My introduction to the veteran poet Rafiq Azad in mid-2004 was a fortuitous one. I met him for the first time at the office of the preeminent architect and art critic Professor Shamsul Wares. The place once served as the
Duaree Gallery---a newly established art hub at Dhanmondi in the city has organised a group art exhibition featuring the artworks of eleven contemporary artists from different periods in the country. The group show has been dedicated to artists Aminul Islam,
Abu Zafor's 19th death anniversaryYesterday marked the 19th death anniversary of Abu Zafor. Zafor was a noted educationist, essayist and columnist of our country. His meticulous writings enriched the cultural and literary movement in the '60s and '70s of the
It was really a pleasure trip for me to take part in a unique art trip about 130 kilometers from the city. This is not like a conventional art camp which has been frequently held. The artists unconsciously felt a
My introduction to the veteran poet Rafiq Azad in mid-2004 was a fortuitous one. I met him for the first time at the office of the preeminent architect and art critic Professor Shamsul Wares. The place once served as the
Samarjit Roy Chowdhury is one of the most renowned contemporary Bangladeshi artists. His immense contribution to Bangladeshi art particularly folk painting, has earned him national and international acclaim. The USP of Samarjit's paintings is an in-depth observation of rural Bengal
Writer-translator-video artist-cultural curator, Kristian Carlsson was born in 1978 in Malm, Sweden, and began writing poetry at fifteen. He made his publication debut in 1996 and has published more than 30 books in genres-- ranging from poetry to prose to
Rokon-Uz-Zaman Sohel's solo show at Zainul Gallery-1Creative and artistic designs were used in wooden doors, rectilinear door frames, rectangular and vertical patterns, windows, home decoration, furniture and more. Birds, animal forms, foliage and different parts of nature were used on
Under the title M. F. Husain-Journey in Graphics, Galleri Kaya is going to organise the first ever solo graphic exhibition in Dhaka of legendary Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain. The mega print exhibition will begin on January 24 at 6pm
Woodcut printmaking is laborious, exhilarating and stimulating. It offers tremendous outcome with an opportunity for rethinking, reexamining and reworking. In the sub-continent, the practice of printmaking received vast popularity when the Kala Bhavan was established by the Tagore family in