MoNA initiates promotion of Nepali Art through a social cause “Art for Hope”
With the aims of promoting Nepal as an art destination and supporting children battling cancer, a mega art festival began on Thursday, to be followed by an exhibition and sale.
Let’s face it. Kathmandu is not a very beautiful city. Save for its heritage sites and core areas, our nation’s capital does not have much to present to the outside world. It is an urban space dominated by boring concrete that lacks life and lustre. This is what Rajan Shakya, founder of the Museum of Nepali Art (MoNA) at Kathmandu Guest House, Thamel, thinks. Kathmandu has the potential to look good, he told The Rising Nepal, to become an eye-catching gem, his hands rose and face contorted with frustration-tinged enthusiasm. “But we have to give space to our artists,” he stressed.
Photo: MUSEUM OF NEPALI ART he Museum of Nepali Art (MoNA) unveiled a new painting of Goddess Gayatri by artist Udaya Charan Shrestha in a program organised at the museum on 5 April. The event was attended by Deputy Mayor of Kathmandu Hari Prabha Khadgi, gallery owners, and five Miss Nepal winners. The unveiling program […]
atar Airways, KGH Group, MoNA, and Nepal Art Post have decided to join hands to create awareness amongst the local community through art and artists. Through the collaboration, they are offering a chance to win ‘Anywhere in the World’ round trip tickets and discounts on Qatar Airways to anyone visiting MoNA until 24 March.
