Interview of author Amitav Ghosh
Statesman Features Editor, Dola Mitra interviews author Amitav Ghosh after the release of his new book Ghost Eye
Statesman Features Editor, Dola Mitra interviews author Amitav Ghosh after the release of his new book Ghost Eye
Shakuntala Art Gallery and Sanskar Bharati, Utkal East Region, Visual Arts Department, organised a two-day painting exhibition and discussion session at Shakuntala Art Gallery near Uttara Chhak on the city outskirts.
The personal is the political ~ a refrain repeated into cliché, until an artist’s canvas reasserts that even the most fragile of memories can serve as vessels of social realisation.
“For me, an image comes in a flash from seen and observed moments in life,” says artist Arpana Caur, describing how her creative process is born out of fleeting emotions and lived experience.
BJP state unit has erupted in protest following the demolition of a house in Santiniketan once associated with Abanindranath Tagore, the renowned artist, writer, and creator of the iconic “Bharat Mata” painting.
A while back, an influential solo art exhibition, titled Solitude, executed by artist Atanu Bhattacharya, was held at the gallery of the Society of Contemporary Art and concluded on 12 July in Kolkata.
Avijit Dutta's unabashed passion and search for the buried stories and unravelled legacies of the spaces he inhabits have richly and evocatively surfaced in his art time and again.
‘You can never go home again.’ I do not feel at home anywhere, but the idea of home follows me wherever I go.” These are the words of Zarina Hashmi, who is known professionally as Zarina.
A young illustrator and artist, Kuhoo Mitra’s one-day solo exhibition was exhibited at Calcutta Rowing Club on Sunday, 16th June where she displayed 21 paintings and five illustrated, hand-bound books done by herself.
Anandan Studio becomes a hub for cultural activities as it includes includes letting out the space for artists, lectures, demos, rehearsals, seminars, and programmes.
