Art & Culture

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

The newly introduced Shilpakala Padak was conferred on seven seasoned artistes in recognition of their significant roles in respective fields of art and culture. The winners of Shilpakala Padak 2013 are dancer Amanul Haque, classical musician Ustad Matiul Haque Khan, traditional singer Saidur Rahman Bayati, artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury,

New Year’s Gift Ferdous Wahid to launch radio  Noted singer Ferdous Wahid will celebrate the New Year by launching an online radio station and a music academy after his name on the first day of 2014. The online Radio Wahid will play only Bangla songs of all genres. Besides, he is going to open a ... Read more

Theatre troupe BatTala will welcome 2014 through staging the premiere show of its latest production The Trial of Mallam Ilya at Natmandal of Dhaka University tomorrow. The troupe will stage two more shows of the Bangla version of the Ghanaian play on the next two days at the same venue. Soumya Sarker has translated

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has arranged a year-long programme to celebrate birth centenary of internationally renowned painter of the country Zainul Abedin (1914-1976). The year-long celebration commenced with an art competition titled Moner Moto Chhobi, participated by around five hundred children on Friday at the national art gallery plaza of BSA.

Shunyan Theatre celebrated the 60th show of popular play Lal Jamin through staging the play at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. A book version of the play was also launched at the programme. Written and directed by Mannan Hira and Sudip Chakroborthy respectively, Lal Jamin depicts a touching account

Three theatre troupes of the country paid tribute to the recently demised theatre actor-director Khaled Khan on Wednesday through plays, songs, recitations and reminiscent speeches at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Nagarik Natya Sampraday, the troupe of which Khaled Khan was a member since 1978, organised a commemorative programme at the National Theatre Hall; theatre troupe Subachan

A three-day festival featuring kathak dance, one of the most popular classical dance genres, began at the Chhayanaut auditorium on Tuesday evening. The dance festival, organised by Kathak Nritya Sampradaya, included colourful kathak dance recitals by individual artistes and dancers of the organisaiton presented in group and solo performances synchronised with classical raga pieces. Novelist Selina ... Read more

The art in architectural designs and structures has been depicted in a month-long exhibition at Bengal Art Lounge at Gulshan 1 in Dhaka. The exhibition titled To Live Is to Be Slowly Born depicts nine models of different exotic and important structures designed by the noted architect Kashef Chowdhury. One of the displays at

A treasure of one hundred paintings by Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin (1914-1976) and Potua Quamrul Hassan (1921-1988) has been displayed at the Nalinikanta Bhattashali gallery of Bangladesh National Museum. The special exhibition has been organised as part of the concluding programme of two-year long celebration of hundred years of the museum. The exhibition also marks the100th ... Read more

The three-day poush mela concluded with music, dance and fair at the Ramna Batamul in the capital on Sunday. The city dwellers had nostalgic experiences at the ending day programme which lined up a number of folk songs, dance recitals and recitations featuring the spirit of the poush, the first of the two month’s of ... Read more

Snapshots of life in Japan are being displayed at an ongoing solo photography exhibition titled Eternal Japan at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The country of sun rise appears with all its splendor and diversity in 133 photographs captured by Monzurul Haq, a Bangladeshi expatriate journalist living in Japan.

Prantik Theatre celebrated its 16th founding anniversary through staging the troupe’s acclaimed production Ahetuk Kichchha at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. The troupe had plans for a colourful and spectacular celebrations programme but due to the country-wide blockade, for which many of the invited guests could not come, the troupe

Cultural activists and others on Saturday mourned the death of actor Khaled Khan, who died in a hospital in Dhaka Friday night, by paying tribute to him. Theatre activists and other cultural personalities crowded the Central Shaheed Minar where the body was kept for public viewing and then at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

The two-day classical music festival concluded through solo and group recitals of classical music at Chhayanaut auditorium on Friday. The ending day programme of the festival titled Suddho Sangeet Utsab 1420 began with a chorus presentation of raga bhimpalasi by the artistes of the organisation. Directed by Rezwan Ali and accompanied by tabla and harmonium, ... Read more