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.
NEOPWA donates 10L to support cancer patients of north east
Feb 03, 2016, at 06:16 pm
Kolkata Feb 1 (IBNS): North East Officer's and Professionals Welfare Association ( NEOPWA) on Saturday donated Rs 10,00000 to Tata Medical Center Trust for diagnosis of the underprivileged cancer patients of north eastern states of India.
On-line arm of Saffronart to auction various items on the theme Art of Bengal
Jan 31, 2016, at 03:47 am
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): StoryLTD.com – a part of the Saffronart auction house – will be holding an on-line auction of Art of Bengal on Feb 2 and 3, which will include religious paintings; prints, books, stamps of and featuring the Bengal School artists; film posters, lobby cards and photographs from films by Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha, Purnendru Patri and Bimal Roy; etc.
Classical stalwarts perform at Uttarpara programme
Jan 29, 2016, at 09:35 pm
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IBNS): Tabla player Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee recently inaugurated and performed at the Uttarpara Sangeet Chakro's 60th Annual Classical Music Programme through a live concert where musical maestros like Hariprasad Chaurasia and Ajay Chakraborty also participated.
I am struck by the tranquility of Kolkata: French lensperson Laura Amalir
Jan 21, 2016, at 05:02 pm
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS) French artist Laura Amalir feels there are extremes on everything in Kolkata and still there is a tranquil pattern inside.
Centre with complete archive of music legend Salil Chowdhury on the anvil
Jan 16, 2016, at 12:27 am
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IBNS): A permanent centre to house the complete archive of music legend Salil Chowdhury is on the anvil, said the daughter of the late composer at an event this week to celebrate his 90th birth anniversary.
Jan 13, 2016, at 03:22 pm
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IBNS): Pakistani Ghazal singer Ghulam Ali charmed with his voice as he performed and presented a 'mesmerising' event in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Team Chorabali inaugurates digital art gallery in Kolkata
Jan 09, 2016, at 07:25 pm
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IBNS): When art plays the central role, the vision thoughtlessly draws attention of the mass- be it celluloid or real canvas of an artist. So it was in the fitness of things when on Wednesday last, the cast of the upcoming Tollywood movie Chorabali and painters got together to inaugurate Gallery Green at Parvati Bhawan in south Kolkata's Rajdanga.
Emami Chisel Art hosts retrospective of Indian artist Aparna Caur in Kolkata
Jan 06, 2016, at 06:03 pm
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IBNS): Indian artist Apana Caur exhibits her solo paper work for the first time in Kolkata at the city's Emami Chisel Art gallery.