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March 8, 2023

Sandev Handy, Curator and Ritchell Marcelline, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) took part in the EX-SITU: Art Spaces Residency at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) from 10 January to 6 February 2023. SAM has introduced this residency as ‘a museum-run programme committed […]

February 27, 2023

In October 2022, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) launched ‘MMCA Afterschool’, an initiative that provides children aged 6–10 with stimulating, fun, and collaborative learning experiences in the context of the country’s first museum of modern and contemporary art. The programme has successfully completed two terms, […]

February 21, 2023

Kala Pola, Sri Lanka’s Annual Open-Air Art Fair, which was held on 19th February, celebrated its 30th year in 2023. The event was first conceptualised by the George Keyt Foundation in 1993, and has since been held with the continued support and patronage of the John Keells Group, since 1994. Kala Pola […]

January 30, 2023

Kala Pola, Sri Lanka’s annual open-air art fair, will celebrate 30 years of enhancing livelihoods of Sri Lankan artists in an enthralling atmosphere along Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, also known as Green Path, on 19th February 2023. As Sri Lanka’s pioneering and best-known visual art fair inspired by the world-famous outdoor art fairs […]

January 19, 2023

‘Encounters’ by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) takes one on a journey of multiple encounters. Display 1 of this exhibition follows the historical trail of Sri Lanka’s emergence in the international arena through diplomatic and geopolitical relationships. The artworks and artefacts on display, from as […]

December 9, 2022

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) opens Rotation 3 of its exhibition titled ‘Encounters’ today (8 December 2022). The public can view the exhibition until 19 March 2023, at the museum premises inside Crescat Boulevard, Colombo 03. Curated by Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator and Sandev Handy, […]

November 9, 2022

The second edition of the #SupportLocalArt: The Talk Series, curated and organised by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) took place from 24 July to 14 August 2022. Initiated by the Saskia Fernando Gallery and supported by Nations Trust Private Banking, the first edition of the […]

October 25, 2022

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) is pleased to announce its first Museum Intensive programme, which has been conceived as a series of focused training programmes that address professional capacity-building needs within Sri Lanka’s cultural sector. The MMCA Sri Lanka is working in partnership with the […]

October 19, 2022

Insta-Hockney is an exhibition featuring the artwork of Bilaal Raji Saheed. This will subsequently be the launch of Sri Lanka’s first homegrown NFT collection, on a homegrown marketplace. The collection was created using an organic and inorganic creative process, using Bilal’s artistic outlook bridged together with the use of Artificial Intelligence. In […]

October 13, 2022

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka showcases work of George Keyt, documenting and creating awareness on select paintings by the Sri Lankan artist The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) works with many lenders and private collectors to curate its exhibitions, with the objective […]

A team from the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka on a residency at the Singapore Art Museum

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka Launches Term 3 of ‘MMCA Afterschool’

Kala Pola 2023 concludes with splendour

Kala Pola 2023 Open-Air Art Fair celebrates 30 years of promoting visual art in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s global relationships highlighted in ‘Encounters’ by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka Opens Rotation 3 of ‘Encounters’

Pivotal Conversations about Sri Lankan Contemporary Art Continue: The #SupportLocalArt Talk Series Completes Its Second Edition

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka Organises its First Museum Intensive Training Programme

Insta-Hockney Art exhibition, a touch of human, AI and NFT. Limited Public Viewing

The MMCA Sri Lanka partners with the George Keyt Foundation