Masters as the muse In its effort to bring quality art to the forefront, Gallerie 52D is committed to discovering promising young artists and helping them find a platform to showcase their works. Ode to Masters, the inaugural exhibition hosted by the gallery, is intended as an invocation to celebrated masters of earlier eras to inspire aspiring, contemporary artists with their creative vision. Comprising paintings, sculpture and graphics by early 20th century masters including Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy and Biren De, as well as renowned senior painters and sculptors of the present age, it brings together the best of both traditional and modern Indian art. Featuring the works of Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Thota Vaikuntham, Lalu Prasad Shaw, B.R. Panesar, Prakash Karmakar, Paritosh Sen, Subrata Gangopadhaya (one of his paintings appears above), Chandra Bhattacharjee, Kartick Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Monoj Mitra and others. Event: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures and graphics When: Till August 6, 12 noon - 7.30 pm Where: Gallerie 52D, 52D Hindustan Park

art

August 1 - August 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Nabanita Banerjee, Sankari Mitra, Maitreyee Chatterjee and Sunit Acharya De. August 1 - August 6 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and graphics by a group of artists. August 1 - August 6 at Chemould Art Gallery; 12 noon - 7 pm: Paintings by Subrata Saha and Niladri Shekhar Majumder. Till August 2 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Basanta Kumar Gangopadhyay. Till August 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings by Anindita Saha. Till August 5 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Pioneer Printmakers of Bengal, featuring the works of Somnath Hore, Krishna Reddy, Dipak Banerjee, Sanat Kar and Lalu Prasad Shaw. Till August 5 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Road; 11 am - 8 pm: A Variegated Odyssey, a retrospective of the works of Sailen Mittra. Till August 5 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 7 pm: Erostrade, installation performance by The Alternative Art Group. Till August 6 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by eminent artists of Bengal. Featuring the works of Wasim Kapoor, Dwijen Gupta, Debashish Deb, Subrata Chowdhury and others. Till August 6 at Proscenium?s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by a group of talented young painters. Till August 7 at Vikalp Art Shop, Swabhumi; 4 pm - 8 pm: Top Notch, paintings by Paritosh Sen, Shanu Lahiri, Prakash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Shuvaprasanna and others.

drama

August 3 - August 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Airtel commemorates Tagore?s 65th death anniversary with Rabindra Utsav, a rediscovery of Tagore?s plays through multilingual renditions by nationally-acclaimed directors. Featuring Dakghar (Aug 3), Raja (Aug 4), Raktakarabi (Aug) and Raj-Rakt (Aug 6). August 3 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents D.L. Roy?s Punarjanma. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. August 4 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Cinetel presents Homapakhi. Drama: Dr Amit Ranjan Biswas. Performance & direction: Soumitra Chattopadhyay. August 5 at Sarala Roy Memorial Hall; 6.30 pm: Total Theatre stages its latest production Byas. Direction: Santanu Bandyopadhyay. August 5 & August 6 at Proscenium?s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Theatrecian theatre workshop participants will stage two, short one-act plays, 64 Squares and Is It Real? Is It Fake?.

performing arts

August 1 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Rise, a dance recital based on Kathak, Manipuri and Kathakali styles, Direction: Malabika Guha (USA). August 5 at Uttam Mancha; 6.30 pm: Bhavna presents Tagore songs by Manoj Murali Nair and Manisha Murali Nair. Also, Kathakali (Karna Kunti), Keralanatnam by Kalamandalam Murali and Bhama Murali.

centenary celebration

August 1 at Chakdaha Ramlal Academy, Chakdaha, Nadia: Centenary celebration of Chakdaha Ramlal Academy begins with flag-hoisting and procession (at 10 am) and cultural function (at 6.30 pm).

friendship day

August 1 at National Library, Bhasha Bhavan auditorium; 3 pm: The National Library of India, ministry of culture, government of India and Academy of Bengali Poetry will celebrate International Friendship Day with authors and publishers. Artists Jogen Choudhuri and Rabin Mondal will be awarded. Also, a poetry-reading session.

film festival

August 1 - August 3 at Nandan II: Nihongo Kaiwa Kyookai and Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta host the 15th Cinemanippon ? Japanese Film Festival. Today: A Summer Page (4 pm) & I Are You, You Are Me (6 pm). Till August 3 at Gorky Sadan; 6 pm: Consulate General of Italy and Eisenstein Cine Club host Centenary Tribute to Luchino Visconti and Roberto Rossellini through a festival of films. Today: The Earth Trembles.

talk

August 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Subodh Chandra Chaudhury will speak in Bengali on Bangla Sahitya O Vivekananda. August 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Dr Bhupendranath Sil will discourse on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Punthi.

seminar

August 1 at Rotary Sadan; 3 pm - 6 pm: Indian Academy of Paediatrics, West Bengal Branch and Rotary International District 3290 host a socio-medical seminar to mark World Breastfeeding Week.

exhibition

Till August 3 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Chanderi printed sarees from Barmer, Sanganer (Rajasthan).

discussion

August 2 at Padatik Little Theatre; 6.30 pm: Ranan hosts Proximities, an informal forum of discussion and exchange. Topic: Symbols and Beliefs in Dance: Elasticity and Rigidity, presented by Vandana Alase Hazra.

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