Art & Culture

Self-taught artist Samiran Dutt is displaying some spectacular decor and furniture items at his ongoing solo exhibition at the Shilpangan Gallery in Dhanmondi. The exhibition titled Shikorer Gaan displays around 200 artworks mostly done with wood and roots of trees. The show showcases a medley

Belal Mohammad’s Death Cultural arena mourns Cultural arena mourns the death of poet Belal Mohammad, an organiser of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, who died at the age of 77 at the Apollo Hospital in the capital early hours on Tuesday. He had been suffering from old age complications. A founder of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, ... Read more

Presentation of a collage of prominent productions of the noted theatre troupe Dhaka Theatre made Monday evening an ecstatic one for theatre lovers. Dhaka Theatre celebrated its 40th founding anniversary through the presentation at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Dhaka Theatre was founded on July 29 in 1973 by a group of ... Read more

Contemporary art and artists of Chittagong were analysed through a speech at the Dhaka Art Centre, Dhanmondi in the capital on Monday. Art scholar Palash Bhattacharya delivered the keynote speech at the programme organsied by Chittagong-based art organisation Jog Alternative Art Space as a part of their ongoing art exhibition titled Bakshirhaat at the centre.

SERIGRAPH EXHIBITION AT GALLERY CHITRAK Local, Indian artists participate Artworks created by 13 Indian and two local artists using a special type of print called serigraph are on display at a weeklong exhibition at the Gallery Chitrak in Dhanmondi. Serigraphy is a process of printmaking that originated in China and found its way to the ... Read more

Achievements of Dhaka Theatre as a trend-setter in Bangladeshi theatre, which got momentum after the country’s independence, was analysed at a seminar held in the conference room of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Profeesor Afsar Ahmad, pro vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, presented the keynote paper at the programme organised by Dhaka Theatre marking its ... Read more

LECTURE ON ART TREND AT DAC American scholar presents art in the US   American art scholar Auburn E Elise demonstrated the contemporary art trend in the US at the Dhaka Art Centre on Friday. Displaying images of some contemporary works, the audio-visual presentation anaylsed the themes dealt with by the contemporary artists in the USA ... Read more

‘I was not a sculptor when I became a teacher of sculpture’, stated veteran sculptor of the country Hamiduzzaman Khan in an interview with New Age. Hamiduzzaman joined the then Institute of Fine Arts(now Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University) in 1970 as a faculty member of the newly founded department of sculpture. But his ... Read more

Dhaka Theatre’s 40th anniversary celebrations programme will begin today afternoon through a seminar at the seminar room of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Professor Afsar Ahmed will present the keynote paper at the seminar featuring the impact of Dhaka Theatre’s activities over the past four decades. He will also analyse the 30 years of activities

Socially and politically aware playwright Samina Luthfa Nitra is working on a new play, featuring the lives and struggles of Birangonas (war-heroines). She is writing the play in English and it will be staged in London by a London-based theatre troupe Komola Collective. Nitra, also a theatre actress, talked about her latest venture and other ... Read more

They began their acting career in the same time in the late 1980s. All of these five contemporary actors are still dominating the small screen industry acting and directing plays.  But, they never acted together in any production. This is for the first time that Azizul Hakim, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Zahid Hasan, Tauquir Ahmed and Mahfuz ... Read more

The age-old debate on the concept of art— whether art is for art’s sake or for life — has been depicted in Ratan Siddiqui’s play Half Akhrai through the historic clash between a guru and his disciple set against the backdrop of the 19th-century India. The play was staged by drama department of Bangladesh Udichi ... Read more

Almost half of London’s small theatres feel ‘insecure’ about their financial future and a third fear their venues could be sold, a study has found, reports BBC online. The London Assembly study spoke to 55 theatres with a capacity no greater than 300 seats. More than 85% of them said they lacked rehearsal space and ... Read more

A captivating theatre performance based on the popular medieval tragedy of Behula and Lakhindar was staged on Tuesday at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Repertory premiered the experimental theatre production adapting it from the medieval bard Bijay Gupta’s Monasha Mangol.

Photographs featuring the victims of the recent Rana Plaza tragedy will be displayed today at a group exhibition in front of the depressed land on which Rana Plaza building stood once in Savar. Four photo artistes have jointly organised the show to remind the people about the tragic building collapse on April 24 this year ... Read more

A two-day film festival featuring four Russian fairy tale films has been arranged at the Daffodil International University Auditorium on Tuesday and Wednesday. Cultural department of the embassy of the Russian Federation in Bangladesh arranged the festival jointly with Daffodil International University. On the beginning day, two fairy tale films-The Tale of Tsar Saltan, directed ... Read more

ART WORKSHOP AT DU Korean team teach modern method The fine arts students of Dhaka University are taking part in a fortnight workshop with the students of Korea National University of Arts at a studio at the faculty of fine arts of Dhaka University. The 11-member Korean team, led by professor Lee Ju Young, is ... Read more

A 10-day film festival featuring the world’s most renowned comedy films began at the International Digital and Cultural Archive of the Bangladesh Shilapkala Academy on Sunday evening. The festival titled World Best Comedy Film Show has been organsied by the academy to boost the activities of the International Digital and Cultural Archive.10 world famous comedy ... Read more

Theatre troupe Drishtipaat has gone to Kolkata to stage two shows of its latest production Raja Himadri, an adaptation of Sophocles’ classic Oedipus Rex. ‘Raja Himadri will be staged on July 23 at the Kamarhati Nazrul Mancha in a theatre festival called International Bangla Natyamela, arranged by Prachya. On the following day, the play will ... Read more

Discussants observe at a commemorative programme Iconic author Humayun Ahmed was analysed as a rare talent by the speakers who attended his first death anniversary programme held on Saturday at the Bengal Shilpalaya at Dhanmondi. Humayun was an author who has been able to keep a nation mesmerised for over 20 years only by his ... Read more