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Wednesday 10:00 - 13:00 Thursday 10:00 - 13:00 Friday 10:00 - 13:00 Saturday 10:00 - 13:00 Sunday 10:00 - 13:00

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Sapumal Foundation

Founded to preserve and display a collection of art by the '43 Group for the benefit of posterity an It was a responsibility that made him restless.

The Sapumal Foundation is a rare, if not unique, place; because it was the home of an artist, Harry Pieris, who collected work by other artists (few artists collect the works of other artists). He then displayed them in an attractive but unconventional way, in his unpretentious home. Later he formed a Foundation so that others could also enjoy this good art. We have retained many of the pictures a

29/04/2026

The Sapumal Foundation will be closed on May 1st and 2nd for May Day and Wesak; then again on May 30th and 31st for Adi Poson.

02/04/2026

The Sapumal Foundation will be closed on Friday 3rd April on account of Good Friday and then from 11th to 21st April (both days inclusive) for the local New Year. Reopening on Wednesday 22nd April.

18/03/2026

Invitation and Agenda to a Presentation - "Ways of Looking: Martin Wickramasinghe and the Currents of Sri Lankan Art" and his writings on culture, art and art history- by Uditha Devapriya at the Sapumal Foundation, Garden Gallery, on Tuesday 31st March 2026,at 4.45 pm. This is the last in a series of lectures organised by the Martin Wickramasinghe Trust.

Agenda:
4.45 pm - Welcome Address
4.50 pm - Opening Remarks by Avishka Mario Seneviratne
4.55 pm - Presentation by Uditha Devapriya
5.35 pm - Discussion
6.00 pm - Closing Remarks by Hasini Haputhanthri

Register: https://forms.gle/hH79j6jXq8aZtc5Y8
For further information contact Uditha
WhatsApp: +(94)716419646
Email: [email protected]

Ways of Looking: Martin Wickramasinghe and the Currents of Sri Lankan Art Though not himself an artist, Martin Wickramasinghe commented on art, including on painting and sculpture. During his formative years, scholars explored these aspects of Sri Lankan and South Asian society. Ananda Coomaraswamy’s Mediaeval Sinhalese Art was published just two years after he came to ...