Greetings:
Event listings:
At Meta House on Thursday 11 is the opening of iN TRANSiTiON: From Modern to Contemporary, the next step in the evolution of the Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring works from the last 20 years or more. From 6 pm.
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Thursday 11 at 6.30 pm at Elevate TTP is a dip and ink workshop: peaceful Buddha.
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UK comic Trevor Lock plays at Ambar in Siem Reap on Wednesday 10; he is also running a 1 1/2 day weekend creativity workshops at the same venue, Saturday 13/Sunday 14.
Ongoing….
Exhibitions:
Bophana Center
Glimpses of the Khmer Republic: Photos from Bophana Center’s Archives. “French photographers Daniel Yvetot and Serge Guérin provide glimpses of the first days of the Republic. From Ros Reasey we have a record of the 1972 communist commando attack on Phnom Penh, and some epic aerial images of the movement of refugees from the countryside to Kompong Thom city in 1974. Samuel Jackson provides intimate images of the American evacuation on April 12th, 1975, while Japanese photojournalist Naoki Mabuchi bookends the period with striking photos taken in the days just before the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh. The selection is rounded off by images captured by Colin Grafton in the middle and later years of the Republic.” Until April 22nd.
The Gallerist
A continuously rolling collection of works by mostly Cambodian artists. More info
Meta House
In Love With Cambodia, an art exhibition by Ame Kunty and Orest the Cat. “Everything is magic. It’s our own choice to see the magic or not. That’s why I paint what I see. This is based on the many cultures I have experienced while traveling. I don’t regard myself as an artist. I believe that everybody can paint to express oneself!” Media: Le Petit Journal (French)
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The Plantation
TIMELESS : Expressions Through Art – celebrating artworks by emerging creative voices and masters from the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. “Featured works include paintings, drawings, and woodcut printing by students from year 4 […] alongside these emerging talents, throughout the Special Print Archives, you will be exploring established artists such as Pich Sopheap, Chan Vitharin, Kong Vollak and Nheak Sophal.” Until May 12.
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Romchiek 5 Art Space
Battambang contemporary art studio. Rolling exhibitions.
Silapak Trotchaek Pneik / YK Art House
Broken Lament, an exhibition of paintings by Meas Sokhon. Media: RFI Khmer
Space Four Zero
Prints, paintings, vintage posters, pop art, CDs and vinyl. Open daily.
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Sra’Art
A new exhibition by Christine Arce, Imaginarium. “Each artwork is a gateway to childhood innocence and imagination.”
Tribe Cambodia (Siem Reap)
Open Friday-Sunday 12-8 and all other times by appointment. Also presenting an Angkor photography exhibition by Jo Farrell at The Muffin Man on St 27 in Wat Bo until 14 April.
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Villa Gallery (inside Maloop Garden in Boeng Tompun)
Legends, a debut solo exhibition by Sam Daro. “Discover the origin of Nakrak, set in an alternative fiction history of the Khmer empire.” Until 26 April.
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Regular events, classes, sessions:
Life Drawing Phnom Penh holds open atelier on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6.30 pm – 9 pm, at Factory.
Elevate TTP (formerly Play Café) present art workshops on Thursday evenings. Next session 11 April: peaceful Buddha. Places limited. 6.30 pm.
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Thursdays to Sundays at K’Atelier – art classes for all levels of experience. August programme available here.
N o w h e r e Art Studio
A range of arts and crafts workshops mostly on weekends. This month: 30 March – Blockprint on Fabric.
A weekly class in life drawing for kids with Anastasia at Pteah Chas Community.
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Khmer Architecture Tours conducts Sunday architecture tours in Phnom Penh to promote the understanding of modern architecture in Cambodia, focusing on buildings erected after independence in 1953, described as ‘New Khmer Architecture’, while setting these in the historical context of Phnom Penh. Here is the schedule for February – May.
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