It was a walk through mid-20th Century Ceylon’s cultural ambience when Rohan de Soysa, Chairman of the Sapumal Foundation, hosted an evening walkthrough of his late uncle, Harry Pieris’s quaint bungalow-turned-gallery down Barnes Place, Colombo 7.
He was taking the attendees down the avenues of times past as part of KALA- the South Asian Art Platform, drawing their attention to such gems as George Keyt’s Nayika, Collette’s elegant caricatures and Harry’s own Indrani dotting the walls.
The Sapumal Foundation, exhibiting Ceylonese art from the 1920s to date, has an extensive collection of the ‘43 Group and is one of the country’s finest art galleries.
For more on KALA’s programme which continues till February 25, pls see https://www.kalasouthasia.com/
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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