Essence of contemporary art Eminent master painters of India come together with their works at the ongoing art exhibition hosted by Aakriti Art Gallery. Besides offering an insight into the universality of folk, tribal and urban pictorial language, the show also provides art lovers an opportunity to witness and appreciate the rare aesthetic blend of contemporary trends and traditions that has added perceptible energy, vitality and buoyancy to modern Indian art as it is practised today. Featuring paintings by M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Paritosh Sen, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Jogen Chaudhuri, Ganesh Haloi, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Thota Vaikuntam, Paresh Maity, Manjit Bawa, Prokash Karmakar, K.G. Subramanyam (a painting by him appears above), Shyamal Dutta Ray, Suvaprasanna, Rabin Mandal, Wasim Kapoor, Sanat Kar and Suhas Roy. Event: Exhibition of paintings by 18 renowned Indian artists When: Till July 20 (except Monday); 3 pm - 7 pm Where: Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Picasso Bithi

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July 10 - 15 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group show of paintings and sculptures featuring works by Rajat Sen, Shib Sankar Das, Subrata Paul, Sudipta Majumdar, Samik De and Sambhu Saha. Inauguration by Ramola Chakraborty today at 5.30 pm. July 10 - 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Cry from the Heart, the fifth solo exhibition of paintings by Shivaji Das. July 10 - 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Kalyan Chakraborty, Dipankar Ray, Bhaskar Bhattacharjee, Sanjay Bhaumik and Anjan Das. July 10 - 17 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures on Nature. Participating artists: Ramananda Bandopadhyay. Subroto Gangopadhyay, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Sanatan Dinda, Niranjan Pradhan, Ratan Acharya, Abhishankar Mitra, Biswajeet Saha, Pramathes Chandra, Atanu Mitra and others. July 10 - 22 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Faiza Huma. Till July 10 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: Art Today - Trends and Talents in Indian Contemporary Art: A Tale of Four Cities. Works by Avijit Dutta, Anil Naik, Chippa Sudhakar, Diptish Ghosh Dostidar, Kiran Chopra, Laxman Aelay, Prasenjit Sengupta, Sunil Lohar and Vinod Goswami. Till July 12 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Vibrant Hues, an exhibition of the works of Biswajit Saha, Subrata Pal, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das, Dewashis Das, Anup Giri, Avishankar Mitra, Nitya Kundu, Swapan Das and others. Till July 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art Wings presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Dipankar Pahari, Koushik Biswas, Palash Bhaduri and Saurav Kumar Dhabal Deb. Till July 20 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 3/1A Picasso Bithi, #2289-3027/5041; 3 pm - 7 pm: Works by M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Paritosh Sen, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Kartick Pyne, Shyamal Dutta Ray, K.G. Subramanyan, Ganesh haloi, Paresh Maity, T. Vaikuntam, Shuvaprasanna, Sohan Quadri, Jogen Chowdhury, Rabin Mondal, Manjit Bawa, Prokash Karmakar, Sanat Kar, Suhas Roy, Wasim Kapoor and Sunil Das. Till July 28 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring about 50 artworks from across India. Till July 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Masters of Imagination, an exhibition of paintings by Kartick Pyne, Atin Basak, Tapas Sardar, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Sanatan Dinda, Bratin Khan, Aditya Basak, Subroto Gangopadhyay, Ashok Adhikary, Sibsaday, Subroto Das, Dewashish Das and others.

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July 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents Matir Gabhire. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. July 11 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Bahari will stage Red Carpet. Drama & direction: Anupam Roy. July 12 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Kolkata Eso Natak Shikhi will stage two one-act plays, Tatan Aar Sada Payra (written and directed by Tapas Das) and Kahani Ek Tote Ki (direction: Mithu Dey and Rana Mukherjee). July 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents Manmoyee Girls School. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. July 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samskar Bharati Repertory’s latest production, Jakhan Eka. Direction: Asit Basu. July 14 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts the staging of the play, Haroon-al Rashid (Direction: Samir Biswas), produced by Mangalik. July 14 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Marubehag, in collaboration with Padatik, presents Tagore’s Ghare Baire. Direction: Jolly Guha Roy.

DRAWING COMPETITION

July 10 at Crossword Bookstore, 8 Elgin Road; 4 pm: Drawing competition of Harry Potter for participants between 10 years and 14 years of age.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 10 & 11 at Uttam Mancha; 6 pm: The Dover Lane Music Conference and The Dover Lane Music Academy present two evenings of classical music. July 10: Minakshi Majumdar (vocal) with Rupak Mitra (tabla), Abhishek Lahiri (sarod) with Subhankar Banerjee (tabla), and Snehasis Majumdar (mandolin) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla). July 11: Prasenjit Bhavak (vocal), Soumitro Lahiri (sitar) with Subhankar Banerjee (tabla), and Partho Saraty (sarod) with Ashis Pal (tabla). July 11 at Purbashree, Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts Celebration 2007, a dance presentation by Padatik Dance Centre. Choreography: Chetna Jalan. July 12 & 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.30 pm: Samaroha presents Barsha Utsav featuring Tagore songs and poems on monsoon. Participants: Rajeswar Bhattacharjee, Sanghamitra Gupta, Sreeradha Banerjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Subroto Sengupta, Anushila Basu, Basabi Bagchi, Shilpi Aditya, Madhuchhanda Ghatak and Debanjan Kundu on July 10; and Srikanto Acharya, Lopamudra Mitra, Monomoy Bhattacharya, Achin Mukhopadhyay, Suchhanda Ghosh, Debarati Mitra, Mrinmoy Roy, Irabati Basu, Sutapa Halder and Pradip Ghosh on July 11.

IN MEMORIAM

July 10 at Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar; 6.15 pm: Tribute to Prof. Hirendranath Mukhopadhyay. Talk by Jolly Mohan Kaul and Rabindrasangeet by Purabi Mukhopadhyay.

FILM SHOW

July 10 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30 pm: Screening of Mon Oncle, directed by Jacques Tati.

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July 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Hirendra Nath Roy will speak in Bengali on Sampratik Chintane Arthik Unnayaner Tattva: Kichhu Vishleshan O Mulyayan. July 10 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.

EXHIBITION

July 14 -21 at Aranya, 124B S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11 am - 8 pm, Sunday (4 pm - 8 pm): A wekk-long monsoon fair. Articles on display include hand-made paper stationery and gift items along with sling bags in monsoon shades of blure, grey and green. Also, a special notebook, Brishtir Khata, will lines from well-known poems. An evening adda session on July 14 with poet Srijato and a musical performance by Shomi Bandyopadhyay.

WORKSHOP

July 15 at Calcutta Club, 241 AJC BOse Road; 9 am - 5 pm: Personal Leadership Workshop on Success, Motivation, Communication Skills, Time Management, Interpersonal Relationship with creative exercises and success stories, for industrialists, entrepreneurs, professionals, executives, students and housewives. Details at #9831229700, 9830070294.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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