Nepal Art Council
Art-based organization in Nepal
Nepal Art Council (Nepali: नेपाल कला-परिषद्) is a non-profit organization established in 1962 (2019 BS) to promote the art and the artists of Nepal. It operates an art gallery located at Baber Mahal, Kathmandu, with an area of about 29,400 square feet (2,730 m2).
History
King Mahendra had appointed the then Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista as the founding President, Lain Singh Bangdel as the General Secretary and Mrigendra SJB Rana as the treasurer. It was conceived as a Public-Private partnership organisation. The current building was constructed in 1991 and was designed by Shankar Nath Rimal.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104856702. VIAF identifies the subject as 139785343. The Library of Congress control number is n2008207444. None of the 4 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1962, 2019 and 1991.
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