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March 19, 2024

The long-awaited ‘Sri Lankan Artists 2024’ exhibition organized by The George Keyt Foundation will make a resounding comeback after a six-year hiatus. The grand opening will take place on 22 March 2024 at the JDA Perera Gallery in Colombo and continue until 26 March. The George Keyt Foundation’s ‘Sri Lankan Artists 2024’ exhibition not only […]

December 1, 2023

Child artists from all over Sri Lanka and some overseas locations were rewarded for their creative expression with cash prizes totaling Rs 3 million recently, at the conclusion of the fourth edition of ‘Arunalu Siththam’ – the island-wide children’s art competition conducted by the Commercial Bank of Ceylon. Exclusively for children between […]

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 10, 2023

Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 2023 – The ‘Light a Future’ initiative announced the launch of an exclusive Art Sale with donated pieces by eight [08] locally renowned artists – an initiative conducted in partnership with Atlas, Sarvodaya, Buzzer, My Tickets, Ernst & Young and Emerging Media. The exhibition, which was held on […]

April 25, 2022

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 […]

The George Keyt Foundation ‘Sri Lankan Artists 2024’ Exhibition returns to celebrate nation’s artistic brilliance

Over 135 child artists awarded at ComBank’s ‘Arunalu Siththam’ art competition

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

‘Light a Future’ host Art Sale to support the education of 100,000 children

Jayantha Premachandra Revisited