors are strongly drawn to…
Going analogue in the digital age
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtX1SAyX-P4&feature=youtu.beIn the selfie age, when all it takes is a click to create a picture and seconds for…
Lost in Transition
Though the medium is oil on canvas, Mann Gurung employs only sepia tones in his paintings, evoking the era of old photographs. Indeed, his…
Maureen Drdak’s Small Works
The banyan is often mistaken for the holy pipal. The banyan is ‘bar’ in Nepali and is often found in consort with the pipal on chautaris, where…
The craft of art
A painting by Ang TsherinThere used to be a time when Tibetan devotional art meant murals and thangkas. Not anymore. An internationally-renowned…
Melding expressions
In Sheelasha Rajbhandari’s painting, a boar holds a big round object in its tusks as it emerges from the water. The image suggests Lord Vishnu’s…
Old art meets new
In the land of magnificent traditional artforms like Paubha and Thanka, some connoisseurs may not even know about Nepal’s burgeoning…