Art and artifice When friendship is based on tacit, mutual agreement, unnatural or unexpected behaviour by one among the circle is bound to destroy the apparently affable relationship that the friends share. Written by Yasmina Reza, Art is a popular comedy that raises an important sociological question: Are we who we think we are, or are we who our friends think we are? It opens with Serge buying a modern painting from a fashionable artist. His fascination for expensive works of art is not shared by his old friend Marc, who thinks Serge has been fooled and fleeced. Serge takes offence, and despite the efforts of their mutual friend, Yvan, who attempts to placate both sides, the various layers of the trio?s friendship begins to unravel. What gives this remarkably wise, witty and incisive play its edge is the way in which it reveals the animosities, lies and compromises that lurk under the skin of such relationships. Direction: Vivek Mansukhani. Presented by Spandan and Sanskriti Sagar. Event: Play in English, Art, by Scene Stealers (New Delhi) When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: G.D. Birla Sabhagar

Art

Till April 2 at Chemould Gallery, 12-F Park Street: Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai and Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta present Japan and India, paintings by Arunava Ray. Till April 2 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Debabrata Chakrabarti, Subrata Chowdhury, Anup Ray, Dipti Chakrabarti, Debasish Deb, Jayant Ghosh, Parvati Mukherjee and Nirmalendu Mandal. Till April 2 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Sculptures by Tapas Sarkar, Anil Sen, Sudarsan Pal, Chinmoy Karmakar, Koushik Pal, Sujit Kumar Karan and Subrata Biswas. Till April 3 (except Sunday) at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 11 am - 7 pm: Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, present Changing Images, an exhibition of their recent works. Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Somnath Dutta and Swaraj Das. Till April 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Ceramic works by Asis Chowdhury, Chanchal Ahmed, Subhasree Dutta, Satish Chandra, Reshmi Bajoria and Sandip Paul. Till April 4 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and drawings by Sajal Roy. Till April 5 (except Monday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Kartick Chandra Pyne, P.R. Narvekar, Sekhar Kar, Anindya Roy, Supam Adhikary and Asim Goswami. Till April 16 at Gallery Kanishka?s; 11 am - 8 pm: M?lange, a varied presentation of paintings and sculptures by eminent artists.

drama

April 1 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3.15 pm: Arghya presents Chandrabati. Direction: Manish Mitra. April 1 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha presents Dashyu Kenaram. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. April 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 7 pm: Ganakrishti?s latest production Tashkar Brittanto. Direction: Amitava Dutta. April 1 at Academy of Fine Arts & April 2 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Saanjbela. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. April 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10.15 am: Pancham Vaidic presents Chandali. Direction and acting: Saoli Mitra. April 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang-Roop presents Tagore?s Sesh Raksha. Direction: Seema Mukherjee. April 2 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Natya Anan presents Surjya Shikar. Direction: Chandan Sen. April 2 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents its latest production, Dwitio Basanta. Direction: Moloy Biswas. April 2 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Baasbhoomi. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 1 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Rabinandan presents Basanta Jagrata Dware, featuring music and dance compositions on spring directed by Debjani Majumdar (music) and Dipanwita Roy (dance). Also, solo Ranindrasangeet recitals by Asish Bhattacharjee and Enakshi Chattopadhyay. April 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Devotional songs by Chandan Majumdar. April 2 at Rangamancha, EZCC, Salt Lake; 5.30 pm: Rabichhaya presents Madhurdhwani Baaje, an evening of Bengali songs. April 2 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 5.45 pm: Guruguha Sangeeth Sammelan hosts the 231st Jayanti Utsavam of Nadajyoti Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar. Featuring European Airs and Hindustani Moods in compositions of Dikshitar, presented by students of Sri Guruguha Gana Vidyalaya.

talk

April 1 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Prof. Mangesh V. Nadkarni will speak on Sri Aurobindo?s ?Savitiri?. April 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyut Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan. April 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tyagarupananda will speak on Gitar Vani. April 1 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19 A&B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Yog O Tahar Abhyas.

EXHIBITION

April 1 - 3 at Shuma?s, 359 Jodhpur Park, ground floor; 11 am - 8 pm: Designer sarees with batik and kalamkari patchwork, and other hand-crafted varieties. Till April 1 at GC-181, Sec III, Salt Lake; 11 am - 8 pm: Teej, showcasing designer kota and crepe sarees, Delhi suits, kurtis, dupattas, jewellery and bags. Till April 14 at Sampa?s Boutique, 42 Circus Avenue: An exhibition of Assam silk and muga sarees and cotton and silk mekhla chaddars.

convocation

April 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Convocation ceremony of School of Languages, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture. Convocation address by Hon?ble Mr Justice V.S. Sirpurkar, Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court.

workshop

April 1 & 2 at Emami Landmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 4 pm - 6 pm: Workshop for children (8 - 12 years) and their parents on KREEDA games to be conducted by Vinita Siddharth of KREEDA, Chennai, based on research and revival of traditional Indian games.

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