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Tag: Art & culture
Louvre opens center to protect art from flooding
Lievin (AP/UNB) — The Louvre has opened a new art conservation center some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Paris to protect the museum’s priceless artworks from its flood-prone reserves. The Louvre Conservation Center was inaugurated Tuesday in Lievin in northern…
2 victims of 1944 circus fire exhumed in ID attempt
Windsor, OCT 8. (AP/UNB) — Authorities exhumed the bodies Monday of two victims of the 1944 Hartford circus fire in the hopes of determining whether one of them is a woman who is among five people still listed as missing…
Ginger Baker, Cream’s volatile drummer, dies at 80
London, Oct 6 (AP/UNB) — The family of drummer Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive British musician who was best known for his time with the power trio Cream, says he has died. He was 80.
Museum of the Bible quietly replaces questioned artifact
Oklahoma City, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — The Museum of the Bible in Washington quietly replaced an artifact purported to be one of a handful of miniature Bibles that a NASA astronaut carried to the moon in 1971 after an expert…
Alliance Française de Dhaka pays tribute to Tagore-Nazrul
Entertainment Desk French cultural organization Alliance Française de Dhaka paid tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore and National poet Kazi Nazrul Islam through a musical programme at its Dhanmondi center on Friday evening.
Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74
New York, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) — Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honor, has died, according to family spokesperson Gwendolyn Quinn.…
Shilpakala Academy gets Outstanding Organisastion award
Dhaka, Sept 30 (UNB)- Chinese Embassy in Dhaka honored Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy with ‘Outstanding Organisation Award’ for its special contributions to culture at a Chinese exhibition launched at the academy recently.
Metallica’s James Hetfield enters rehab; tour dates canceled
Metallica says its frontman James Hetfield has entered rehab, and the band is canceling its upcoming tour in Australia and New Zealand.
Painting by feet, handless Monaem aims to be an engineer
Feni, Sept 27 (UNB) – Despite having no hand since his birth, Monaem, a class-three student of a school here, excelled in painting by resorting to art using his feet.
Magnetic wallpaper tops winners in first Etsy Design Awards
New York, (AP/UNB) — An Etsy creator, Sian (Shawn) Zeng (Zayng) took the top prize in the first Etsy Design Awards, announced Tuesday.
Creativity without the pressure at ‘paint and sip’ studios
Sep19 (AP/UNB) –They’ve become a global sensation — “paint and sip” studios where adults can spend evenings out learning to make art in a relaxed, BYOB setting. Thousands of franchises now exist to help us all unleash our inner creative.
Booming Bollywood comes home for ‘Oscars’ 20th edition
Mumbai hosts the “Bollywood Oscars” for the first time in India in 20 years this week with the megastars, movers and shakers of a booming Hindi film industry celebrating another bumper year, including in huge markets like China.
‘Lord of the Rings’ show to start filming in New Zealand
US-based streaming giant Amazon announced Wednesday its big-budget “Lord of the Rings” series will within months start filming in New Zealand, home to Peter Jackson’s movies of the fantasy epic.
Sultan Festival ends with boat race in Narail
Narail, Sept 14 (UNB) – The four-day Sultan festival ended on Saturday with a popular boat race, locally known as Nouka Baich, in the Chitra River in the district down.
Group art exhibition ‘Adherence’ to open at AFD on 17 Sept
The inaugural ceremony of a group art exhibition titled ‘Adherence’ at its Galerie Zoom will be held on Friday, 17 September 2019 at 5.30 pm.
Sultan memorial festival painting contest held
Narail, Sept 13 – About 500 children took part in a painting competition on Friday, the third day of ‘Sultan Utsab’ celebrating the 95th birth anniversary of eminent painter SM Sultan.
Dhaka to share Award for Architecture with 5 other nations
Bangladesh’s name will be heard loud here at a global stage of architects on Friday as the recipients of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture will receive the award.
Pyer Moss celebrates black culture with fashion and music
New York, Sep 10 (AP/UNB) — There was a huge choir that veered from stirring, soaring gospel, then spit verses from Cardi B and sang lines from Queen Latifah’s “U.N.I.T.Y.”; a spoken word artist who reminded the audience that rock…
Ho Chi Minh to be premiered at Shilpakala stage
Dhaka, Sept 4 (UNB) – Turongomi’s latest production Ho Chi Minh will be premiered at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. The production, scheduled for 7:30pm and 8:30pm, will have no entry fee.Ho Chi Minh is…
Group Art Exhibition Symphony begins at AF Dhaka
Dhaka, Sept 02 – A group art exhibition titled ‘Symphony’ has begun at its La Galerie, Allianc Française, Dhaka on Monday, 2 September 2019.
Group art show ‘Colours’ begins at AF Dhaka
A group art exhibition titled ‘Colours’ has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday. Eminent architect and poet Rabiul Hossain attended the opening ceremony as the chief guest while eminent artist Kanak Chapa Chakma also attended the…
India’s ‘patriotism pop’ songs celebrate settling in Kashmir
New Delhi (AP/UNB) — The music videos began appearing on social media within hours of the announcement by India’s Hindu-led nationalist government that it was stripping statehood from the disputed region of Kashmir that had been in place for decades.…
Group art exhibition ‘Colours’ to open at AF Dhaka on Friday
The inaugural ceremony of the group art exhibition titled ‘Colours’ will be held at its La Galerie of Alliance Francaise Dhaka on Friday, 23 August at 5.30 pm.
জহির রায়হানের জীবন থেকে নেয়া!
সময়টা ১৯৬৯ সাল। বিহারী প্রযোজক আনিস দোসানি ডাকলেন জহির রায়হানকে একটি চলচ্চিত্র বানানোর জন্য। এর আগেও জহির রায়হান সঙ্গম, কাঁচের দেয়াল, বাহানা, আনোয়ারা, টাকা আনা পাই- এর মতো চলচ্চিত্র নির্মাণ করেছিলেন। আনিস কেবল প্রযোজনার দায়িত্বে ছিলেন, কিন্তু জহির রায়হান যে…
French ‘Spiderman’ scales Hong Kong skyscraper urging peace
A French climber known as “Spiderman” has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper and put up a banner urging peace in the city rocked by political unrest. Alain Robert unfurled a banner showing a handshake and the flags of Hong Kong…
Eid’s Drama Foyzu Munshir Narkel Gach
Foyzu Munshi shows Bengali films on DVD behind a tea shop where he has set up his mini movie hall. The youngsters of the village hangout there. During one afternoon show, when the hero Jasim was bursting the head of…
চিত্রজগত এ্যাওয়ার্ড পেলেন ১৩ জন তারকা
দেশের ঐতিহ্যবাহী বিনোদন ‘সাপ্তাহিক চিত্রজগত’-এর ৩২ বছর পূর্তি উপলক্ষে গতকাল ২৯ জুলাই সোমবার সন্ধ্যায় বাংলাদেশ শিল্পকলা একাডেমির জাতীয় চিত্রশালা মিলনায়তনে জমকালো অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন করে সাপ্তাহিক চিত্রজগত পরিবার। সুস্থ বিনোদন সুন্দর সমাজ গঠনের সহায়ক শীর্ষক আলোচনার পাশাপাশি প্রদান করা হয় ‘চিত্রজগত…
France, Natural and Eternal: A Photographer’s Journey at AFD
The 2nd solo photography exhibition titled ‘France, Natural and Eternal: A Photographer’s Journey’ by Shibly Shiraj has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française, Dhaka. Ramendu Majumder, Honorary President, International Theatre Institute (ITI) attended the opening ceremony as the chief guest.
হাতেখড়ি শিশু-কিশোর আর্ট ও ফটোগ্রাফী এক্সিবিশন অনুষ্ঠিত
ঢাকা: জাতীয় শিশু-কিশোর পত্রিকা হাতেখড়ির আয়োজনে রাজধানীর দৃক গ্যালারীতে ৮ জুলাই সোমবার শিশু-কিশোর আর্ট ও ফটোগ্রাফী এক্সিবিশন অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে। হাতেখড়ি আর্ট এন্ড ফটো চ্যালেঞ্জে অংশগ্রহনকারীদের বাছাইকৃত ছবি নিয়ে এক্সিবিশন চলে সকাল ১১টা থেকে সন্ধ্যা ৭টা পর্যন্ত। প্রথমবারের মতো হাতেখড়ির এআয়োজনে…