art

Lain Singh Bandgel lives on

The works of Nepal’s foremost artist are up for grabs for a limited time at an auction in London

Australian gallery returns stolen strut to Nepal

A 13th-century wooden strut stolen from a Patan temple finally comes home from Australia after almost 50 years

Ashish Dhakal

Singha Darbar, not Singapore

The obsession of our leaders with Singapore is unmatched. Every prime minister we have had in the 30 years (some of them...

Art for art's sake

Siddhartha Art Gallery is once again alive with a vibrant colour palette, meticulously textured on canvas, depicting stunning expressions of devotion and...

Ashish Dhakal

Sketching the chariot of the rain god

For 19 days in May, artist Sushila Singh followed the Rato Machhindranath chariot, its construction from the ground up.She sat, watching the...

Ashish Dhakal

Art and resistance in South Asia

“In dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing, about the dark times.”German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s words echoes...

Nepali artist’s butterfly effect

Milan Rai has come a long way since his project to stick white butterflies to trees in Nepal went viral worldwide. His...

Kunda Dixit

Dipesh Nepali’s dark light

A painting that transports the artist and viewer to life’s dark period, and deliverance from it

Rajan Sakya

Between the lines with Sujan Dangol

The artist shows us the loss of old Kathmandu Valley with his intense drawings of a densely-packed urbanscape.

Art for a cause

More than 1,500 children in Nepal are diagnosed every year with some form of cancer. Many of them are treatable, but because...

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