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Event listings:
Stand-Up: Unscripted returns to Speak Easy Theater on Wednesday 8 at 7.30 pm, presented by Comedy In Cambodia . Tickets $5.
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Thursday 9 at The Gallerist is the opening of Illusion, a new exhibition by artist Nuot Daro. From 6 pm.
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Also Thursday 9, at the French Institute, the opening of Retrouver la danse, un dialogue entre archives photographiques et peintures (Rediscovering dance, a dialogue between photographic archives and paintings),an exhibition by Romain Bernini. “During his residency at the French Institute of Cambodia and the Ecole Française d’Extrême Orient, Bernini has explored the concept of a fragmented body, revealed by archaeologists, to draw a parallel with the history of dance and Cambodia, particularly during the Khmer Rouge period when life vanished both for men and their creations. However, dance, in its ephemeral beauty, continues to shine, it resists, more imperishable than stone, it reappears with a resilience that defies time.” From 6.30 pm; until 26 June.
Sunday 12 from noon at Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, Tribe Cambodia presents live painting by Nak Noy and Ponlue. The artist and curator will be at the hotel every day, 12 noon – 8 pm, through to 15 May.
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Also Sunday 12, from 4 pm, is the opening of a group exhibition of watercolours, Harmony, at Shophouse Studio/Pteah Chas, featuring works by Morn Phyra, May Sok, Seng Visal, Sou Kimsan, Im Seila and Im Pesey. Until 30 June.
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Also also Sunday 12, Musica Felica hold a choir charity concert at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra. Ticketed event. 4.30 pm start.
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On Monday 13, 7 pm at Speak Easy Theater, the last of the Speak spoken word series of events.
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Coming later this month, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 at Speak Easy Theater/The Box Office, is a production of The Thousand Deaths of Dignity, the posthumous work of the late playwright Samithi Sok. Tickets available here.
Ongoing….
Exhibitions:
Chhan Dina Gallery
Now opening Wednesday to Sunday, 11 am – 7 pm, is the new Chhan Dina Gallery, upstairs at Il Forno Italian restaurant on St 302.
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The Gallerist
A continuously rolling collection of works by mostly Cambodian artists. More info
Meta House
Art Wonders, an exhibition of works Phnom Penh based art teacher Olga Shklyar and her students. From 6 pm; until May 19.
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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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Shophouse Studio/Pteah Chas
Harmony, at Shophouse Studio/Pteah Chas, featuring works by Morn Phyra, May Sok, Seng Visal, Sou Kimsan, Im Seila and Im Pesey. Until 30 June.
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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.”
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. May sessions are Thursday 9 – Dragonfruit and Thursday 23 – Cambodian butterflies. Places limited. 6.30 pm.
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Thursdays to Sundays at K’Atelier – art classes for all levels of experience.
N o w h e r e Art Studio
A range of arts and crafts workshops mostly on weekends.
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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