These had been housed in three properties in Sri Lanka as well as in Beven and Wolfgang’s London house. “The Eastern Degas!” enthused the British press following his first solo exhibition (and indeed at his passing, broadsheets like the Guardian would carry obituaries). As for the Beven Foundation, Ian and Thomas state it is “committed to principles of driving creativity, building capacity, promoting inclusivity, and encouraging reciprocity. In its early days, the Beven Foundation will hold focus groups with a range of artists to assess unmet needs in their artistic communities. Beven the unassuming man George Beven was a Negombo lad, born in 1929 to Lorenz Beven who was the manager of a coconut estate and Kathleen Wright, a piano teacher.

Source: Sunday Times March 14, 2026 19:02 UTC