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February 13, 2025

The free public programmes for the month of February at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) will include a Gallery Talk on Wednesday, 19 February, from 5:30 to 7 pm. The talk will feature artist and academic T. Shanaathanan and Professor Neloufer de Mel in conversation with Sandev Handy, […]

February 2, 2025

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) is pleased to announce its lineup of free public programmes for February 2025. They are presented as part of the second rotation of the museum’s current exhibition titled ‘Total Landscaping’, which explores the transformation of land in Sri Lanka. The programmes are designed […]

January 23, 2025

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Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka), was a panellist at the ‘New Dialogues: Contemporary Art from South Asia’ lecture series, which took place in Bangladesh. The series was organised as part of the inaugural Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation/Kochi-Muziris Biennale Award (DBF-KMB Award), a new multi-year […]

January 2, 2025

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The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) recently welcomed civil service members, non-governmental officials, and policymakers to a special tour of Total Landscaping, its current exhibition that reimagines land, conflict, and community. Representatives from the Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, the British […]

December 19, 2024

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) will open Rotation 2 of their exhibition ‘Total Landscaping’ on 15 December. A fresh lineup of public programmes in their galleries awaits you to conclude your 2024 on a high note with a visit to the museum located on the ground floor of […]

December 17, 2024

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) opened Rotation 2 of their exhibition ‘Total Landscaping’ on 15 December. Curated by Sandev Handy and Thinal Sajeewa, the exhibition explores the broad, dramatic, and stirring ways in which landscapes have transformed in Sri Lanka. Rotation 2 of ‘Total Landscaping’ features nine contemporary […]

December 4, 2024

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) recently concluded their 2024 Visitor Educator (VE) training programme. This four-day programme set a new benchmark for training young museum professionals in Sri Lanka, a task that the MMCA Sri Lanka has been actively engaged in since 2019. This year’s training was planned […]

November 8, 2024

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) will conduct 15 regional workshops in Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Ampara, Monaragala, and Badulla districts from 5–30 November. Curated as part of the Dialogue and Civic Engagement Fellowship, the workshops are offered in partnership with the Supporting Effective Dispute Resolution (SEDR) project. Kalyani Sundaralingam, […]

November 1, 2024

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The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) invites you to join their free public events for November, held at the museum located at Crescat Boulevard, Colombo 3. These public programmes are curated as part of Rotation 1 of their current exhibition, ‘Total Landscaping’, which is on view until 1 December […]

October 22, 2024

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The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) is the country’s first public initiative dedicated to the collection, research, conservation, and display of modern and contemporary art. The museum strives to make its exhibitions and public programmes more accessible for visitors by being free and offering all information in Sinhala, Tamil, […]

The MMCA Sri Lanka Hosts a Gallery Talk for ‘Total Landscaping’ Rotation 2

The MMCA Sri Lanka Announces Free Public Programmes for February 2025

Sharmini Pereira of the MMCA Sri Lanka Speaks at the DBF-KMB Lecture Series

The MMCA Sri Lanka Hosts Key Organisations to Address Land Conflicts Through Art

The MMCA Sri Lanka Announces December Public Programmes for ‘Total Landscaping’ Rotation 2

The MMCA Sri Lanka Opens Rotation 2 of ‘Total Landscaping’

The MMCA Sri Lanka Trains Young Museum Professionals

The MMCA Sri Lanka Conducts Regional Workshops with SEDR

The MMCA Sri Lanka Invites the Public to Explore ‘Total Landscaping’

MMCA Sri Lanka Brings Together Supporters of the Arts