Art & Culture

Shaheed Altaf Mahmud Foundation arranged a commemorative programme at the Liberation War Museum on Friday to observe the 42nd disappearance day of Altaf Mahmud. The programme featured discussion, award giving ceremony and cultural function. Altaf Mahmud was a singer, a cultural activist and a freedom fighter. From the language

Art Show At Afd Nature talks on Mamun’s watercolour paintings Artist Shahanoor Mamun in his first solo show at La Galerie of Allaince Francaise de Dhaka in Dhanmondi presents some beautiful landscape paintings in watercolour. The show titled Jol Bindu displays 54 watercolour paintings featuring the serenity of nature. Eminent artist Mustafa Monwar, who is also ... Read more

Dhaka Theatre’s latest production Panchanari Akhyan will be staged tomorrow at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Panchanari Akhyan, written and directed respectively by Harun Rashid and Shahiduzzaman Selim, narrates pains, struggles and oppression on women in the male dominated society. In the play Rosey Siddique plays five imaginary characters from different strata

The three-day 32nd National Rabindrasangeet Convention began at the Chhayanaut auditorium on Thursday evening. Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad has organised the convention comprising an array of events like presentation of Tagore songs, discussion session, Tagore song competition and honouring a Tagore exponent with an award The programme opened with

Birangana: Brave Women touched the audiences with the heart-wrenching story of the suffering of the biranganas in theatre. Staged by London-based troupe Komola Collective at the Liberation War Museum on Thursday, the play revealed the story of a birangana (war heroine), women who were tortured by Pakistani invading army during the war of independence in ... Read more

Artistes of Bangladesh Udichi Silpagoshthi entertained a houseful audience on Wednesday at the Music and Dance Centre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy presenting works of three maestros of Bangla literature. In the cultural programme styled Hey Sathi Ajke Sopner Din Gona artistes presented songs and poems composed by Rabindranath Tagore,

Al Deen’s Chaka gives artistic expression of reality Found only in the theories, books and dictionaries, the ‘Welfare State’ does not exist in reality. This fact has been explored artistically in Selim Al Deen’s play Chaka. It’s not a political play or any rough theatre criticising the concept of a repressive state as done by ... Read more

Artist Rahima Afroz has played with an array of colours on her canvases displayed in a solo painting exhibition titled Symphony of Colour at Dhaka Art Center, Dhanmondi in the capital. Afroz has depicted the freshness and vibrancy of nature through 33 abstract and semi abstract paintings, mostly in mixed media on canvas and a ... Read more

Rabindra Parishad Bangladesh arranged a programme on Sunday at Russian Science and Cultural auditorium to celebrate the centenary of Tagore’s winning of Nobel prize. Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian to win the prestigious accoldate in 1913. The programme was Ppresided by professor Syed Muhammad Shahed, former director general of

Observing Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 37th Death Anniversary Nazrul becoming occasional  Experts blame authorities concerned Nazrul experts accuse both government and private organisations in the country for making the creations of the national poet occasional and to be performed on programmes marking the birth and death anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam. They also blame these organisations ... Read more

Experts tell New Age The poetry of Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) is the golden treasure of Bangla literature. The nation has honoured him by conferring the status of the national poet and several other state honours such as Ekushey Padak. It’s true that many centres of learning and culture in India and Bangladesh have been ... Read more

It might not be common knowledge that Kazi Nazrul Islam was the first Bengali Muslim film director in the sub-continent. He jointly directed Dhrubo, released in 1934 with Satyendra Nath Dey. In the film based on Girish Chandra Ghosh’s story Bhakta Dhruva, Nazrul acted in the role of Narada, composed songs, set them to music ... Read more

Cultural Show At Chhayanaut Tagore’s Europe visit presented The Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore’s visit in the European countries and the impact of those visits in his literary works had been presented through a cultural show held on Saturday at the Chhayanaut auditorium in Dhanmondi. The production titled ‘Arup Tomar Bani-Tagore in Europe’ directed by ... Read more

Mukti and Prakrito Purangona staged on last day The first ever theatre festival on women issues organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy ended on Saturday with staging of Mukti and Prakrito Purangona. The six-day festival titled Nari Jagoroner Natya Ayojon featured 12 plays on women issues. Women theatre practitioners had significant contributions in these plays as ... Read more

Eminent folk singer Chandana Majumdar moved the houseful audience by presenting some evergreen traditional numbers on Saturday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. The melody of her high-pitched voice modulation could successfully transport the underlying love for God in the devotional songs composed by legendary bards like Fakir Lalon Shah, Radharamon,

Chhayanaut artistes gave a wonederful presentation of some evergreen Tagore numbers that moved the audience on Friday at the Chhayanaut auditorium. Chhayanaut organised the programme as a belated observance of the death anniversary of the Nobel laureate poet. The organisation could not observe the day in due time because of the month of Ramadan. The ... Read more

Theatre Fest On Women Issues Binodini, Narigon staged  The fifth day of the ongoing theatre festival on women issues featured two historical plays; one was based on the pioneering theatre character Binodini Dasi, while the other is on the historical Plassey event at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. Noted theatre troupe Dhaka Theatre staged its ... Read more

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s puppet team is scheduled to perform in the Indonesia International Puppet Festival this September. A total of 85 puppet teams from 50 countries will participate in the festival, which will be held from September 01 to 08 at Bali and Jakarta in Indonesia. From Bangladesh a 10 member team,

The life of contemporary human beings is greatly influenced by automations. This influence has been depicted by two artists—Mustafa Zaman and Rafiqul Shuvo who came together in a duet art exhibition. The 12-day art show titled Automated Subjectivity is currently being held at the Bengal Art Lounge at Gulshan 1 in the capital. Fifty three ... Read more

Nadia Samdani is the founder-director of the Dhaka Art Summit and the co- founder and president of Samdani Art Foundation. She is an avid art collector and well-known for her art philanthropy. She was the architect of the 1st edition of the very well received Dhaka Art Summit (2012). She is an articulate observer of ... Read more