Nepal Art Council

Nepal Art Council (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 29400 sqft.

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.