Acquiring art
Conversations about collecting with Isabelle Darrigrand
Conversations about collecting with Isabelle Darrigrand
In 2013, the young, protean, conceptually sophisticated artist Hit Man Gurung started work on a piece titled Kumai Went to Arab, which was the beginning of a powerful, emotionally hard-hitting series of paintings
We now have to shift away from temporary school structures, however necessary they may have been in the immediate aftermath of the earthquakes
There are many different ways of appreciating a work of art. One may choose to let it remain mysterious and glean from it what one may—perhaps discovering new things with passing time, appre
Many things were broken or damaged during the earthquake: homes, infrastructure, schools, people’s fragile minds, and among the tangible debris that we can now start to speak about
Perhaps the most striking aspect of the Art Market is the ease that people feel as they browse through the wide range of sellers
It has been six weeks or so since the first earthquake, and while relief efforts are slowly winding down from the frenetic
As we move slowly past the initial aftermath of two devastating earthquakes, even while a great many people in hard-hit
Today art exists in so many varied and wondrous forms that it would be hard to list all without making some egregious omissions.
Singh’s skill in his preferred medium of pen and ink is apparent in the range of his work available for everyone to see, for a month, at the Nepal Art Council in Babarmahal
As a retrospective, the exhibition succeeds exceedingly well, mainly due to elements such as the curators’ comprehensive access to Singh’s work
Not all art exhibitions are easy viewing. Most are in fact hit or miss depending on one’s state of mind.
Visiting the monastery, which is open to all, is a bewildering, enchanting experience. Even the non-religious will find themselves moved by the tranquility and beauty cultivated by the archi
If you walk into the Siddhartha Art Gallery these days to view the show titled Masculism- by Gopal Das Shrestha - Kalapremi— you may not even notice the tall, slim, quiet man
There is an enormous lack of access to learning on any subject outside of the strict, very narrow textbooks that most children, even in the Valley, have access to via their schools