Glimpses of changing times Two photography exhibitions, one by renowned art critic Richard Bartholomew and the second by his son, legendary photojournalist Pablo Bartholomew, bear visually stunning witness to the social and cultural evolution of urban India from the 1950s to the 1980s. Richard Bartholomew was one of the first art critics to start a serious dialogue with the painters of his time. He created a community with them and engendered a sense of direction at a time when the public was not fully receptive to the bold, artistic exploration of India’s Progressive Art Movement. A Critic’s Eye, a collection of photographs by him, provides a rare glimpse of the beginnings of modernism in India. A Tale of Three Cities, Pablo Bartholomew’s body of photographs, serves as a chronicle of the shifting nature, character and function of Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta during the 1970s. Event: Exhibition of photographs by Richard Bartholomew and Pablo Bartholomew When: Till September 25 (except Sunday); 12 noon - 7 pm Where: The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, 2nd floor, Flat no. #5 & 25 B

ART

September 14 - 19 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and ceramic sculptures by Rita Jhunjhunwala and Usha Garodia, respectively. September 14 - 19 at Birla Academy of art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: We Are, a platform for contemporary artists, presents its 2nd exhibition of paintings, drawings & sculptures. Inauguration today at 5.30 pm. Till September 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Reflection of Another Day presents Members’ Biennial, a show of paintings, graphics and sculptures. Till September 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Anup Sankar Paul. Till September 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Aloke Roy. Till September 17 at Bengal Art Gallery (1st floor), ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 12 noon - 8 pm: A solo painting exhibition by Ketut I Suwidiarta, who is pursuing his masters degree in fine arts at Rabindra Bharati University on ICCR scholarship. Till September 18 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: No Content Worries: Trends of Contemporary Art 2010. Featuring works by Barun Chowdhury, Debashis Datta, Ketan Amin, Mansoor Ali, Nantu Behari Das, Nobina Gupta, Pappu Bardhan, Partha Guin, Priyanka Lahiri, Sagar Bhowmik, Sandip Daptari, Saptarshi Naskar, Somit Gupta and Vivek Sharma. Till September 30 (except Sundays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, ground floor, #40034974; 12 noon - 7 pm: Asian Art II — paintings by artists from Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam from the museum’s collection. Till September 30 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, 2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Parables of Our Times — recent works by Mahbubur Rahman & Tayeba Begum Lipi. Till September 30 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by the winners of Bengal Art Talent Hunt 2010. Till October 3 (except Mondays & October 2) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor & 3rd floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Besides Paris, an exhibition of works by 18 Indian artists living in Paris. Curated by Shaheen Merali.

PERFORMING ARTS

September 14 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: In association with EZCC, Rama Guha Smriti Raksha Commitee presents Narishaktir Swapnakalpo — a programme of folk songs by the band, Madal. Also featuring Bratati Bandyopadhyay in reading/recitation. September 14 - 16 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: The Dover Lane Music Conference & The Dover Lane Music Academy present a festival of classical dance. Sept. 14: Sangita Roy (Bharata Natyam), Gangadhar Pradhan & group (Odissi), Saswati Sen (Kathak). Sept. 15: Ishani Paul Chowdhury (Odissi), Tania Dewanji (Bharata Natyam), Gopika Varma (Mohiniyattam), Amita Dutt & group (Kathak). Sept. 16: Debjaya Sarkar (Kathak), Sharmila Biswas & group (Odissi), Geeta Chandran (Bharata Natyam). September 14 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, 24613145; 6.30 pm: Sarod recital by Rajrupa Chowdhury, with Parimal Chakraborty (tabla). September 15 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: Third Eye presents the Bangla band, Dohar, in an evening of folk songs and Rabindrasangeet. Along with Ghulam Fakir, Shyam Khyapa and Tulika Mondal. September 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: An evening of Bengali classical songs by Sugata Margit, with Subrata Gupta (tabla) and Hiranmoy Mitra (harmonium). September 16 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Chhandam presents Tagore songs on the rainy season, to be followed by an Odissi dance recital by Kaberi Sen.

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September 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents its latest production, Tagore’s Ghare Baire. Dramatised and directed by Arpita Ghosh. September 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents its latest production, Aapad. Play: Rajat Ghosh. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty. September 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Sandarbha presents Nirbas. Direction: Soumitra Basu. September 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, directed by Gautam Halder, filmmaker.

PHOTOGRAPHs

Till September 20 (except Sunday) at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Tasveer, Magnum & The Seagull Foundation for the Arts, in association with Ganjam, celebrate 100 years of Hollywood with At the Movies — Magnum ke Tasveer, showcasing rare photographs of yesteryear stars like Audrey Hepburn, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monore, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, etc., photographed by some of the world’s leading photographers.

TALK

September 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Dr Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak on Prasthanabheda. September 14 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6.30 pm: Sudhendu Saha will speak on Sri Aurobindo on ‘Sadhana’. September 14 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.35 pm: Swami Jnanalokananda will speak on Vivek Chudamani. September 14 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7 pm: Swami Shivamayananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leelaprasanga. September 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math; 7 pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Man-On-Manus. September 14 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Bishnupada Jana will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita Prasanga.

SCREENING

Till September 15 at Nandan II; 4 pm & 6 pm: Tapan Sinha Foundation, in association with Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre, presents Sharatey Hemanta, a retrospective of films directed/produced/music composed by Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. Today: Raag Anuraag (1975) at 4 pm & Neel Aakasher Neechey (1959) at 6 pm.

BOOK LAUNCH

September 14 at Oxford Bookstore, Park Street; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore, Calcutta and Mindscape Publishers host the launch of The Distance — An intriguing mix of love, joy, friendship, betrayal and values, written by Saborna Roychowdhury, Pushcart Prize-nominated author of Bengal Monsoon. The book will be released by Krishna Bose, eminent writer, educationst & parliamentarian. Special guest: Dr Chaitali Dutta, reader, department of library sciences, Jadavpur University.

EXHIBITION

Till October 13 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717/8509; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life 2010 — an exhibition of saris, jewellery, exclusive fashion & lifestyle textiles, brocade handbags, T-shirts, masks, decorative arts, furniture, and carpets/dhurries. September 14 - 19 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, 2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Agomoni, an exhibition of saris, textiles & demonstration of Ajrakh-Neel-aal by Sufiyan Ismail Khatri (Kutch), Bherulal Chippa (Rajasthan) & Kapileswar Mohonto (Kotpad). Inauguration by Tanusree Shankar today at 11.30 am. Till September 18 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, 24613145: Exotic botanical prints and artist jewellery by Birgitta Volz. Till September 20 at Sasha shop, 27 Mirza Ghalib Street, 22521586; Monday - Saturday 10 am - 7 pm, Sunday 10 am - 1 pm: Sasha presents its garments and accessories exhibition, Paroma. The collection includes embroidered silks and cottons, block prints and khari, stoles, jewellery and other accessories. Also, a collection from Sonam Dubal. Till September 20 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road, #2465 1697; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni’s exhibition of exclusive handloom saris, Mekhla-chadar sets, Punjabis and Kantha items.

WORKSHOP

September 14 at KB-25, Sector 3 (7th floor) Beside Charnock City, Salt Lake; 2.30 pm: Icfai University, Tripura is organising a media workshop on The Power of Communication & Gandhiji for undergraduate journalism students from different colleges. Speaker: Tapasi Ghosh, head, journalism & mass communication, Khudiram Bose Central College.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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