November 9, 2022
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6min
      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
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3min
      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
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3min
      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 […]

September 30, 2022
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6min
      Ponniyin Selvan, a Tamil language historical fiction action film produced by British-Sri Lankan entrepreneur Allirajah Subaskaran, is set to be premiered in Sri Lanka on 30th September 2022 The movie adaptation of Kalki Krishnamoothy’s 1955 novel with the same title is directed by legendary Mani Ratnam & features an ensemble cast including […]

September 13, 2022
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5min
      ‘Encounters’ is the second exhibition by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka), which opened its doors to the public earlier this year at Crescat Boulevard, Colombo. The museum will host the following series of programmes during September to engage visitors at the museum. Rotation 2 of […]

April 25, 2022
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        Rendez-Vous with Yasmin and Kumar this month features the work of Jayantha Premachandra, one of Sri Lanka’s internationally recognised artists who spent the last years of his life, living and painting in Paris. Born in 1935, Jayantha Premachandra’s creative output extended across canvasses, mosaics, batik motifs, murals, line drawings and lots […]


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