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Taking Beven’s legacy forward - The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka

Lanka Hit News • Sep 13, 2026 · 1mo ago • 1 min read
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Taking Beven’s legacy forward The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka

The Beven Foundation, a charitable endeavour to use late George Beven’s legacy of art to help deserving Sri Lankan artists, was launched at Barefoot last Wednesday by Ian Wattie and Thomas Laurie, inheritors of Beven’s collection. It was a colourful night when some of Beven’s flamboyant fashion sketches were brought alive by Arsath Furkhan while [...]

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The Beven Foundation, a charitable endeavour to use late George Beven’s legacy of art to help deserving Sri Lankan artists, was launched at Barefoot last Wednesday by Ian Wattie and Thomas Laurie, inheritors of Beven’s collection.

It was a colourful night when some of Beven’s flamboyant fashion sketches were brought alive by Arsath Furkhan while art historian Edwin Coomasaru spoke on Beven. The inaugural exhibit of the foundation, titled The Evolution of an Artist, ends today at the Barefoot Gallery.

A painting from the exhibition and Ian Wattie and Thomas Laurie of the Beven Foundation speaking at the opening

All the flair he brought to fashion: Models present another side of Beven’s genius. Pix by Nilan Maligaspe

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