January 2, 2025
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3min27
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 17, 2024
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5min18
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 […]

October 22, 2024
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5min41
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, […]

August 26, 2024
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6min9
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) is an education-led initiative that aims to establish the country’s first public museum dedicated to the display, research, collection, and conservation of Sri Lankan modern and contemporary art, for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public, schools, and tourists. Since its launch […]

July 31, 2024

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The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) conducted the second edition of its Museum Intensive training programme on 27 June. This one-day workshop focused on paper and photography conservation and was developed in close partnership with the World Monuments Fund (WMF). The MMCA Sri Lanka’s Museum Intensive series is designed […]

July 31, 2024

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The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) recently hosted a private screening of the animated documentary ‘is this an architectural documentary?’ (2023), for the residents of the Watapuluwa Housing Scheme in Kandy. This artwork was specially commissioned by the MMCA Sri Lanka, and created by contemporary artists Irushi Tennekoon, Sumedha […]

June 25, 2024

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Since December 2023, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) has been working on its ‘Arts 4 ADR’ project in partnership with Supporting Effective Dispute Resolution (SEDR Sri Lanka). It is a 12-month endeavour that aims to increase awareness and understanding of community-based Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms and facilitate […]


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