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 high-end art collector made his pronouncement, because he was surrounded by works from four generations of Myanmar artists displayed in a space on top of Junction City Tower that offers panoramic views of Yangon.
“Our country has tens of thousands of painters. There are only 30 or 40 that I have collected for a long time, and [several] of them are here,” said Aung Min, beaming.
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