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Till January 9 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): In Search of a Context, an exhibition about the relation of art to its setting of time, place, social and historical moorings. Artworks include paintings, sculptures, drawings, collage, films and video. Featuring works of Manas Acharya, Samir Aich, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Rameshwar Broota, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Swarna Chitrakar, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Partha Pratim Deb, Meera Devidayal, Early Bengal School, Anita Gopal, Subodh Gupta, Anup Mondal, Binode Behari Mukherjee, Ravinder G. Reddy, Satyajit Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shakila, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Arpita Singh, J. Swaminathan, Rabindranath Tagore, Manish Waghdare, Ancient South Indian Sculpture, and Cinematic Installation by Rituparno Ghosh and Mainak Bhaumik. December 28 - 30 at Jamini Roy Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani: An exhibition of paintings by Indira Debi (1909 - 1950). Shanu Lahiri will inaugurate the exhibition today at 5 pm. Till December 28 at Gallerie 52d, 52D Hindustan Park; 11 am - 7 pm: A ceramic show by artists of Delhi and Calcutta. Till December 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Nina Das. Till December 29 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road, #9830654796; 3 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings by Shyamal Sikdar. Till December 30 at Emami Chisel Art Pvt. Ltd, 687 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass, #40113182; 11 am - 7 pm: Art & Craft Fair. Till December 31 at Chemould, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Tarak Das and Pue Majumder. Till December 31 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street; #2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Not so long ago, a sculpture show celebrating the golden jubilee of The Society of Contemporary Artists. Till January 2 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Portals of Perception — an exhibition of paintings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Chandrima Ray, Aditya Basak, Sanatan Dinda, Sukanta Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Subrata Das, Suhas Roy, Samir Paul, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri and others. Till January 3 at Academy of Fine Arts; 12 noon - 8 pm: 74th Annual All-India Fine Arts Exhibition. Till January 3 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: B-Swarga — new works by Jayanta Roy. Till January 3 at Government College of Arts and Crafts, 28 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: Government College of Arts and Crafts is holding its 145th annual exhibition. Till January 11 (except Tuesday) at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Colours — an exhibition of paintings by B.R. Panesar, Anita Roychowdhury, Prabir Sen, Krishnendu Chaki, Manas Roy, Dripta Roy, Shomi Banerjee, Malay Das, Subhendu Sarkar and Shubhabrata Nandi. Till January 16 (except Sunday) at 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Freedom is Notional — works of three of South Asia’s leading artists Shilpa Gupta, Bani Abidi and Naeem Mohaiemen. Till January 17 at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, #2424 6534; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo show of Arnab Basu’s works. Till January 31 (except Mondays) at Victorial Memorial Hall; 10 am - 5 pm: Indian Life and Landscape by Western Artists: Paintings and Drawings from the V&A, 1790-1927, hosted by The Victoria Memorial Hall and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.DRAMA
Till December 31: 12th Ganga Jamuna Natya Utsab 2009, organised by Aneek. Today at Minerva Theatre: Samay Natya Sanstha’s (Bangaldesh) Shesh Sanglap (Dir: Akhtaruzzaman) at 3 pm; Dishari’s (Pune) Mudrakakshas (Dir: Subrata Sengupta) at 6.30 pm. At Academy of Fine Arts: Theatre Workshop’s Yuddha Paristhiti (Dir: Ashok Mukherjee) at 3 pm, Aneek’s Lal Ghase Nil Ghora (Dir: Malay Biswas) at 6.30 pm. Till December 31 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents 7th Desh-Bidesher Natyamela. Today: Sudrak, Calcutta will stage Hathat Sedin (Dir: Debashis Mazumder) and Natyasena, Asansol presents Danrao Sammukhe (Dir: Debanshu Das).PERFORMING ARTS
Till December 28 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 4 pm: The concluding session of 23rd Salt Lake Music Festival. Today: Mishra Bandhu of Benaras (sarangi duet), Rajib Chakrabarty and Reena C. Srivastava (sarod and sitar duet), Ruchira Panda (vocal), and Swapan Chaudhury (tabla lahara). December 28 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Rabi-Rashmi presents an evening of Tagore songs by Pramita Mallick, Shraboni Sen and Pramit Sen. December 28 at Bhowanipore Sangeet Sammilani hall; 5.30 pm: An evening of classical music featuring Sujit Saha (tabla lahara), and Falguni Mitra (dhrupad). December 31 at Science City Auditorium; 5.30 pm: Liver Foundation, West Bengal and Sarada Group jointly present Ustad Rashid Khan (vocal) and Ustad Amaan Ali Khan (sarod). Tabla: Subhankar Banerjee. Harmonium: Jyoti Goho.TALK
December 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishner Bhaktabrinda. December 28 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga.PHOTO EXHIBITION
Till January 2 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR; 11 am - 7 pm: Bonjour India presents TV Viewers, an exhibition of photographs taken by French lensman Olivier Culmann that captures the unsettling passivity of TV viewers. Till January 13 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145; 10 am - 7 pm: Return to Eden — an exhibition of photography by Prabir Purkayastha. Curated by Ina Puri. Till December 29 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Pan India — A Shared Habitat, an exhibition of photographs by Prashant Panjiar.KIDS’ CORNER
Till December 31 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road, City Centre (Salt Lake), South City Mall and Mani Square; 11 am - 8 pm: Starmark is holding a kids’ book exhibition.EXHIBITION
December 28 - January 2 at Jain House, 8/1 Esplanade East; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Sujata Sarawgi’s handwoven, printed, surface embroidered sarees — matka, ghicha and tussars. Introducing dupattas from the looms of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. December 28 - January 2 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore; 11 am - 7 pm: Tussar Utsav — woven and printed sarees in tussar and matka silk. Till December 31 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 11 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Burra Din, an exhibition of colonial embroideries, candles, gifts, ceramic potteries, artifacts, jewellery and exclusive handloom sarees. Till December 31 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of its new range of durries and home accessories. Till January 2 at 3/90 Chittaranjan Colony, Jadavpur, #2713 1031; 11 am - 7 pm: The Indian Handicraft presents brass showpieces, silk/canvas paintings, diyas, gifts items, greetings cards and wooden furniture. Till January 3 at Milan Mela complex; 2 pm - 8 pm; business visitors (10 am - 1 pm): 23rd Industrial India Trade Fair 2009 organised by BNCCI and Government of West Bengal in association with Indian Trade Promotion Organisation.WORKSHOP
January 3 at Vipassana Centre, Dhamma Ganga, Harish Chandra Dutta Road: A special course on meditation to be conducted by Mahasukh Khandhar. Details at #25532855. January 3 at Mystic Life Skill Studio, CE 123 Sector I, Salt Lake: Meditation and Music Therapy (free) workshop. Details at 9748649047.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: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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