Craftsmanship in lacquerwork was revived, and these graceful household pieces, with their delicate designs in gold, cinnabar, and green, are still the most popular form of folk art in Burma.

“Modern” art, such as is now in vogue in the West, has not yet arrived in Burma. Our public is not yet ready for abstraction, let alone non-objectivism. But several of our youngest ...

An artist flees Myanmar following the 2021 coup and uses art to keep the world engaged in the plight of his nation.