Art & Culture

Italy based Bangladeshi artist A Rahman depicts elements of nature on his abstract and semi-abstract artworks, which are on display at his solo show at the Bengal Shilpalaya in Dhanmondi. The exhibition titled Gravity-Free World features 62 paintings and sketches in different mediums including mixed media, digital print and pencil sketches that depict the spirit ... Read more

The jury this year also failed to select the best film out of 23 entries of the main competition section of the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival that ended in the National Museum auditorium on Saturday. Like the previous edition held in 2012, the organisers remained satisfied giving awards in rest of the five categories ... Read more

13th Dhaka International Film Festival Cinema of the World: a major attraction The Cinema of the World section was one of the major attractions of the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival as it featured some hit mainstream films from different parts of the world. Besides screening three mainstream local films including Humayun Ahmed’s Ghetu Putra ... Read more

Iconic litterateur Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 76th death anniversary was observed through a memorial discussion and staging a theatre production based on the late writer’s novel Shorishi on Thursday at Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The programme was organised by Sanglap Group Theatre. Founder of the troupe

Dhaka Theatre will stage late iconic playwright Selim Al Deen’s play Dhaboman today at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Earlier, the troupe members read out parts of Al Deen’s famous play Nimajjan and autobiography Dinolipi on Wednesday at the Studio Theatre Hall of the academy as part of the three-day Selim Al Deen’s ... Read more

The students of Prachyanaut School of Acting and Design staged Shakespeare’s Coriolanus in the contemporary local setting at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. When the titular character of the original Shakespearean historical play is Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus, young director ABS Xem narrates the story depicting the life of

13th Dhaka International Film Festival The festival in full swing  A good number of viewers are watching films at different venues of the 13th edition of the Dhaka International Film Festival. This reporter found a large number of filmgoers enjoying the films in festive mood on Tuesday and Wednesday at the National Museum auditorium and ... Read more

Three festivals have been organised by different organisations to celebrate the sixth death anniversary of the legendary playwright and theoretician Selim Al Deen, who is considered as a leading dramatist in the Bangla literature in the post Tagore era. Selim Al Deen Foundation has organised a three-day programme beginning from today. Theatre troupe

A children’s art competition and discussion session was held in Barisal to celebrate the birth centenary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin on Friday. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Barisal district branch, organised the programme at the Ashwini Kumar Hall in the city. Shohidul Alam, deputy commissioner; Abuul Kalam Azad, additional deputy commissioner (education and

The German filmmaker Henrik Peschel is for the first time visiting Dhaka as a jury member of the Australasian Competition section of the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival. Moreover, his film Si-O-Se Pol will be screened in the World Cinema section of the festival tomorrow at the National Museum Auditorium. In fact, Si-O-Se Pol is ... Read more

A four-day photography exhibition displaying the life of common people is going on at the Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi. The exhibition displays 60 untitled images captured by about 50 young and aspiring photographers. The images on display have been selected from a facebook photo contest that was open for young passionate photographers. The exhibition is ... Read more

Charuniram staged two Chekhov’s plays and another production where the Russian master playwright appears as a character on Saturday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. In a single show, the troupe stages Bangla versions of two Chekhov’s plays – Nana Ranger Dinguli and Sharater Megh – and Arshola, a translation of The ... Read more

Rickshaw painter turned artist Bahram has experimented with human and animal figures in his surrealistic paintings on display at the Dhaka Art Centre. His use of bold lines and bright colours follow the age-old tradition of rickshaw paintings, but the messages the self-taught artist delivers in his innovative paintings address human life in simple manner ... Read more

Noted Tagore singers Sajed Akbar and Salma Akbar presented evergreen Tagore songs at a duet concert held on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. The couple began the show with a duet presentation of popular Tagore song Bhoy Hote Tobo Abhoyo Majhey. Their melodies rendition of the inspirational song entertained the houseful

The 13th edition of Dhaka International Film Festival began on Friday through screening of the Arabic French director Kadija Leclere’s film The Bag of Flour at the Bangladesh National Museum auditorium. It was followed by the screening of the Indonesian maker Kamila Andini’s film The Mirror Never Lies at the same venue. Finance minister Abul ... Read more

Theatre Punyabhumi celebrated its third founding anniversary on Wednesday amid colour and enthusiasm at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The troupe members presented dance recitals, music and a collage production featuring selected parts of the five theatre productions the troupe produced so far. The programme began

A ten day Uttam-Suchitra film festival began on Wednesday through the screening of Shilpi (1956) at the International Digital Cultural Archive of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The film screening programme has been organised by the academy to the pay tribute to the 82-year-old legendary Indian actor Suchitra Sen, who has been critically ill for the last ... Read more

The leading and promising artists of the country are working together to popularise the print as a medium. With this target they are taking part in a workshop to make a portfolio of the contemporary print works of the country. Organised by Cosmos at its studio at Mouchak, 14 prominent and promising artists are working ... Read more

Hason Raja Academy Shilpakala’s preservation plan continues The demand for preservation of the legendary mystic bard from greater Sylhet region Hason Raja’s works will see the light of the day soon. The director general of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky said that seventy per cent of the project titled Hason Raja Academy had already ... Read more

Noted artist Wakilur Rahman, interested in new media, has been experimenting with contemporary art over the years and has already gained acclamation in this endeavour. Rahman has shared his experiences and observations about contemporary art in Bangladesh in an interview with New Age. ‘Artists from all over the