Mongolia | Ulaan Baatar | Khan Bank-Roerich Art Show

Sauntered into the Khan Bank with Glenn Mullin and Professor Bira for a meeting with the charming and efficacious Ms. Chantsalmaa, head of Khan Bank’s Marketing Department. Under discussion was the upcoming Roerich-Inspired Art Exhibit.

Khan Bank on Seoul Street

I am now happy to announce that in conjunction with the Opening of the Roerich-Mongolia Museum on July 6 an art exhibit featuring new works on Roerich-related themes by secondary school and art school students will be held at the Khan Bank Gallery on Seoul Street. The exhibit opens on June 22 at 5:30.p.m. and runs through July 3.

Students were given a free hand to create anything Roerichian. First Prize for the Best Work of the Exhibit will be 150,000 tögrögs. Four other prizes will also be awarded. Over fifty paintings and sculptures were submitted. Below is just a sampling. The opening night on June 22 should be quite a Lalapalooza (Invitation Only).

Pictures could be sorted into three basic groups: First, renderings of Nicholas Roerich himself:

Second: Reproductions and reinterpretations of Roerich’s own works:





Third: Paintings inspired by Roerich’s life and works:

Not quite sure how a herdsman checking his laptop is Roerichian, but hey, it’s a cool image.

Painting inspired by Roerich’s early Russian Orthodox-themed works

Seventeen year-old Bumgerel displaying her work

Bumgerel and another of her works

Secondary School artist displaying her entries

While at the Khan Bank Building for the Art Exhibit you will certainly want to pop into the recently opened Saffron Bistro, the newest caravanserai of Legendary Ulaan Baatar Restauranteur Enkhi, of Silk Road Bar and Grill fame. The Bistro has an especially strong selection of Spanish wines, to say nothing of mouth-wateringly delectable pizzas and waitresses.

Saffron Bistro