“Art for Nature”, a new exhibition showing at Taragaon Museum in Kathmandu’s Boudha stupa in Nepal, features artworks, sketches and sculptures by 42 artists from seven different countries, who took their inspiration from the wildlife seen on their excursion to Chitwan National Park. The works include a sketch of a number of animals dancing around a pigeon, a comment, perhaps, on the general Nepali human condition.

The show has been organised by Wildlife Victims Welfare Fund, and is supported by WWF Nepal, the National Trust for Nature Conservation and Human Society International.

“The goal of the exhibition is to spread art themed on nature in order to promote nature conservation via arts. We also aim to establish an international identity for Nepali arts on nature,” said Dr Prabhu Budhathoki, chairperson of Wildlife Victims Welfare Fund.

“Through the event, we also want to showcase Nepali natural beauty and its diversity in the global arena,” he added. i.

The artists include Manujbabu Mishra, Shashi Shah, Ragini Upadhyaya, Gehendraman Amatya, and Thakur Prasad Mainali and the exhibition runs through March 19.