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June 12, 2023

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) is an education-led initiative that aims to establish a public museum dedicated to the display, research, collection, and conservation of modern and contemporary art for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public, schools, and tourists. As a space that […]

June 6, 2023

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Public programmes allow the general public to experience museums beyond what is offered in walk-in visits, by welcoming visitors to engage in creative, reflective, and recreational activities in response to what is offered in exhibition and gallery spaces. The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) opened in […]

May 8, 2023

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) opened its new exhibition titled ‘The Foreigners’ on 4 May 2023, at its premises on the ground floor of Crescat Boulevard, Colombo 3. Curated by Sandev Handy and Sharmini Pereira, ‘The Foreigners’ brings together the works of 15 contemporary artists […]

March 24, 2023

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) is participating in the Web3 for the Arts and Culture (WAC) Fellowship programme, offered by We Are Museums and TZ Connect with the support of the Tezos Foundation. The MMCA Sri Lanka is the only arts and cultural institution from […]

March 22, 2023

‘Encounters’ curated by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) closed on 19 March, at its premises on the Ground floor of Crescar Boulevard, Colombo 3. The exhibition opened on 10 February 2022 and featured 59 loaned artworks by 15 artists from across the country and Berlin. […]

March 20, 2023

Pramodha Weerasekera, Assistant Curator of Education and Public Programmes at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) will be speaking at the conference ‘Beyond Theory: Mapping Feminist Practices in the Contemporary’ organised by the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) in Bangalore, India. The conference will be […]

March 8, 2023

Sandev Handy, Curator and Ritchell Marcelline, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) took part in the EX-SITU: Art Spaces Residency at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) from 10 January to 6 February 2023. SAM has introduced this residency as ‘a museum-run programme committed […]

February 27, 2023

In October 2022, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) launched ‘MMCA Afterschool’, an initiative that provides children aged 6–10 with stimulating, fun, and collaborative learning experiences in the context of the country’s first museum of modern and contemporary art. The programme has successfully completed two terms, […]

February 9, 2023

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka (MMCA Sri Lanka) is an education-led initiative that aims to establish a 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. During a […]

December 29, 2022

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In February 2022, the European Union (EU) entered a partnership with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka’s (MMCA Sri Lanka) second exhibition titled ‘Encounters’ which opened on 11 February 2022. Acknowledging the support extended by the EU to ‘Encounters’, Sharmini Pereira, Chief Curator of the MMCA Sri Lanka said, […]

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka University of Jaffna Internships

Public Programmes at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka Opens ‘The Foreigners’

MMCA Sri Lanka Selected for the Web3 for the Arts and Culture (WAC) Fellowship

‘Encounters’ by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka Closes

Pramodha Weerasekera from the MMCA Sri Lanka speaks at the Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru

A team from the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka on a residency at the Singapore Art Museum

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka Launches Term 3 of ‘MMCA Afterschool’

Promising Young Professionals Team Up at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka

The European Union Partners to Support ‘Encounters’ by the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Sri Lanka