The exhibition "EOGs" at the Authentique Art Gallery in Yangon, in November 2022. (Sar Phyu | Frontier)

Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

With commercialism and escapism fuelling the domestic art scene, and exhibitions abroad trying to recapture the spirit of post-coup protests, many in Myanmar are deprived of work that reflects their new reality.

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