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Connecting ancient stories to dark skies with Shared Skies ✨

KALĀ September 12, 2026 5:30 am

Ladakh brings back the magic of Bad Gastein.
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Finding that nostalgic mountain energy in the Himalayas ✨

KALĀ September 7, 2026 5:30 am

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Ever moved somewhere that completely shifted how you create art?

KALĀ September 4, 2026 9:30 am

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What happens when art, community, and climate action meet?

KALĀ August 19, 2026 5:30 am

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Where ecology meets art. 🌱🎨

KALĀ August 18, 2026 5:30 am

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How do you choose your medium?

KALĀ August 17, 2026 5:30 am

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What is our rationale?

KALĀ August 16, 2026 3:30 am

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the KALĀ Commune Podcast—a platform dedicated to amplifying the voices, visions, and creative forces shaping South Asia’s contemporary cultural landscape.

KALĀ (the Sanskrit word for art, craft, and creative execution) serves as our anchor. The KALĀ Commune Podcast brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural catalysts from across Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the wider diaspora to dissect the region's shared histories, pressing narratives, and emerging futures.

In this first edition, we sit down with Raki Nikahetiya—a dynamic force bridging the worlds of art, activism, and environmental conservation. He is the director and co-founder of the sā Ladakh Biennale, the world’s highest-altitude regenerative art biennale, fostering site-specific installations and initiatives at the intersection of climate, culture, and community.

We dive into his creative process, the power of collective spaces, and how art can serve as a conduit for ecological and social restoration.

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Raki Nikahetiya on Art, Conservation & Collective Spaces | KALĀ Commune Ep 1

KALĀ August 14, 2026 8:30 am

Marking her Sri Lankan debut, Richi Bhatia presents a self-led performance shaped by embodied research, material inquiry, and audience interaction.

The performance unfolds with a sound piece in the background as viewers are invited to engage with fish scales applied to the artist’s face — collapsing the distance between body, material, and spectator. What follows is an informal conversation, opening space to reflect on how the body and material are read across different geographies, informed by mythology, food practices, gender, and cultural memory.

Rooted in long, labour-intensive processes, Bhatia’s practice moves between performance, drawing, object-making, and community-based inquiry, using the body as a sensing tool to navigate personal and collective systems. This debut initiates a dialogue that is local in encounter, yet expansive in resonance.

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Richi K Bhatia Debut Performance in Sri Lanka

KALĀ February 23, 2026 6:35 am

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In this second edition of KALĀ Commune, our founder @saskiafernando sits down with Jagath Weerasinghe @jagathweerasinghe, a seminal Sri Lankan contemporary artist, archaeologist, and academic who played a pivotal role in shaping the island’s post-1990s artistic landscape. Co-founder of the Theertha International Artists Collective and former Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya, he pioneered the "90s Art Trend," a movement reflecting the political trauma and social fractures of Sri Lanka`s civil war.

As an archaeologist, Weerasinghe’s research spans heritage management and cultural policy. Through expressive paintings and critical scholarship, he continues to bridge historical preservation with radical artistic commentary.

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🎧 Full Podcast releasing on September 29th (Tuesday) at 3:00 PM (IST / GMT +5:30) on the KALĀ YouTube channel.
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$In this second edition of KALĀ Commune, our founder @saskiafernando sits down with Jagath Weerasinghe @jagathweerasinghe, a seminal Sri Lankan contemporary artist, archaeologist, and academic who played a pivotal role in shaping the island’s post-1990s artistic landscape. Co-founder of the Theertha International Artists Collective and former Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology at the University of Kelaniya, he pioneered the "90s Art Trend," a movement reflecting the political trauma and social fractures of Sri Lanka's civil war. As an archaeologist, Weerasinghe’s research spans heritage management and cultural policy. Through expressive paintings and critical scholarship, he continues to bridge historical preservation with radical artistic commentary. Produced by @ifilm_srilanka Recorded at @ifilm_studio_ 🎧 Full Podcast releasing on September 29th (Tuesday) at 3:00 PM (IST / GMT +5:30) on the KALĀ YouTube channel. 🔔 Subscribe and stay tuned to our channel! Link in bio$

Connecting ancient stories to dark skies with Shared Skies ✨
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Finding that nostalgic mountain energy in the Himalayas ✨ Ladakh brings back the magic of Bad Gastein.
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Ever moved somewhere that completely shifted how you create art?
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The A4A (Artists for Artists) Annual Auction fundraiser expands its reach to global residencies. While production grants provide crucial seed funding, residencies offer a deeply transformative experience centred on time, immersive research, mentorship and critical peer-to-peer exchange. @indiaartfair @hampiartlabs @franceincolombo @citedesartsparis @vaslartists @siddharthaartsfoundation

KALA announces Prasad Hettiarachchi @prasad_hettiarachch as the first recipient of the KALĀ x Hampi Art Labs Artist Residency programme at Hampi Art Labs, taking place between July - August 2025, in Vijayanagar, Karnataka, India.

KALĀ, in collaboration with @hampiartlabs , provides Sri Lankan artists with the opportunity to participate in the Hampi Art Labs residency programme.

KALĀ South Asia extends its residencies through a committed partnership with the @franceincolombo and @citedesartsparis via a three month residency in Paris. The 2025 recipient - Kajendran Sivasubramaniam @siva.kaja

Kala South Asia is proud to present @dumi_illangasinghe_ Dumiduni as the first international Artist-in-residence at India Art Fair. In the programme’s five year history, Dumiduni’s inclusion marks an important moment positioning Sri Lanka as a compelling and distinctive voice within the South Asian contemporary art landscape

KALA welcomes Elena Renée Pereira (@__elenapereira ) to Sri Lanka for a two-month residency, as part of our artist exchange with Hampi Art Labs (@hampiartlabs )

Elena is a conceptual artist whose practice merges art, design, and performance to explore the dialogue between materials.

The third A4A awardees @jkinstrgram Kavishwara Jayasekara, @catharina07d Catharina Danial, @rupasinghe_jr_ Rajitha Rupasinghe and @darshani.rathnayake Darshani Rathnayake

Paris Cité Internationale des Arts residency artist for 2026 - @lojithan_ram

The Siddhartha Arts Foundation welcome @prageeth_m as the Abari Nepal Artist-in-residence for the KALA South Asia x Siddhartha Arts Foundation artist residency 2026

As @vaslartists marks 25 years of fostering artistic dialogue, collaboration, and experimentation, we are delighted to announce the selected artists for the 18th edition of the Ta

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