New Perspectives: Women Artists in Sri Lanka
October 18, 2024 On the 8th of February 2024, KALĀ in association with the Lionel Wendt Art Centre hosted a panel discussion featuring acclaimed Sri Lankan artists Anoli Perera, Jasmine Nilani Joseph, and Hema Shironi, in conversation with Mala Yamey, Head of Programmes at the Art South Asia Project (ASAP). Part of the KALĀ x […]
Daily Mirror | Regional Collaboration: A Catalyst for Sustainable Growth in Sri Lankan Arts
October 12, 2024 KALĀ, an innovative arts platform, founded by Saskia Fernando, rooted in Sri Lanka, is setting a new standard for elevating Sri Lankan modern and contemporary art within the broader South Asian dialogue. In a region where the art landscapes of India and Pakistan have long dominated the conversation, Sri Lankan art has […]
KALĀ 2025 Programme Announcement at Kolamba East London
October 7, 2024 During an intimate gathering at the newly opened Kolamba East, timed to coincide with Frieze Week in London, we officially announced the KALĀ 2025 programme. We are deeply honored to have been invited by the University of Visual and Performing Arts in Colombo to present a South Asian Artist Residency, which will […]
KALĀ + | Screenings
April 4, 2024 In keeping with the platform’s intention to build collaborations with practitioners, representatives and institutions across the island and the South Asian region, The series KALĀ+ featured talks, workshops and screenings both at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre and with leading representatives, institutions and individuals from the Sri Lankan art ecosystem. These events […]
KALĀ + | Youth Program
April 4, 2024 In keeping with the platform’s intention to build collaborations with practitioners, representatives and institutions across the island and the South Asian region, The series KALĀ+ featured talks, workshops and screenings both at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre and with leading representatives, institutions and individuals from the Sri Lankan art ecosystem. These events […]
KALA+ | Artist Led Workshops
April 4, 2024 In keeping with the platform’s intention to build collaborations with practitioners, representatives and institutions across the island and the South Asian region, KALĀ+ will feature talks, workshops and screenings both at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre and with leading representatives, institutions and individuals from the Sri Lankan art ecosystem. These events have […]
KALĀ | Artist Tables
April 4, 2024 In keeping with the platform’s intention to build collaborations with practitioners, representatives and institutions across the island and the South Asian region, The series KALĀ+ featured talks, workshops and screenings both at the Lionel Wendt Art Centre and with leading representatives, institutions and individuals from the Sri Lankan art ecosystem. These events […]
ArtReview | A History of Experimental Photography in Sri Lanka
April 3, 2024 Pivot Glide Echo at Lionel Wendt Art Centre, Colombo unravels an open and multiethnic vision of the island’s identity Artist, critic, curator, collector, pianist and patron Lionel Wendt pioneered experimental photography in early-twentieth-century Sri Lanka, founding the island’s modernist art movement, the 43 Group, a year before his death in 1944. Wendt […]
STIRworld | KALĀ: ‘Pivot, Glide, and Echo’ with Lionel Wendt and his legacy
February 29, 2024 Curated by Maryam Begum, ‘KALA’ in Colombo celebrates the art from the Sri Lankan region and wider South Asia aiming to foster a more inclusive art community. The landscape of arts and culture in Sri Lanka is facing a boost after three years of difficulties caused by the pandemic and a political […]
The Sunday Times | Image making re-imagined, interpreted and challenged
February 4, 2024 Stepping into Pivot Glide Echo – the inaugural exhibition of KALA – the new platform for showcasing South Asian modern and contemporary art both from the local and diasporic perspectives you are transported into a world of image-making. Image making re-imagined, interpreted, and challenged. KALA is now on at the Lionel Wendt […]