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Just as a miner delves into the recesses of the earth, seeking out precious stones of unique quality and lustre, collector Sumanta Paul also searches for and procures visual treasures of the Indian art world. Uncovering valuable, hidden works of art as from an undiscovered mine, his attempts in this regard have always been directed towards encouraging and supporting up-coming artists, as well as to honour stalwarts of the field. Mines— Jewel of Mines, the ongoing art exhibition, presents the culmination of his efforts till date to bring together the works of legendary and contemporary artists under a single roof. Truly national in composition, outlook and character, it offers art lovers a visually beautiful, aesthetically pleasing and soul-inspiring collection. Featuring paintings by iconic greats like Ramkinkar Baij, M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza (a painting by him appears here), K.G. Subramaniyan, V.S. Gaitonde and K.M. Adimoolam, it also includes works by eminent contemporary artists like Jogen Chowdhury, Prokash Karmakar, Manu Parekh, Himmat Shah and Laxma Goud, as well as by artists of the 21st century, Samir Aich, Prasenjit Sengupta, Partha Shaw, Arpan Bhowmik and Subrata Saha.
Event: Paintings by well-known artists When: Till May 18; 12 noon - 8 pm Where: Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery
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Till May 17 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor, #2466 2837; 4 pm - 7 pm: Mystic Colours, an exhibition of watercolours and collage by Shiladitya Ganguly and Probal Das.
Till May 17 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Stretch of Imagination: A show of exclusive artworks by 30 well-known artists.
Till May 17 at C.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor, #6521 6931; 1 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Badal Paul, Soibal Dutta, Tarun Banerjee, Subhrakanti Mitra, Shukla Chakrabarty, Indira Halder, Nabakumar Chakrabarty, Suprabhat Bhaduri and Panchanan Das.
Till May 18 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 9 pm: Emami Chisel Art, in association with Starmark, presents Art on the Easel — an exhibition of paintings featuring the works of Arup Ratan Chowdhury.
Till May 18 at Birla Academy of Art & Cukture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group show of paintings and sculptures hosted by Roddur.
Till May 19 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: Miniatures II, an exhibition of affordable small works by Arjun Bhattacharjee, Arpita Pradhan, Biplab Sarkar, Chandranath Saha, Debabrata Sarkar, Nandita Mukherjee, Nitai Das, Nabendu Sengupta, Pradip Das, Sudipta Dutta and Utpal Dutta.
Till May 19 (except Sunday) at Boi-Chitra, College Street Coffee House, 2nd floor, #2241 6845: 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Torture, Protest, Peace — an exhibition of paintings by Saumen Guha.
Till May 20 at The Art Shoppé Gallery, Unnayan #Uns-71, Bengal Ambuja Commercial Complex, 1050/1 Survey Park; 11 am - 7 pm: Oh! Calcutta..., an exhibition of paintings by Swaroop Mukerji, Apurba Mazumder, Manik Saha, Dilip Chaudhury, Jayanta Chakraborty and Anindya Mukharjee.
Till May 23 (except Monday) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block-P, New Alipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: A set of 12 etchings by Suhas Roy.
Till May 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of works by Somnath Hore.
Till May 25 at The Promenade lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: The Doorways — a solo exhibition of recent works by Subuddha Ghosh. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Till June 7 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mondays (2 pm - 7 pm): Sculptures by Meera Mukherjee.
DRAMA
May 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Pakhi (Story: Leela Mazumder; Dir: Swatilekha Sengupta) and Nana Ranger Din (Drama: Anton Chekov/Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay; Dir: Rudraprasad Sengupta).
May 17 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Script & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay.
May 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, directed by Gautam Haldar.
May 18 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents The Zoo Story, directed and performed by Tathagata Chowdhury.
TALK
May 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak in English on Kena Upanishad.
May 16 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad.
PERFORMING ARTS
May 16 at Rabindra Sadan campus; 5.30 pm: An evening of songs and recitation as part of Tagore’s birth anniversary celebration. Participants: Pubali Debnath, Chaitali Roy, Bandana Singha, Bharati Bhattacharya, Mahasweta Mukhopadhyay, Uttara Chowdhury, Sraboni Sen, Bulbul Sengupta, Sruti Maity, Ashis Bhattacharya, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Bhaskar Sen, Suman Panthi and others in songs, and Arijit Sen, Asit Samaddar, Munmun Mukhopadhyay, Debashis Roy, Sanjib Naitra and others in recitation.
May 16 at Rabindra Sadan auditorium; 5.30 pm: As part of Tagore’s birth anniversary celebrations, Swarabitan presents Dinanta Belaye Shesher Fashal (a programme of songs and reading; concept & narration by Anunay Chattopadhyay); to be followed by a dance programme, Juddher Damama Uthlo Beje (concept & choreography: Dr Manjusri Chakri Sircar), presented by Dancers’ Guild; and finally another dance programme, Samanya Kshati, presented by Nrityangan and directed by Shanti Bose and Sunanda Bose.
May 17 at Science City auditorium; 8 pm onwards (night-long): Meghamallar presents Raat Bhor Rabindranath - Mahabishwey Mahakashey featuring Tagore songs and recitation and also dance. Also, felicitation to Suchitra Mitra, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Purabi Mukhopadhyay, Maya Sen, Arghya Sen, Ritu Guha, Sumitra Sen, Tarun Majumdar, Madhabi Mukhopadhyay and Sovon Som. Songs by Mohan Singh, Buddhadev Guha, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Indrani Sen, Lopamudra Mitra, Saikat Mitra, Indranil Sen, Sraboni Sen, Shibaji Chattopadhyay, Pramita Mallikck, Arundhati Holme Choudhury, Rajasree Bhattacharya, Anushila Basu, Debarati Som, Agnibha Bandyopadhyay, Rachaita Roy, Bikram Singh, Rahul Mitra, Pramit Sen, Pubali Debnath, Manomoy Bhattacharya and others. Recitation and reading by Soumitra Chattopadhyay, Raya Bhattacharya, Urmimala and Jagannath Basu, Gouri and Partha Ghosh, Rokeya Roy, Soumitra Mitra, June Malliah and others. Dance by students and teachers of Visva Bharati.
May 18 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 10.30 am: Sangeet Ashram presents a classical vocal recital by Manas Chakraborty, accompanied by Samar Saha (tabla) and Ranjan Mukhopadhyay (harmonium).
May 18 at Rotary Sadan; 6.30 pm: Abhinandan presents an evening of Tagore songs by Damayanti Bhattacharya, Mrinmay Roy, Swastika Mukhopadhyay and chorus by the artistes of Surangama.
May 18 at Brahmo Sammilan Samaj, Bhowanipore; 6.30 pm: On the occasion of Maharshi Debendranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, Brahmo Sammilan Samaj presents a musical offering (compositions of Maharshi Debendranath and Rabindranath) by Sudeshna Basu.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 28 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: A set of 20 photographs, by Bivas Bhattacharjee, son of renowned contemporary painter Bikash Bhattacharjee.
Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Portraits of a Director — an exhibition of photographs on Satyajit Ray by Asit Poddar.
Till May 31 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia Kolkata, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia Kolkata Gallery, the Embassy of France in India and Alliance Française du Bengale host India by Magnum: Plural Perspectives, a projected exhibition by 14 photographers from Magnum Photos.
FILM FESTIVAL
Till May 20 at Nandan II: Cine Central, Calcutta, in collaboration with Nandan, EZCC, UNICEF and in associtaion with Rishra Municipality and Beleghata Education Aid Centre, presents 8th International Children’s Film Festival. Today: The Golden Horns (Russia) at 2 pm; Six Go Round the World (Germany) at 4 pm; and The Little Mermaid (USA) at 6 pm.
EXHIBITION
Till May 16 at P-249 Purna Das Road (Triangular Park; #24644027) and at CB 68 Salt Lake, Sector 1 (near CA Island towards PNB; #40043486): Darbari presents Summer Sizzlers, showcasing cool casual cotton kurtis, skirts, wrap arounds, kaftans, saris and suits for ladies, and funky shirts and kurtas for gents. Also, a variety of handloom fabrics, sourced from all over the country.
WORKSHOP
May 16 at Kornash, The Lifestyle Management School, 139B Rashbehari Avenue: Workshop on developing an insight into choosing the right life-partner. Details at #98300 32232, 98311 65559.
May 16 - 18 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 3 pm - 4.30 pm: In association with Kriya Events, Starmark will host Absolutely Spellbound, a three-day spelling and vocabulary workshop for children between 7 years and 12 years. Details and registration at #98303 79166, 98314 44138.
May 19 - 25 at Rabindra Sadan (2nd floor); 10 am - 5 pm: Shinjan Nrityalaya, in collaboration with Rajya Sangeet Academy, hosts a workshop on Odissi dance, to be conducted by Aloka Kanungo and assisted by Sharmistha Pani. Also, lectures and discussions on dance and yoga.
May 19 - 29 at Marudhara, 6 Merlin Park: A workshop on Rajasthani folk song and bhajan. To be conducted by Roshan Khan of Rajasthan. Details at #2460 7356.
QUIZ
May 18 at International School of Business & Media, EN-22, Sector V, Salt Lake; 10 am: Mahaquizzer, a written individual quiz. No entry fee. Registration from 9.30 am. Details with Shouvik (98300 92766) or Jayashree (98309 33334) All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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