Artists, craftspersons to participate in Lokshilpa O Karukriti Mela at the Jorasanko Thakurbari
May 04, 2016, at 05:44 pm
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS) The West Bengal State Akademi Of Dance Drama Music And Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University will hold the Lokshilpa O Karukriti Mela at the Jorasanko Thakurbari from May 6 to 8, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily.
Kolkata: Pt Tarun Bhattacharya to deliver key performance on Wednesday
May 04, 2016, at 03:36 pm
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS) Santoor maestro Pt Tarun Bhattacharya is all set to deliver a key performance in the city at the Satyajit Ray Auditorium, ICCR on Wednesday.
I don’t simply portray feminine gender on stage: actor Chapal Bhaduri
May 03, 2016, at 08:44 am
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS) Asserting he negotiates his gender identity and sexuality through performances, India’s one of the oldest female impersonator actor Chapal Bhaduri says the theatrical journey went on from 25 to 77 years.
Google: Doodle celebrates cartoonist Mario Miranda's 90th birth anniversary
May 02, 2016, at 03:42 pm
Mountain View, May 2 (IBNS) Google on Monday doodled to celebrate cartoonist Mario Miranda's 90th birth anniversary.
Bollywood is huge connection, Indian new wave welcome: Festivals Edinburgh Director
Apr 28, 2016, at 09:41 pm
Sujoy Dhar speaks to "Festivals Edinburgh" director Julia Amour to find out how she plans to work with key partners and also include India- known for its colourful global brand ambassador Bollywood - as one of the countries in focus to take forward the legacy of world's festival city that is Edinburgh
Sachin Tendulkar celebrates Ugadi with wife, greets followers
Apr 08, 2016, at 07:56 pm
Mumbai, Apr 8 (IBNS) Cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Friday, greeted his fans on the occasion of Ugadi, while celebrating it with his wife Anjali.
Delhi to host first National Trival Carnival
Apr 07, 2016, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi, Apr 7 (IBNS) Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, while inaugurating the conference of State Tribal Welfare Ministers/ Principal Secretaries/ Secretaries to evolve strategies for overall development of tribal communities on Thursday announced that the First National Tribal Carnival will be held in Delhi from April 29 to May 2, 2016.
Kolkata witnessed an art exhibition by disadvantaged children
Mar 28, 2016, at 02:30 pm
Kolkata, Mar 28 (IBNS): Art exhibition Agapi, meaning love in Greek, was recently organized by NGO Paint Our World here.
British Council hosts a dance drama by Candoco dance group
Mar 27, 2016, at 07:59 pm
Kolkata, Mar 27 (IBNS): British Council on Saturday presented a dance drama performance by the internationally acclaimed Candoco Dance Company at ICCR in Kolkata.
'Husain 100'-a five-day celebration in Kolkata to take place in April
Mar 25, 2016, at 05:22 pm
Kolkata, Mar 24 (IBNS): 'Husain 100', a five-day celebration of the birth centenary of Maqbool Fida Husain (1915 – 2011), will be held from April 9 to 13 in Kolkata, a city well known for his admirers-who have always marvelled at his greatness in the fields of painting, drawing, writing and filmmaking.
'Husain 100'-a five-day celebration in Kolkata to take place in April
Mar 25, 2016, at 04:48 am
Kolkata, Mar 24 (IBNS): 'Husain 100', a five-day celebration of the birth centenary of Maqbool Fida Husain (1915 – 2011), will be held from April 9 to 13 in Kolkata, a city well known for his admirers-who have always marvelled at his greatness in the fields of painting, drawing, writing and film-making.
144 Battalion of BSF celebrates Holi
Mar 24, 2016, at 08:53 pm
New Delhi, Mar 24 (IBNS) The Border Security Force's (BSF) 144 Battalion celebrated Holi on Thursday at their Kalyani campus.
Google acknowledges Holi, doodles
Mar 24, 2016, at 04:47 pm
Mountain View, Mar 24 (IBNS) Google on Thursday doodled about Holi, thus acknowledging the Hindu festival.
India celebrates the festival of colour, Holi
Mar 24, 2016, at 04:10 pm
Kolkata, Mar 24 (IBNS) Citizens of India on Thursday, celebrated the festival of colour, Holi, to usher in spring.
Minister inaugurates exhibition on the Parsi community at NGMA
Mar 21, 2016, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi, Mar 21 (IBNS) Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs & Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, inaugurated the exhibition titled “Painted Encounters Parsi Traders and the Community" and "No Parsi is an Island†obn Sunday evening at National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi.
There will be no National Commission for Cultural and Heritage Sites, says minister
Mar 14, 2016, at 07:17 pm
New Delhi, Mar 14 (IBNS) In a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma, said the Government does not intend to constitute a National Commission for Cultural and Heritage Sites.
Vadehra Art Gallery to host William Dalrymple photo exhibition
Mar 11, 2016, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS) Vadehra Art Gallery here will host an exhibition of black and white photographs by acclaimed author William Dalrymple this month.
UK born Rishi Banerjee enthralls audience with Tagore concert in Kolkata
Mar 09, 2016, at 06:40 am
Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS) UK born Rabindrasangeet vocalist Rishi Banerjee made a quick stop in Kolkata to present a unique concept ‘Then sings my soul’, exploring the special relationship between Rabindranath and his nieces Indira Devi Choudhurani and Sarala Devi.
Mar 08, 2016, at 03:48 am
Kolkata, Mar 7 (IBNS): The West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts and the Department of Sculpture, Rabindra Bharati University held a six-day residential workshop on the making of Rava masks at the Jela Parishad Bungalow in Kamakhyaguri, and also in some of its surrounding areas in Alipurduar in West Bengal.
Cart That Art painting show in Kolkata inspired by e-commerce jargons
Mar 06, 2016, at 08:43 pm
Kolkata, Mar 6 (IBNS): Cart That Art-Priceless Art@ Artful Prices is an eclectic mix of around 75 attractive paintings that represent everything from spirituality to various facades of Kolkata and a plethora of moods and melodies on canvas that were exhibited in the city with affordable price tags to the works.
Want to go back to painting again: Sabyasachi Chakraborty at Camel event
Mar 05, 2016, at 06:47 pm
Kolkata, Mar 5 (IBNS): Tollywood actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty, while attending an annual art exhibition and national prize distribution, organised by Camel Art Foundation on Wednesday, said that the quality of the works he saw inspired him to pick up paint brush again.
Google doodles to celebrate Rukmini Devi's 112th birth anniversary
Feb 29, 2016, at 04:18 pm
Mountain View, California, Feb 29 (IBNS) Google on Monday celebrated the late Indian dancer, theosophist and animal rights activist Rukmini Devi Arundale's 112th birth anniversary with a doodle.
ICCR Kolkata hosts Translation, an art exhibition for young artists
Feb 26, 2016, at 08:44 pm
Kolkata, Feb 26 (IBNS): Nandalal Bose Gallery and Jamini Roy Gallery of ICCR in Kolkata is hosting 'TRANSLATIONS', the fifth international young artists exhibition promoted by Emergent Art Space, a non profit organization based in San Francisco, USA.
Parampara of Kolkata presents an evening of Indian classical music and dance
Feb 22, 2016, at 08:12 pm
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IBNS) Parampara of Kolkata recently organised the SWAR Festival, an evening of Indian classical music and dance, at the lawns of the Gurusaday Museum located in Behala, on the southern fringe of the city.
Rahul Bose auctions iconic memorabilia in “The Idea of Indiaâ€
Feb 20, 2016, at 11:42 pm
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IBNS) Actor Rahul Bose and his NGO The Foundation on Saturday hosted their annual auction - "The Idea of India" featuring 11 pieces of iconic memorabilia from celebrated donors who personify and epitomize the soul of art and culture.
Tata Steel's 'Art-in-Industry' to bring focus back on diversity
Feb 20, 2016, at 12:53 am
Jamshedpur/ Kolkata, Feb 19 (IBNS): Tata Steel inaugurated the much coveted Art in Industry art camp at the Centre for Excellence, Jamshedpur on Thursday.
Feb 15, 2016, at 04:29 pm
Mudejar art of architecture and embellishments in Spain offers a glimpse into a time when Christian and Islamic art fused and created beauty together, discovers Ranjita Biswas
Lalit Kala Akademi hosts the Kala Vithi Art Exhibition
Feb 14, 2016, at 02:15 am
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS) A unique painting exhibition cum sale, ‘Kala Vithi’, showing the work of 10 master painters was launched by Ashwani Lohani, CMD, Air India and Padma Shri Shovana Narayan, at the Lalit Kala Akademi Art Gallery, in New Delhi on Saturday.
Amaan Ali Khan , Ayaan Ali Khan collaborate with Grammy nominated violinist Elmira Darvarova
Feb 10, 2016, at 02:56 am
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IBNS) Sarod artists Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan are all set to perform with noted Grammy nominated violinist Elmira Darvarova.
Feb 05, 2016, at 04:49 am
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IBNS): The 7-day Annual Art Exhibition 2015-16 of the West Bengal State Akademi of Dance Drama Music and Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University was inaugurated at the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) in Kolkata recently.