“Recently Departed” by Htein Lin
Myanmar Artist’s exhibition is showing at the Concept, Context, Contestation contemporary art show at the secretariat building. Please go and enjoy!
Nyein Chan Su (NCS) Tells His Nation’s Tale Through Art
Artist NCS (Nyein Chan Su) details the history of Myanmar through his latest series. In particular, he connects his use of red and gold to the democratic uprising in 1988. …
Paul Rosenberg
Interesting expose on a Parisian art dealer who reclaimed hundreds of works from the Nazis.
One Ten Hundreds’ Ways Of Being A Women
Artist Chuu Wai Nyein’s 4th solo exhibition was held from March 30 to April 8 at the Gallery 65. Named ‘One Ten Hundreds’, it explored the issue of women identity …
Myanmar Painter Embraces His Rebellious Streak
Thar Gyi stopped creating impressionist paintings, which are popular and sell well among art fans, in order to create a new style. “Artists must have a rebellious streak,” he said. …
Cubism Chose Me: Artist Tin Maung Oo
Myanmar artist Tin Maung Oo has been interested in art all of his life. Born in Yangon in 1949 he developed drawing skills at an early age, but he was …
Myanmar’s Van Gogh, San Zaw Htway Taken Too Soon
While San Zaw Htway was in Insein prison, serving a 36-year sentence, he would gather the inedible, raw grains that were mixed in with his daily bowl of rice and …
Burma at 70: Its Time To End The Morality Play
Like 90% of countries around the world, every year Burma (now Myanmar) marks the day its corner of the world was supposed to have changed for the better. Here it’s …
Myanmar Art Exposed
U AUNG MIN of Yangon’s Magic Art Gallery declared last week’s Yangon Art Expo the best exhibition of Myanmar art for 100 years. Objectivity may have been elusive when the …
Why Blue Is the World’s Favorite Color
By the 1920s, researchers were just about ready to throw in the towel regarding that straightforward question, “What’s your favorite color?” People’s answers appeared far too idiosyncratic to study in …