Arts

Benode Behari had a mind of his own; instead of raising the flag of nationalism and harking back to history and myths like many contemporaries, he sought inspiration in the world he observed around hi...

Chetana reaffirmed its commitment to political theatre by premiering two productions on November 22, its foundation day, at the Academy of Fine Arts. Whereas Girgiti — adapted from a S...

Only five works from five young artists. This measured step of Emami Art’s first gallery show in months, Fluid Boundaries, indicates how Covid caution has wisely put on hold big, bloated ar...

We thrive on physical encounters. This year with restrictions, we found it challenging to operate without installing these wonderful exhibitions in person. So we had to break the mould in many fundame...

1. Outsiders-insiders Tiwa Savage, 40, has lived in Nigeria, London and America, giving her music a wide expanse. In a career marked by four albums — the latest came through this year — s...

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Calcutta is never tired of Waiting for Godot. There have been quite a few Bengali adaptations of this Samuel Beckett classic since the 1970s. While most played it straight, some went for adaptati...

Calcuttans worth their salt cannot claim to be ignorant about College Street. Unfortunately, the image that is most commonly associated with College Street is that of the main avenue, with pavement st...

The thickets in Jayashree Chakravarty’s paintings trap your gaze the way underbrush in a forest would your feet. An intricate web of paint, pencil, ink, charcoal and tea stains, along with odds ...

A human tale of motherly love and step-motherly pettiness, mixed motives and shrewd manipulations, movement of queenly poise that cannot conceal an undertow of unease, Rohini Banerjee’s work-in-...