artists

A Single Brushstroke

Jerome Edou’s monochrome ink exhibition A Single Brushstroke marks the first physical exhibition at Siddhartha Art Gallery in nine months. Nepali Times got a glimpse as...

Shristi Karki

Nepal museums reopen after 8 months

Since March, Nepal’s museum curators have been in deep despair due to the extended Covid-19 lockdown, and the ban on public gatherings.But...

Lain Singh Bangdel’s legacy lives on

On 15 September, a UK-based art promotion site MutualArt sent an auction notification to its over 500,000 members. For sale was a rare 1955 watercolour...

Nepal-inspired bronze show in Italy

Bronze sculptures by an Italian artist inspired by Kathmandu Valley’s lost-wax process and exhibited earlier this year at the Patan Museum, is...

Take to pottery during the pandemic

Ceramics classes allow Bhaktapur potters to keep family heritage alive, while giving people a chance to destress

Monika Deupala

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...

Nepal Art Now in Vienna

The Weltmuseum Wien, one of the most renowned ethnographic museums in the world, is organising a first-of-its kind exhibition to showcase the best works...

Kathmandu’s Ranjana renaissance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtFNPi-Yt_cOver the Tihar festival this month, while most people were busy worshipping crows, dogs and cows, an unusual group of people had gathered in...

Monika Deupala

Photo returns to Kathmandu

The third edition of Nepal’s international photography festival is all set to kick off on Friday for a month-long festival of images. As a...

Monika Deupala

Two new galleries in town

Located in a corner behind the big bell in Boudha, Gallery LA (Let’s Art) just completed its first year, representing Kathmandu’s rising...