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Exhibition | What Empire Took, What Empire Left: Museums, Borders and the Politics of Return in South Asia

Written by admin on August 20, 2026. Posted in Ongoing Activites.

Curated by Dr. Arshiya Mansoor Lokhandwala for the Saraf Foundation, hosted at Taragaon Next, August 2026Temsüyanger Longkumer, Reetu Sattar, Shaurya Kumar, Raqs Media Collective, Mithu Sen, Divya Mehra, Marium Ghani, L.N. Tallur, Roshan Mishra, Bishal Manandhar, Jagath WeerasingheWhat Empire Took, What Empire Left emerges from a central provocation: what happens when the sacred is violently dislocated—not only from place, but from time, ritual, and meaning? Across South Asia, deities, manuscripts, and ritual objects have been removed from living contexts and reclassified within Western...

Exhibition | Forms of Abstraction

Written by admin on April 8, 2026. Posted in Events, Ongoing Activites.

Artwork image by Reeta Manandhar‘Forms of Abstraction’, an exhibition curated by Roshan Mishra, highlights abstraction as an ongoing and evolving artistic language in Nepal, showcasing work developed over many years of practice. The exhibition opened to the public on April 2 at 4 pm at Taragaon Next.Supported by the Saraf Foundation, ‘Forms of Abstraction’ presents a current overview of abstract art practices in Nepal, featuring over 26 living Nepali artists who have been continuously engaged in abstraction across themes such as motion, emotion, nature, architecture, geometry and culture.Rather...

Feminist Futures: Art, Activism and South Asian Womanhood

Exhibition | Feminist Futures Travels to Sri Lanka

Written by admin on October 10, 2025. Posted in Events, Past Activities.

Feminist Futures: Art, Activism, and South Asian Womanhood traveled to Colombo, Sri Lanka and was on view from September 26th, 2025 – October 8, 2025 at the Lotus Gallery, National Museum.This exhibition was inaugurated by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya in Colombo.Curated by Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala, Feminist Futures, features 10 female artists from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and was on view at Taragaon Next from January 25, 2025 to May 31, 2025.View what the artists said about their workRead the Curator’s Note...

Exhibition | At the Tipping Point: Art and Ecology from the Rooftop of the World

Written by admin on May 29, 2025. Posted in Events.

Sagarmatha Next presents: At the Tipping Point: Art and Ecology from the Rooftop of the WorldSponsored by Saraf Foundation and curated by Dr Arshiya Lokhandwala featuring 12 artists from all over the world, the exhibition will open on June 5 at 4 pm!Framed by the towering Himalayas, this ecological exhibition underscores Nepal’s position as a “ground zero” for climate change. The urgency of the crisis is palpable—melting glaciers threaten global water supplies, erratic weather endangers agriculture, deforestation ravages biodiversity, and rising sea levels imperil coastal life. The...

Exhibition | Sambandh (Samband)

Written by admin on May 10, 2025. Posted in Events, Ongoing Activites.

The opening for this exhibition is happened on May 10, 2025 at 3 pm, at Taragaon Next. As glaciers shrink, glacial lakes are formed, which can burst and trigger devastating floods. Further consequences include landslides, disrupted ecosystems, and a threat to communities that rely on glacial meltwater as a key source of clean water for the region.These alarming transformations serve as a backdrop to the central focus of the artwork—glaciers seemingly suspended in a liminal time-space, a delicate balance between their final melting and the then moment. Through two distinct but connected...

Exhibition | Feminist Futures: Art, Activism, and South Asian Womanhood

Written by admin on January 13, 2025. Posted in Events, Ongoing Activites.

Curated by Dr. Arshiya LokhandwalaThe Taragaon Cultural Center in Nepal is pleased to announce the opening of Feminist Futures: Art, Activism, and South Asian Womanhood, a transformative exhibition curated by the art historian Dr. Arshiya Lokhandwala. This exhibition showcases the powerful voices of ten South Asian artists including Anita Dube, Anoli Perera, Ashmina Ranjit, Bidhata KC, Mithu Sen, Naiza Khan, Pushpamala N, Sheba Chhachhi , Tayeba Begum Lipi, and Uma Bista, who critically engage with gendered histories, social inequities encountered by women in the region.Feminist Futures...

Exhibition | Archiving For The Future: Nepal Architecture Archive

Written by admin on January 13, 2025. Posted in Events, Ongoing Activites.

“ARCHIVING FOR THE FUTURE” is a curated display that explores the juncture of time, architecture, and archives documented through memory and people and highlights the role of archiving in preserving and promoting our shared heritage for future generations.The Nepal Architecture Archive (NAA), officially founded in 2016, is housed on the sprawling premises of the Taragaon Museum. This growing and versatile archive with rare photographs, books, surveys, blueprints, objects, and invaluable notes serves as readings of Nepal’s fast-changing urban landscapes and cultural nuances....

Artist Residency | Artist in Studio

Written by admin on March 28, 2025. Posted in Ongoing Activites.

Open Call for Taragaon Next Artist in Studio Program!We’re excited to announce a 1-month studio program at the iconic Taragaon Studio, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban.Formerly the Nepal House Project, this structure was designed by Pritzker Prize winner Japanese architect Shigeru Ban in 2015, as a resilient prototype in response to a devastating earthquake of 7.8 magnitude in the region.Today, this prototype is rediscovered as a studio space, a dynamic laboratory for artists to reflect, work, and create with diverse mediums and techniques. This semi-equipped space...

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