Exhibition in honour of late princess
SRA’ Art Gallery is holding its new exhibition, Apsaras and Legends of Cambodia, in honour of the late Princess Norodom Buppha Devi, a staunch promoter of Khmer Arts who helped revive the traditional Apsara dance and the Royal Ballet of
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Life in the Koh Kong jungle through the eyes of forest rangers
Publication date 05 December 2019 | 23:03 | ICTA photography exhibit chronicling the lives of forest rangers working toward the environmental protection of the jungles in Koh Kong province will be displayed on Saturday at the capital’s 5 Drunk Men sky bar.
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Preserving the ancient craft of making palm leaf manuscripts
Publication date 01 December 2019 | 20:35 | ICTVowing to preserve Khmer culture and tradition, a former monk who mastered the skill of inscribing palm leaf manuscripts uses the craft to earn a living.
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From Goya to Rubens, visitors marvel at palace of Spanish duke
Publication date 24 November 2019 | 21:42 | ICTHome to one of Spain’s most important private art collections that includes paintings by Goya, Velazquez and Rubens, the Liria Palace was for decades Madrid’s best kept cultural secret.
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A self-taught artist challenges herself with paintings
Publication date 18 November 2019 | 16:59 | ICT“When I first started earning money, I felt overwhelmed knowing there are people interested in my work”, said Sokun Kanika, a young female artist who spent years trying to hone her skills in painting.
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Fashion label with a touch of traditional Khmer art identity
Publication date 17 November 2019 | 23:02 | ICTCommerce begins to make its way out of Central Market and onto the streets as the sun begins to set and vendors line up rack after rack of trendy T-shirts for sale on the roads outside.
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Eating Ambok: Folktales and customs of the Water Festival
Publication date 04 November 2019 | 21:48 | ICTThe Water Festival aligns with the date of the full moon in the Khmer lunar calendar month of Kadeuk (or Kartika in Sanskrit) when the rice crops in paddy fields are ready for harvest.
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Cairo delights at sweet candies as Muslim festival approaches
Publication date 04 November 2019 | 21:04 | ICTThe sweet smell of candies wafts through downtown Cairo’s historic Bab al-Bahr street as the Muslim Prophet Mohammed’s birthday, known as “Al Mawlid Al Nabawi”, draws near.
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National Art Festival to celebrate traditional Khmer leather carving
Publication date 03 November 2019 | 21:33 | ICTThe Cambodia National Art Festival is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary from November 14-16 through the theme of leather art.
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Nigerian contemporary art booms and prices soar at auction houses
Publication date 03 November 2019 | 21:05 | ICTFirst there was Tutu, the “African Mona Lisa” sold last year for $1.5 million. Then a second portrait by revered Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu, called Christine, sold in mid-October for $1.4 million.
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Renaissance painting found in kitchen fetches $26M
Publication date 28 October 2019 | 20:39 | ICTA rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen was sold on Sunday for €24 million ($26.6 million), about five times the initial estimate.
