Tag: Art

D.B. Warnasiri Throughout the ages the picture of the artist has not changed. He lives in misery, in agony - ...

Christine Jayasinge. Photographs: Suresh de Silva. Who was the British soldier (circa 1815) whose braided and frogged felt coat, tails, ...

Words: Sharmini Luther Photography: Suresh de Silva It would be very difficult to move around Colombo without bumping into a ...

Preserving Unique Traditions Ishnala Samarasinghe It is a place where artists and craftsmen can practise their skills and talents undisturbed; ...

Lucien Rajakarunanayake Determining the origins of the irrigation works of the ancient cities of Sri Lanka provides a constant challenge ...

Ashok Abharana It's such a dazzling collection you could spend the greater part of a whole morning admiring it, was ...

Sharmini Luther " Art is a spiritual definition of nature and when it ceases to be that it ceases to ...

A full year has now past since EXPLORE SRI IANKA augmented Colombo's increasingly exciting nightlife by introducing its unique entertainment ...

Lucien Rajakarunanayake Lankatilaka Vihara, Handessa, Kandy Many a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka is a rare gallery of art. While ...

Kalpana Isaac Historically masks were used in rituals to exorcise villagers' fears and illnesses. Even today, patients who require psychiatric ...