- by Reuters
A faithful copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa dating from more than 400 years ago will go under the hammer at a Paris auction on Tuesday, months after another reproduction of one of the world's most recognizable portraits sold for a record price.
- by Associated Press
U.S. authorities returned about 250 antiquities to India on Thursday in a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme.
- by Republica
Folk Lok, a community based arts program that responds to the needs of indigenous music groups in Nepal; in association with Taa Nani Dapha Khala organized "Dapha Calling: Revitalizing our heritage” on Saturday at Hanuman Dhoka
- by Republica
A workshop titled ‘Experimental Water Color Painting Workshop’ was held on Saturday at Pokhara. The workshop was conducted by the Department of Painting, Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) in association with Gandaki Academy, Gandaki province.
- by Republica
Artist Neera Joshi has represented Nepal in the XIIIth Florence Biennale, Fortezza Da Basso, Italy that began on October 23. This year’s theme is “Eternal Feminine. Eternal Change: Concepts of Femininity in Contemporary Art and Design” and will continue till October 31.
- 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 shapes to give figurative forms and expresses her emotional journey during the time of pandemic and beyond.
- by Republica
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.
- by Republica
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 was given the equivalent of nearly $84,000 in Danish kroner and euro bank notes by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg.
- 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.