Himalayan Art Festival 2017 Begins

September 08, 2017

Himalayan Art Festival 2074, the festival to commemorate the sixth anniversary of E-Arts Nepal, kicked off at the Nepal Arts Council in Kathmandu, yesterday.

Apart from focusing on creating annual event, the festival also aims at encouraging investments from Nepali corporate houses and private individuals in the field of art, informed the organizers.

The festival that started yesterday is displaying art works by 50 veteran and contemporary artists. Apart from this, the festival will also be featuring a host of contemporary artists along with famous personalities, such as Hitman Gurung, Madan Chitrakar, Meena Kayastha, Ragini Upadhyay and Sheelasha Rajbhandari.

According to the organizers, promoting ‘arts as an investment’ has been one of the key objectives of E-Arts Nepal.

E-Arts Nepal is an online art gallery that has been actively promoting Nepali sculptures and paintings on a global scale.

The festival will last up to September 11, 2017.