A dialogue between artists across centuries: Sky Gallery presents ICONS
View(s):You can stand in front of a life-size Vermeer or a monumental Monet and feel the dialogue between artists who never met but shaped each other across time.
From April 24 – May 3, the Sky Gallery of the Fareed Uduman Art Forum will present its new exhibition ICONS.
ICONS is conceived as “a dialogue across centuries” bringing together over a dozen artistic geniuses whose works span the Renaissance to the modern era. These works at their original scales of creation change the conversation. Each exhibit is meticulously presented on canvas, hand-framed, and finished at the exact dimensions of the original masterpieces, preserving the integrity of composition, texture, brushwork, colour and scale.
The Card Players by Cezanne
The abduction of Europa by Rembrandt
At the heart of the exhibition is Jan van Eyck’s ‘Arnolfini Portrait’, a work that epitomizes the detail, symbolism, and human intimacy that have inspired generations of artists. Alongside it, visitors will encounter paintings that shaped the renaissance, impressionism, modernism, and the evolution of visual storytelling by Munch, Matisse, Monet, Degas, Da Vinci, Renoir, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Cézanne, Caravaggio and more.
By bringing together works that are geographically and historically dispersed, ICONS creates a compelling space for comparison, reflection and discovery. Visitors are invited to move beyond passive viewing into a more engaged encounter – tracing artistic influence, identifying stylistic shifts, and uncovering unexpected connections between artists who never shared the same physical space, yet remain deeply interconnected across time.
For both art enthusiasts and first-time visitors, ICONS offers an experience that is at once educational, immersive, and accessible, removing many of the traditional barriers associated with global museum-going.
ICONS is on from April 24 – May 3 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Sky Gallery Colombo 5.
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