THE LIBRARY

Art reference library - open to the public.  A list of the book titles will soon be available online.

Hours: 11am - 5pm every day except Saturdays

                             closed for five public holidays a year:  Holi, Krishna, Janmastami, Tihar, Dashain & Naya Barsha.

Tel: 5544880                                                       Book & DVD exchange   /  Free wi-fi     

                             

Collecting books for the library

Contemporary artists and art students in Nepal have little opportunity to travel but want to extend their horizons and visual experience

We continue to collect books and DVDS for the library and would like to expand and diversify our collection.For this we need your help, please contact celia@kathmanduarts.org and donate new and second-hand books, CDs & DVDs.

We would like to expand the following subjects:

Art history - Western Art from Ancient Greece to contemporary sculpture and painting.  Asian Art from ancient

China and traditional Islamic to modern Japanese. The cultures of South America and Africa and other important civilizations.   

Film, documentaries, multimedia - Independent films (only Hollywood and Bollywood films are easily accessible in Nepal) documentaries, interviews/ programmes on artists, artists videos, documentaries and videos.

Technique Drawing/ painting/ sculpture/ printmaking techniques and anatomy Books, DVDs and magazines on oil painting, acrylic, watercolour, pastel, gouache, poster colour, mixed media, collage, charcoal, pencils, plaster mold making, woodcarving, metal casting, wax modeling, stone/marble, welding, ceramics, gilding/restoration, metal-forging, blacksmithing and carpentry. All forms of printmaking, including etching, lithography and screen-printing. Human and animal anatomy.

Photography, Computer Art and Graphic Design DVDs and books on the methods and techniques of digital photography, 35 mm photography, darkroom techniques. Technical books on animation, computer hardware and software. Design magazines & books, elements of design, colour compositions, illustration.

Modern Art Artists catalogues, installations, multimedia, videos etc. Museum catalogues, exhibition catalogues. Artists monographs Art and Design magazines. DVDs and videos on artists and art documentaries.

A History of the Library

2006:  Kathmandu University (KU) library In 2006 Celia Washington was invited to KU as artist in residence. After spending seven months there she returned to the UK to collect books for the library. With the help and generosity of her friends and the Friends of the Royal Over-Seas League, over 800 art books and DVDs were collected for the Art Department. These were sent to Nepal with the help of the British Council.

2010:  Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Centre (KCAC) library Inspired by the success of the KU library, Celia began collecting books for the KCAC library. In the UK she collected over 3,500 art books and magazines. 2,400 of the books were generously donated by the Tate Library in London. The library was officially opened at Gyan Mandala on the 17th January by Bhola Bikram Thapa of Gulf Air, who helped to transport the books from London to Kathmandu.

2011:  Patan Museum Library In March 2011 the library moved on loan, to the Patan Museum, and will be used as a joint reference library with KCAC.

2012 The Museum is cataloguing KCAC’s books and the library opened to the public on the 28th March 2012.

The library at Gyan Mandala   2010 -2011