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‘Men are so ugly’ says ‘Persepolis’ author
Agence France-Presse. Paris | Updated at 09:48pm on October 06, 2020
Iranian Marjane Satrapi is famous for her films and graphic novels, but it is her painting which keeps her sane, she told AFP. The artist...
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Crisis-time support must for teachers, artistes, players
| Updated at 12:00am on August 23, 2020
ALL activities in educational, sports and cultural institutions have remained suspended since early March after the first detection of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh. Offices and...
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Veteran artist Murtaja Baseer hospitalised
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00pm on August 14, 2020
Country’s one of the most acclaimed painters and language movement veteran Murtaja Baseer was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Evercare Hospital in the...
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Film artistes stand by masses, destitute artistes
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:05pm on March 29, 2020
Film artistes and associations have come to the aid of the destitute artistes and low income people amid the coronavirus outbreak. Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association,...
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‘Asterix’ co-creator Albert Uderzo dies aged 92
Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 10:52pm on March 24, 2020
Albert Uderzo, who drew the ‘Asterix and Obelix’ comics that delighted legions of children and adults over the past six decades, has died aged 92,...
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Solo show explores culture, imagination
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 09:42pm on March 19, 2020
Visual artist Zahangir Alom has portrayed dance, music, poems, nature and others on canvases displayed in his 2nd solo exhibition under way at Dhaka Gallery...
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A close encounter with Hashem Khan
| Updated at 09:27pm on March 19, 2020
Two important truths came out of the conversation with the country’s ace painter Hashem Khan. In a recent interview with New Age, the artist dismissed...
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Quamrul Hassan’s 32nd death anniversary today
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on February 02, 2020
Today is the 32nd death anniversary of eminent artist Quamrul Hassan, who died on February 2, 1988 following a cardiac arrest after completion of a...
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Group show features seven leading artists
Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 09:14pm on February 01, 2020
A fourteen-day group art exhibition featuring selected artworks by seven leading artists is under way at Galleri Kaya in Uttara, Dhaka. The exhibition titled ‘7’...
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Exhibition depicts mundane life
Karoby Shihab | Updated at 09:50pm on January 31, 2020
Upcoming visual artist Ata Mojlish has portrayed mundane life along with his thoughts and emotions at a solo exhibition under way at Dwip Gallery in...