Art & Culture

The 20th National Art Biennale going on at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will end tomorrow. What is most noticeable in this year’s exhibition is that most of the awarded artworks in particular and other entries on display in general showcased contemporary social issues. The works on display address

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy launched its ethnic cultural archive through a colouful programme on Monday at the Music and Dance Center of the academy. State minister for Social Welfare ministry Promod Mankin as chief guest launched the archive which will preserve documents and elements representing heritages of different ethnic minority groups

Sohanur Rahman Sohan’s film Se Amar Mon Kerechhe was declared the best film of 2012 at the Ifad Film Club Award 2012 on Sunday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Shakib Khan and Apu Biswas were named the best actors in 2012. Seasoned actors Razzaq and Shanam got lifetime achievement awards. FI Manik was given ... Read more

Abdul Kuddus Boyati enthralled the audience presenting different types of traditional songs in his signature style at a solo musical programme on Saturday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. His high pitched voice modulation, brilliant skill of expressing the emotion of the lyrics through gesture and movement and wonderful ability of enacting roles ... Read more

Speakers at a seminar on the contemporary film industry in Bangladesh called for taking a holistic measure for the improvement of each and every sector of the industry for its revival. Film researcher Fahmidul Hoque in his keynote paper evaluated the industry and analysed the contemporary trend in the seminar titled Samakalin bangladesher chalachitra: probanatar ... Read more

Rabirag artistes welcomed monsoon presenting evergreen songs of Rabindranath Tagore on the season at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Central Public Library on Saturday. Dance troupe Nrityanchal also presented a few colourful dance recitals with Tagore songs at the programme titled Barshamangal. The show began with a chorus

A group exhibition by six artists at Shilpangan Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi depicts various contemporary socio-political issues through art. The 10-day show titled Whistle features 34 artworks in different mediums including printmaking etching, terracotta, pastel, acrylic and oil on canvas by the participants-Anika Marium Ahmed, Tapan Haldar,

Newly formed theatre troupe Arshinagar staged the premiere show of its debut production Se Ratey Purnima Chhilo on Friday at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Following the concept developed by Selim Al Deen, which is based on the traditional narratives and rejects the western concept of dramatic conflict, Al Deen’s student Reza ... Read more

A number of 21 local and contemporary films are being screened in a seven-day festival at the National Art Plaza auditorium at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. BSA and Moviyana Film Society have jointly organised the festival titled Somokalin Desiyo Chalachitra Utsab. The festival was inaugurated on

Students of Theatre department of Dhaka University have been staging famous jatra pala Sohrab-Rustam for the last three days since Monday at Natmandal. The production is being staged to celebrate the 92th Dhaka University Day and to commemorate prominent playwright Sayeed Ahmed. The pala has been written by

Prominent singer composer Ajit Roy’s 75th birth anniversary was on June 29. A Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra singfer and composer Ajit Roy was also an accomplished Tagore singer. Abbhudoy Sangeet Academy, a music institute founded by Roy, arranged a programme comprising a discussion and cultural presentation on Saturday at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh

NAT’L ART BIENNALE Rasel Kanti Das wins AB Bank Award Artist Rasel Kanti Das won the AB Bank Award for his mixed media painting Situation-8 in the ongoing 20th National Art Biennale organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at the National Art Gallery of the academy. The winning entry is the eighth painting of a series ... Read more

The famous Tagore song Badolo dinero prothomo kodom phul has become a signature tune to glorify the distinctive features of the monsoon. Along with the song, artistes presented an array of songs and poems on monsoon from the rich collection of Rabindranath Tagore’s compositions in the rainy Friday evening at the Music and Dance Centre ... Read more

NAT’L ART BIENNALE Gulshan wins award featuring Tazreen victims Artist Gulshan Hossain has won Bengal Foundation Award in the ongoing 20th National Art Biennale organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy for her installation titled Eternal Journey of Burnt Female Workers of Garment Factory. The installation features the pathetic Tazreen factory tragedy in last November 24 in ... Read more

Children painted portraits of legendary artists Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan, and SM Sultan and copied their famous artworks in a competition organised by the department of fine arts of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday at the plaza of National Art Gallery. About 60 participants in three age groups participated in the competition. Zainul Abedin and ... Read more

The ear soothing sounds of guitar and piano and melodious songs in French, English and Bengali entertained the audience at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka at Dhanmondi on Thursday. The show was the first of two-day programme organised jointly by Alliance Française de Dhaka and the Embassy of France in Bangladesh to celebrate ... Read more

NATIONAL ART BIENNALE Mamun wins Dipa Haque Award Young artist Anisuzzaman Mamun has won Dipa Haque award for his acrylic on canvas titled Reality Show-2013-01 at 20th National Art Biennale, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. This national award has been introduced in memory of renowned artist Dipa Haque who died in 1999. The award winning ... Read more

Today’s global culture, also fashionably known as brand culture relegates humans and promotes commodities. In a solo sculpture exhibition being held at Zainul Gallery, Imam Hossain Sumon has showcased a number of drawings and sculptures that raise questions about the overwhelming dominance of brand culture. The works on display are thematically

The latest instalment in the Terminator franchise will be the first in a stand-alone ‘rebooted’ trilogy. Paramount Pictures said the fifth Terminator film, based on the original series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is due to be released in June 2015. There was no official confirmation on

NAT’L ART BIENNALE Lovy wins award depicting child labour   Young artist Munjurul Lovy has won Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy honorable mention award for his thought-provoking artwork Save the Children-1 participating at the 20th National Art Biennale organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The award winning artwork shows three children in very unusual and constrained postures. The child ... Read more