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Friday
27 Oct 2023
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Friday
27 Oct 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Rafea: Solar Mama A documentary film about Rafea, as she follows her aspirations of lighting up her village by harnessing the power of solar energy by enrolling in the Barefoot..

Friday
20 Oct 2023
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Friday
20 Oct 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Maa Toh Ashbei (Mother Will Arrive) ‘Maa Toh Ashbei (Mother will Arrive)' is a documentary film about the situation of the idol makers of Kolkata during the pandemic. The idol..

Wednesday
18 Oct 2023
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Wednesday
18 Oct 2023

Literature | Talk,Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Performance | An offering of Tagore songs with Suma Mukherjee Saha We invite you to join us in celebrating the conclusion of our current exhibition, "Vision and Visuals: Jatindrakumar Sen's Illustrations..

Friday
13 Oct 2023
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Friday
13 Oct 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
No Dogs or Italians Allowed 2022 | Stop-Motion, Drama | French, Italian | 70 Mins in collaboration with Alliance Française du Bengale   In the Beginning of the 20th century - Ughettera,..

Sunday
8 Oct 2023
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Sunday
8 Oct 2023

Literature | Talk,Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Talk by Prof. Gautam Bhadra, eminent historian. The talk, titled ‘From Written to Visual Expressions: Parashuram and Jatindrakumar Sen’ is in conjunction with our ongoing exhibition Vision and Visuls: Jatindrakumar..

Friday
6 Oct 2023
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Friday
6 Oct 2023

Screening | Discussion,Interaction

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
2022 | Documentary | Bengali, Hindi, English | 76 mins    "From the Shadows", in collaboration with Impact and a post-screening discussion and Interaction with the Director and producer Miriam..

Wednesday
4 Oct 2023
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Wednesday
4 Oct 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Led by Sanvi Raj This book is a book of questions. It contains questions of children and answers of Gulzar Saab. Very cheeky. And equally cheeky pictures. Sunita's question -..

Saturday
30 Sep 2023
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Saturday
30 Sep 2023

Literature | Story,Session

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In "Chikitsa Sankat" by Rajsekhar Basu (Parashuram), a young man's injury leads to comical confusion among diverse medical treatments—Homeopathy, Allopathy, Ayurveda. Marrying a doctor humorously resolves his dilemma, satirizing the..

Friday
29 Sep 2023
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Friday
29 Sep 2023

Workshop | Talk

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
A workshop led by the Australian artist Kaz Therese, titled "Dreaming Futures: Workshop and Artist Talk." This workshop is designed for both seasoned and emerging artists who are engaged in..

Wednesday
27 Sep 2023
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Wednesday
27 Sep 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
A clever, quirky, and highly entertaining biography of the leading contemporary artist, Banksy, written specially for children. Banksy is a world-famous graffiti artist who secretly spray-paint pictures on streets and..

Friday
22 Sep 2023
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Friday
22 Sep 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Raghu Rai: Hearing through the eyes 2016 | Documentary | English | 29 Mins Directed by Suvendu Chatterjee. This is a journey through the inner and outer world of the..

Wednesday
20 Sep 2023
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Wednesday
20 Sep 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book brings together major essays by Roland Barthes on the structural analysis of narrative and issues in literary theory, on the semiotics of photograph and film, and the practice..

Sunday
17 Sep 2023
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Sunday
17 Sep 2023

Workshop | Illustration

15 : 00 | Santiniketan
For Ages: 12 years & above Pre- Registration | No Registration Fees Harsho will discuss various illustration styles, providing demonstrations, and guiding participants through the process of crafting their own..

Friday
15 Sep 2023
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Friday
15 Sep 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Lamp in the Niche 1 & 2 1990 | Documentary | English | 44 Mins Directed by Girish Karnad, 'The Lamp in the Niche' is a 2-part documentary on Sufism..

Wednesday
13 Sep 2023
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Wednesday
13 Sep 2023

Performance,Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
A reading and open audience discussion of 'The Sufi's Nightingale' by Sarbpreet Singh. 'The Sufi's Nightingale' is a magical, deeply moving book about love and faith based on the life..

Wednesday
6 Sep 2023
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Wednesday
6 Sep 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In his book internationally renowned author and activist, Rustom Bharucha analyses a wide range of cultural activities, from film to street theatre, painting and literature, which attempt to counter the..

Saturday
2 Sep 2023
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Thursday
19 Oct 2023

Art | Exhibition

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
Vision & Visuals presents the creative collaboration between the great Bengali writer Parashuram and artist Jatindrakumar Sen, via the visuals created by Sen based on Parashuram’s instructions and sketches. These..

Friday
1 Sep 2023
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Friday
1 Sep 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Turup 2017 | Drama | Hindi | 72 Mins The film delves into the lives of individuals in a North Indian town, entwining their dreams and complexities around a chess..

Wednesday
30 Aug 2023
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Wednesday
30 Aug 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In Censoring Sexuality, Paul Bailey examines and analyses the various kinds of censorship—political, literary, cultural—which have oppressed and silenced homosexual men and women. Such a history of censorship extends, of..

Thursday
24 Aug 2023
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Thursday
24 Aug 2023

Lecture | Talk,Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Artist Talk and Film Screening | Sweet Dreams & Golden Bridges! by Adil Writer In conjunction with the current exhibition Squaring the Circle Adil will be captivating the evening by..

Friday
18 Aug 2023
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Friday
18 Aug 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Sans Soleil 100 min | French & Japanese | 1983 Directed by Chris Marker. The title Sans Soleil is from the song cycle Sunless by Modest Mussorgsky, a brief fragment..

Wednesday
16 Aug 2023
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Wednesday
16 Aug 2023

Literature | Discussion

17 : 30 | Santiniketan
This book is about Ram Kumar's life and work. It tells us about how he tries to paint the way a place feels and not just what it looks like...

Sunday
13 Aug 2023
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Sunday
13 Aug 2023

Lecture | Talk,Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Talk, Reading & Screening | Intersectionality of Images: Poetry, Photography & Film Reading, Screening, Conversation & Book Signing The internationally acclaimed writer and photographer will be in discussion with Swati Ganguly...

Wednesday
9 Aug 2023
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Wednesday
9 Aug 2023

Literature | Discussion

17 : 30 | Santiniketan
"Ruined by Design" by Mike Monteiro exposes how design choices often contribute to societal issues, advocating for ethical responsibility in design. The book critiques technology, business, and political decisions that..

Wednesday
9 Aug 2023
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Wednesday
9 Aug 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Coral Woman 54 mins | English | 2019 Directed by Priya Thuvassery. The film takes you on a journey of Uma, a certified scuba diver, exploring the underwater world and..

Sunday
6 Aug 2023
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Sunday
6 Aug 2023

Lecture | Talk

16 : 00 | Santiniketan
In collaboration with the Seagull Foundation for the Arts. 16:00 P.M. – 17:15 P.M. Posthumous Citizenship as Justice | Suraj Gogoi 17:45 P.M. – 19:15 P.M. Law and Political Dissent..

Wednesday
2 Aug 2023
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Wednesday
2 Aug 2023

Screening | Discussion

17 : 30 | Santiniketan
About the book: The book, 'Khyapa khuje phere' by Nishad publication, delves deep into the details of the Folk festivals of Bengal. This book focuses on Vanjo and Karam Parab,..

Friday
28 Jul 2023
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Friday
28 Jul 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
System K 2019 | French | Documentary | 94 Mins In collaboration with Alliance Française du Bengale Directed by Renaud Barret, a documentary about Kinshasa’s vibrant street art scene and..

Friday
21 Jul 2023
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Friday
21 Jul 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Beyond The Wheel 2005 | Gujarati, Manipuri, Hindi | Documentary | 58 Mins in collaboration with ICT Directed by Rajula Shah, a documentary film where Ceramist and Ethnographer, Shampa takes..

Wednesday
19 Jul 2023
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Wednesday
19 Jul 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book, published in two volumes by Gallery Rasa in conjunction with the exhibition 'Scenes from Santiniketan and Benodebehari's Handscrolls' has been curated by Prof. R Siva Kumar and organised..

Friday
14 Jul 2023
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Friday
14 Jul 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy working with time 2001 | English | 90 Mins in collaboration with Alliance Française du Bengale Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer, a documentary film on renowned..

Wednesday
12 Jul 2023
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Wednesday
12 Jul 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
This book is about a boy name Ambadas who felt utterly free while doodling and painting. His dancing brush made time and space, sky and earth quiver with movement. He..

Wednesday
12 Jul 2023
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Wednesday
12 Jul 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book explores vast varieties of ceramic histories and practices in India. Situated within the larger context of the post-independence craft revival, this volume pays keen attention to the transnational..

Friday
7 Jul 2023
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Friday
7 Jul 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Teaching To See 2012 | English | 37 mins Directed by Andrei Severny Teaching, to See is an educational documentary film about graphic design and teaching of Inge Druckrey and..

Wednesday
5 Jul 2023
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Wednesday
5 Jul 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
This book is the first comprehensive anthology of art historian Linda Nochlin’s work, bringing together twenty-nine essential essays from throughout Nochlin’s career including her landmark essays on the position and..

Saturday
1 Jul 2023
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Saturday
1 Jul 2023

Theatre | Talk

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In this lecture Kai Tuchmann and Anuja Ghosalkar invite the audience to look at their collective practice of documentary theatre, to take a deep dive into their work, meander and..

Friday
30 Jun 2023
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Friday
30 Jun 2023

Film | Discussion

05 : 00 | Santiniketan
About the Panel Discussion As part of Pride Month, the Australian Consulate-General, Kolkata and Arthshila are proud to present ‘Hridoy Basak – A Home for My Heart’.  The film details..

Wednesday
28 Jun 2023
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Wednesday
28 Jun 2023

Film | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In this Very Short Introduction, Ashish Rajadhyaksha delves into the political, social, and economic factors which, over time, have shaped Indian Cinema into a fascinating counterculture. Covering everything from silent..

Saturday
24 Jun 2023
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Sunday
27 Aug 2023

Exhibition | Ceramics Triennale

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
The exhibition displays the myriad responses of artists from the first Indian Ceramics Triennale- Breaking Ground- as they explore the curatorial prompt of squaring the circle. Symbolising, the pursuit of..

Friday
23 Jun 2023
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Friday
23 Jun 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Africa Mia in collaboration with Alliance Française du Bengale 2020 | French | 81 mins Directed by Richard Minier, Edouard Salier, the film is based on 1964 timeline in the..

Wednesday
21 Jun 2023
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Wednesday
21 Jun 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The Parrot's Training (Tota Kahani) is one of Tagore's finest satires criticizing the contemporary education system. This beautifully illustrated book was part of the project called “Tagore Tells and the..

Friday
16 Jun 2023
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Friday
16 Jun 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Film Showcase | Zu Weit Weg (Too far Away) in collaboration with Goethe Institut Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata 2019 | German | 88 mins Arthshila Santiniketan's weekly film showcase this week..

Wednesday
14 Jun 2023
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Wednesday
14 Jun 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In this series of ink paintings, we get a significant peek at the working methods of the celebrated contemporary abstract artist, Ganesh Haloi. Like the Taoist and Zen masters of..

Saturday
10 Jun 2023
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Saturday
10 Jun 2023

Film | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The contemporaneity of any work of art lies in the process through which it responds to a particular socio-cultural ethos, leaving traces of the multiple intersections with the chosen medium..

Friday
9 Jun 2023
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Friday
9 Jun 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Saacha the Loom 2000 | Marathi | 49 mins Directed by Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar. Weaving together poetry and paintings with memories of the city, the film explores the..

Wednesday
7 Jun 2023
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Wednesday
7 Jun 2023

Literature | Book Launch

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
This week's book discussion will be the book release of "Ondhokarer Sobdo: Haiku by Four Japanese Poets," translated by Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay, illustrated by Misako Shine and published by Karigar. Nilanjana..

Wednesday
31 May 2023
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Wednesday
31 May 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The comprehensive art book explores the life and works of the famous Japanese ukiyo-e artist, Utagawa Hiroshige. The book delves into the various themes and styles of Hiroshige's artwork, such..

Friday
26 May 2023
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Friday
26 May 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
The Making of the Mahatma 1996 | English | 144 mins While fighting a case in South Africa, Mohandas Gandhi, a London-trained barrister, experiences racism and fights for the rights of..

Wednesday
24 May 2023
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Wednesday
24 May 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In this book, K. G. Subramanyan, a highly acclaimed Indian artist renowned for his extensive knowledge and his art pieces filled with humor, rebellion, folklore, and insightful social commentary, has..

Friday
19 May 2023
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Friday
19 May 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Film Showcase | A Thin Wall 65 mins | English, Hindi Shot in Delhi, Lahore and New York, the documentary is about memory, reconciliation and the Partition of India. It..

Sunday
14 May 2023
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Saturday
17 Jun 2023

Literature | Photographers and Writers

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
‘Hum Sab Sahmat: Resisting a Nation without Citizens’, displaying artistic expressions of over 250 artists, photographers and writers across India, is not only an ode to the core values that..

Friday
12 May 2023
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Friday
12 May 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing the Franco dictatorship, the Frenchngovernment parked them in camps. Two men separated by the barbed wire will become friends. One is..

Wednesday
10 May 2023
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Wednesday
10 May 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Looking at how a site might be read, entered into, interpreted and activated, Engaging with Site is an exercise in co-reflection on site-specificity, notions of participation, interactivity and engagement, and..

Friday
5 May 2023
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Friday
5 May 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Film Showcase | Dhuin 50 mins | Maithili The film revolves around Pankaj, a small-town theatre actor with dreams of making it big in Mumbai. But faced with obligations to his..

Wednesday
3 May 2023
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Wednesday
3 May 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design brings together the best of designer Michael Bierut's critical writing serious or humorous, flattering or biting, but always on the mark. Bierut is widely considered..

Friday
28 Apr 2023
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Friday
28 Apr 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
TANZTRÄUME (Dancing Dreams) 92 mins | German 'Tanzträume (Dancing Dreams)' in collaboration with Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, Kolkata on the eve of International Dance Day. A documentary following a group..

Wednesday
26 Apr 2023
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Wednesday
26 Apr 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book argues that for the past one hundred and fifty years, British and Chinese collectors and curators have tried to convert Tibet itself into a museum, an image some..

Saturday
22 Apr 2023
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Saturday
22 Apr 2023

Literature | presentation

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Kengo Sato is a Japanese architect known for his contemporary and innovative designs. Sato's architectural style is characterized by a strong connection to nature, minimalism, and the use of traditional..

Friday
21 Apr 2023
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Friday
21 Apr 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol 90 mins | Tibetan From award-winning international action director Lu Chuan comes the dramatic adventure of Mountain Patrol (Kekexili). Inspired by a people's remarkable mission, this film..

Wednesday
19 Apr 2023
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Wednesday
19 Apr 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
This magnificently illustrated biography will help young readers discover the life and works of Raja Ravi Varma, the artist who was born into royalty but earned the title of ‘Raja’..

Sunday
16 Apr 2023
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Sunday
16 Apr 2023

Literature | Discussion

18 : 30 | Santiniketan
The dual desire of creation and exploration of the archives is an engagement with a sense of enchantment to complicate not just trace the points of origins and relations of..

Friday
14 Apr 2023
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Friday
14 Apr 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
The Sweet Requiem 91 mins | Tibetan The film revolves around Dolkar, who at the age of 8 fled her home with her father to escape Chinese armed forces, and..

Wednesday
12 Apr 2023
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Wednesday
12 Apr 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
This book includes paintings and designs from the Academy Award-winning animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki featuring commentary, colour stills, sketches, storyboards, and illustrations used to envision the rich fantasy..

Friday
7 Apr 2023
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Friday
7 Apr 2023

Film | Screening

05 : 30 | Santiniketan
Degas Et Moi 20 mins | French Directed by Arnaud des Pallières Directed by Arnaud des Pallières, the film shows a complex portrait of the impressionist Edgar Degas in this..

Wednesday
5 Apr 2023
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Wednesday
5 Apr 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Compiled in 1835 by Hegel's student Heinrich Gustav Hotho, 'Lectures on Aesthetics' is a compilation of notes from university lectures on aesthetics given by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel in Heidelberg..

Friday
31 Mar 2023
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Friday
31 Mar 2023

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Dreaming Lhasa 90 mins | Tibetan Directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam ‘Dreaming Lhasa’, a Tibetan-language feature film from the documentarians Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, is about a..

Wednesday
29 Mar 2023
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Wednesday
29 Mar 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
An interactive and activity-based session for children of the age group 8 to 13 years. The session will be led by Swarnali Ganguly & Amrit Ghuman on the book Lynn..

Friday
24 Mar 2023
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Friday
24 Mar 2023

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The Shepherdess of the Glaciers 74 mins | Tibetan Directed by Stanzin Dorjai Gya This film takes you to the far northern mountains of India, in Ladakh, documenting the life..

Wednesday
22 Mar 2023
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Wednesday
22 Mar 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book, edited by eminent scholar Somnath Mukhopadhyay explains the various aspects of the language of art and aesthetics along with the life and paintings of Silpaguru Abanindranath Tagore.

Saturday
18 Mar 2023
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Sunday
7 May 2023

Exhibition | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Curated by Tenzing Sedonla Ukyab Lama and Abeer Gupta Peripheral Visions brings together the diverse visions of artists from the Trans-Himalayan region to delve into the interplay of identity and..

Friday
17 Mar 2023
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Friday
17 Mar 2023

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
A Tale of Love and Desire 102 mins | French Directed by Leyla Bouzid "A Tale of Love and Desire" is a Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid. A..

Wednesday
15 Mar 2023
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Wednesday
15 Mar 2023

Book | Art

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In Art and Visual Perception, author Rudolf Arnheim attempts to use science to better understand art, still keeping in mind the important aspects of personal bias, intuition, and expression. It..

Saturday
11 Mar 2023
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Saturday
11 Mar 2023

Music | Songs of Spring

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Jake Parker Scott is a Canadian improviser/composer/multi-instrumentalist. Before moving to California to pursue an MFA in improvised music, Jake spent two winters studying raga music in Kolkata with pandit Shantanu..

Friday
10 Mar 2023
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Friday
10 Mar 2023

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
15 Mins | Bengali Followed by an interaction with the director Debraj Naiya 'The world is a battlefield. In many levels. And the worst sufferers are the helpless little kids...

Saturday
4 Mar 2023
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Saturday
4 Mar 2023

Performance | Songs of Spring

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In collaboration with ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Arhshila Santiniketan presents ‘Songs of Spring’, a flute performance where flautist Paramananda Roy accompanied by Ashis Paul will give us an evening featuring..

Friday
3 Mar 2023
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Friday
3 Mar 2023

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The Magic of Making 103 mins | English Directed by Goutam Ghose Presented in collaboration with Nabanna Earth Weekend Festival. Award-winning filmmaker Goutam Ghose's documentary film takes you on a creative..

Wednesday
1 Mar 2023
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Wednesday
1 Mar 2023

Book | Discussion

18 : 30 | Santiniketan
Swati Ganguly in Discussion with Sukalyan Chanda A first collaborative event between Arthshila Santiniketan and the Nabanna Earth Weekend Festival presents a live book discussion where author Swati Ganguly in..

Saturday
25 Feb 2023
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Saturday
25 Feb 2023

Talk,Presentation | Performance

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
A presentation and talk on electronic music followed by a performance by French Artist Guyseika. Guyseika proposes a presentation of the instruments which will be followed by a conversation on..

Friday
24 Feb 2023
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Friday
24 Feb 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
La Panthère des neiges / The Velvet Queen 92 mins | French Directed by Vincent Munier and Marie Amiguet. Presented in collaboration with Alliance Francaise du Bengale, this film takes its..

Friday
17 Feb 2023
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Friday
17 Feb 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Van Gogh & Japan 85 mins | English, Japanese Directed by David Bickerstaff A documentary film about Van Gogh's encounter with Japanese artworks in Paris through research, print collecting, discussions with..

Wednesday
15 Feb 2023
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Wednesday
15 Feb 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Bodhi-Cha: Imagining Indian Tea Ceremony”, a short film screening followed by Bodhi-Cha Tea Ceremony by Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay By Combining the tea traditions of China, Japan, Korea, and India, Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay introduced..

Sunday
12 Feb 2023
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Sunday
12 Feb 2023

Performance | Dhrupad Vocal

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Anand will be treating the audience with an early morning solo performance comprising Dhrupad vocals accompanied by Tanpura. Anand is a student of Dhrupad with Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar. He..

Saturday
11 Feb 2023
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Saturday
11 Feb 2023

Performance | Dhrupad Vocal

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Anand is a student of Dhrupad with Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar. He is a poet and the publisher of Navayana. He lives in Delhi. Sawai Khan has trotted the globe..

Friday
10 Feb 2023
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Friday
10 Feb 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
To Let The World In- Vol. 2 92 mins | English, Hindi Directed by: Avijit Mukul Kishore The second volume of the film looks at a period of monumental change in..

Friday
10 Feb 2023
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Friday
10 Feb 2023

Concert | Performance

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Performance by Emre Gültekin, Malabika Brahma and Sanjay Khyapa. Emre Gültekin, singer and player of the Saz, unites the sounds of his instrument with the voice and percussion of Malabika..

Saturday
4 Feb 2023
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Saturday
4 Feb 2023

Presentation | Artwork

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Presentation by Dr. Verna Blewett and Dr. Lily Hirsch. Dr. Verna Blewett and Dr. Lily Hirsch are relatives of Santiniketan-based artists Kiron and Gertrude Sinha. For many years they have..

Friday
3 Feb 2023
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Friday
3 Feb 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
92 mins | English, Hindi  Directed by: Avijit Mukul Kishore To Let The World In, Volume 1 is the first part of a two-volume film project that looks at a significant..

Saturday
28 Jan 2023
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Saturday
28 Jan 2023

Performance | Event

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
The performance by  Kalamandalam Jishnuprathap & Team, enacts the story of Lifting of Mount Kailasa (Kailasoddharanam), an extract from the ancient 1st-century playwright-Bhasa’s Abhisheka Natakam of Act 3, through Koodiyattam,..

Friday
27 Jan 2023
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Friday
27 Jan 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
93 mins | Bengali with English subtitles  The film revolves around Bokul, a fourth-generation manual laborer who works in a bone-crushing factory in the middle of Kolkata's largest dump yard...

Wednesday
25 Jan 2023
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Saturday
11 Mar 2023

Exhibition | Event

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Poetry & Calligraphy of Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay Curated by Subhojit Chowdhury Translated by Arunava Sinha Curated by Subhojit Chowdhury, this exhibition takes us through Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay’s poetry and calligraphy that celebrates the mystery..

Friday
20 Jan 2023
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Friday
20 Jan 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
J'ai Aimé Vivre Là French | English Subtitles | 89 Minutes The Documentary film features in a new town, somewhere in the suburbs of Paris, intimate stories meet the writings of..

Wednesday
18 Jan 2023
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Wednesday
18 Jan 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Meera will present audio recordings and publications from her current project that explore post/colonial migration histories into the UK. The archive shares the impacts of colonialism in Britain on a..

Saturday
14 Jan 2023
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Saturday
14 Jan 2023

Performance | Event

16 : 30 | Santiniketan
The abstract physical vocabulary of dance developed at Chowk is drawn from the traditional and the historical, and is similar to the way cities form and mold themselves around monuments..

Friday
13 Jan 2023
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Friday
13 Jan 2023

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Lovely Villa 31 mins | Hindi with English subtitles Architecture as Autobiography, a 30-minute film directed by Mumbai-based architect and urban designer Rohan Shivkumar and filmmaker-cinematographer Avijit Mukul Kishore, is..

Friday
30 Dec 2022
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Friday
30 Dec 2022

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
State of Housing 42 Minutes | Multilingual A film directed by Sanjiv Shah, was commissioned as part of the State of Housing – Aspirations, Imaginaries and Realities in India exhibition..

Saturday
17 Dec 2022
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Saturday
17 Dec 2022

Play | Event

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Daga Ho Gae Baalam is a play by Parivartan Rang Mandali which showcases the rich tradition of folk music and looks at the impact on it during the current times. Parivartan Rang..

Friday
16 Dec 2022
To
Friday
16 Dec 2022

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Sita's Ramayana | A Summer Story | Brer Rabbit Retold 24 Minutes | Multilingual The three short films in a series are based on stories published by Tara Books and..

Friday
9 Dec 2022
To
Friday
9 Dec 2022

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Fabulative Futures  Duration: 180 Minutes The videos presented here are part of the collective artistic research project Fabulation for Future, which was based on the call for deputies to form the..

Wednesday
7 Dec 2022
To
Wednesday
7 Dec 2022

Book | Conversation

16 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book "Dancing with my Camera"  Edited by Stephanie Rosenthal, this publication is produced on the occasion of Singh’s touring retrospective. The book brings together for the first time the..

Friday
2 Dec 2022
To
Friday
2 Dec 2022

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Die Neue Nationalgalerie Duration: 48 Minutes | German with English Subtitles The New National Gallery - in Berlin is an epoch-defining Structure by the architect Mies van der Rohe. Fifty..

Saturday
26 Nov 2022
To
Saturday
26 Nov 2022

Masterclass | Event

11 : 30 | Santiniketan
Sounds are embedded in almost every aspect of daily life, from communication and artistic expression to commerce, politics, and our social and cultural identities.   Aurality or hearing is one..

Saturday
19 Nov 2022
To
Saturday
14 Jan 2023

Architecture | Exhibition

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
In between the comfort of our homes & large Infrastructural projects, lies this liminal & vulnerable space of our city that we inhabit every day. These Spaces are never drawn,..

Sunday
13 Nov 2022
To
Sunday
13 Nov 2022

Crafts | Demonstrations

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
About the Master Craftspersons: Master Calligrapher Syed Azeem Haider Jafri. In Lucknow the art form of calligraphy flourished during the period of nawabs. Different verses from  the Quran were written..

Saturday
12 Nov 2022
To
Saturday
12 Nov 2022

Talk | presentation

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Shahanshah Mirza will share some fascinating facts about the connection between Awadh & Bengal.

Friday
11 Nov 2022
To
Friday
11 Nov 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Duration: 40 Minutes | Hindi The screening comprises of short films by Sanatkada Film Studio. Each segment of the screening sheds light upon a wide range of craft traditions of..

Saturday
5 Nov 2022
To
Saturday
5 Nov 2022

Performance | Event

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Mohammad Muneem is an adept film-maker and scriptwriter. Since 2014, he has been teaching song-writing & urdu poetry at the Liberal Arts department of Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce,..

Friday
4 Nov 2022
To
Friday
4 Nov 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Cameron, Coffee & Calcutta  Duration: 85 Minutes | English  Jane Richter, former UK school/college teacher, is originally from London, but her last 35 years have been spent on  the beautiful Isle..

Saturday
29 Oct 2022
To
Sunday
30 Oct 2022

Workshop | Event

16 : 30 | Santiniketan
A workshop by Pavel Paul for ages 9-12, exploring the art of stop-motion animation to narrate stories creatively. The workshop will introduce a unique and exciting medium which articulates imagination,..

Friday
28 Oct 2022
To
Friday
28 Oct 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Akashpradeep  Duration: 28 Minutes | Bengali The film depicts the condition of a deceased old person Janardan, who eventually returns to his family. But gradually it becomes difficult for Janardan to..

Friday
21 Oct 2022
To
Friday
21 Oct 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Alice et Le Maire  Duration:103 Minutes | French The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, after thirty years in politics feels he has run out of ideas. To solve this problem, his..

Friday
14 Oct 2022
To
Friday
14 Oct 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Galiyon Ka Sheher Duration: 40 minutes | Hindi The documentary offers an insight on the implications of a recent urban development project in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh through the perspectives of..

Wednesday
12 Oct 2022
To
Wednesday
12 Oct 2022

Exhibition,Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The memoir was published in 1975 by the American artist and leading figure of the pop art movement Andy Warhol. The book is an assemblage of vignettes about love, beauty,..

Friday
7 Oct 2022
To
Friday
7 Oct 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Court Duration: 115 minutes | Hindi The film examines the complexities within the Indian judicial system through the Mumbai Sessions Court trial of Narayan Kamble, a folk singer accused of..

Wednesday
28 Sep 2022
To
Wednesday
28 Sep 2022

Exhibition,Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book introduces young readers to Indian modern art in a fun and engaging manner. This enriching activity-led book traces the development of modern art history from Pre-independence and unfolds..

Friday
23 Sep 2022
To
Friday
23 Sep 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The screening comprises of short films by Sanatkada Film Studio. Each segment of the screening sheds light upon a wide range of craft traditions of Awadh. Central attraction of the..

Wednesday
21 Sep 2022
To
Wednesday
21 Sep 2022

Exhibition,Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Chikankari appeared in Lucknow in the late 18th century and is one of the finest traditional embroideries of India, a symbol of Lucknawi culture and elegant courts of the nawabs..

Sunday
18 Sep 2022
To
Sunday
18 Sep 2022

Presentation | Histories

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The presentation will highlight some of the early interventions and efforts made by Sanatkada in documenting and disseminating oral histories of Lucknow. Documenting oral histories has been an ongoing project..

Saturday
17 Sep 2022
To
Saturday
17 Sep 2022

Mehfil | Cultural Journey

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
A cultural journey of Awadh & Lucknow woven through couplets, songs & commentary based on different ragas written in various Hindustani languages compiled together and composed by Askari Naqvi.

Friday
16 Sep 2022
To
Sunday
13 Nov 2022

Exhibition | Interaction

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Curated by The Lucknow Bioscope The exhibition, will take us through the lives of artisans from Awadh and the processes behind their creation of crafts that adorn our heritage and..

Wednesday
14 Sep 2022
To
Wednesday
14 Sep 2022

Exhibition,Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book by Sally O’Reilly  presents art made over the last two decades in which the human form is central. From painting and sculpture to installation, video art, and performance,..

Saturday
10 Sep 2022
To
Saturday
10 Sep 2022

Exhibition,Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book traces the rise of Persianate culture in India during the eleventh century by dynasties based in eastern Afghanistan, this culture would become thoroughly indigenized by the time of..

Thursday
8 Sep 2022
To
Thursday
8 Sep 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Duration: 106 minutes | French Based on French journalist Florence Aubena’s best-selling non fictional work, Ouistreham traces the journey of Marianne Winckler, a well-known author, without revealing her true identity..

Sunday
4 Sep 2022
To
Sunday
4 Sep 2022

Photography | presentation

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The presentation will focus on the history of evolution in photography and the contemporary practice of alternative photography in 21st century. The talk will further elaborate on the basis and..

Saturday
3 Sep 2022
To
Saturday
3 Sep 2022

Performance | Detritus

19 : 00 | Santiniketan
Duration: 45 Minutes Detritus is a multiform contemporary performance that proposes a lightness of being and living in a world that is overburdened by what we consume and discard. Through..

Friday
2 Sep 2022
To
Friday
2 Sep 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
A Silent Warble Duration: 18 Minutes | Silent Directed by Debanjan Majhi, A silent short narrative of a blind foley artist and how he roams around the world heritage city..

Wednesday
31 Aug 2022
To
Wednesday
31 Aug 2022

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The book “Digital Art” by Christiane Paul emphasises on traditional forms of art such as printing, painting, photography, and sculpture that have been transformed by digital techniques and media due..

Friday
26 Aug 2022
To
Friday
26 Aug 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Portrait of a City (1961) Duration: 20 Minutes | Language: English, Bengali Portrait of a city is a visual recording of the city of Calcutta in the 1960s. Birju Maharaj..

Saturday
20 Aug 2022
To
Saturday
20 Aug 2022

Architecture | Conversation

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The conversation will focus on how the built form of our everyday mundane city shapes, the experience of our everyday life and what can Architecture do to address our fractured..

Friday
19 Aug 2022
To
Friday
19 Aug 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Film: Cyrano my love, Edmond (2021) Duration : 124 mins Language: French The story of Edmond Rostand who is a playwright of potential genius. Unfortunately, all he has written until..

Wednesday
17 Aug 2022
To
Wednesday
17 Aug 2022

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The Book by Eva Respini examines the radical impact of internet culture on visual art since the invention of the web in 1989. The book is a richly illustrated and..

Wednesday
10 Aug 2022
To
Wednesday
10 Aug 2022

Book | Discussion

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Letters on Cézanne by Rainer Maria Rilke is a brief virtual recollection of the fall in the 1970s, when Rilke returned to a Paris gallery to view a Cezanne exhibition...

Sunday
7 Aug 2022
To
Sunday
7 Aug 2022

Book | presentation

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Letters on Cézanne by Rainer Maria Rilke is a brief virtual recollection of the fall in the 1970s, when Rilke returned to a Paris gallery to view a Cezanne exhibition...

Sunday
7 Aug 2022
To
Sunday
7 Aug 2022

Presentation | Handloom

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Arthshila Santiniketan on the 7th of August, at 6pm at Arthshila Santiniketan will be hosting a presentation by Dr. Vishal C. Bhand where he will share an overview of handloom..

Saturday
6 Aug 2022
To
Saturday
10 Sep 2022

Exhibition | Art

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
Museum of Innocence is an exhibition of gum prints reflecting on artist Swapan Nayak's relationship with the land, forest, and duality between urbanisation and rural existence. MoonBrush is a series..

Tuesday
2 Aug 2022
To
Tuesday
2 Aug 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
To commemorate Ramkinkar Baij's 42nd death anniversary, Arthshila Santiniketan, in collaboration with Musui Art Foundation, will be a hosting a special screening of the films Ramkinkar Baij (by Debabrata Roy)..

Friday
22 Jul 2022
To
Friday
22 Jul 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) Duration: 98 mins | Language: Hindi Hired as a monkey repellent, Anjani, a young migrant worker struggles to adjust to life in Delhi, after becoming the..

Friday
15 Jul 2022
To
Sunday
31 Jul 2022

Exhibition | Fine Arts

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
The 2020 Takshila Fine Arts Scholars Show opens at Arthshila Santiniketan on the 15th of July, 2022 at 6 pm. The exhibition features works by Ammu S, Amaldev S Narayanan,..

Tuesday
12 Jul 2022
To
Tuesday
12 Jul 2022

Lecture | Session

18 : 30 | Santiniketan
Arthshila Santiniketan, in association with Juggernaut will be hosting a book reading session by the author Nandana Sen of Acrobat: Translations of Nabaneeta Dev Sen's poems on the 12th of..

Sunday
10 Jul 2022
To
Sunday
10 Jul 2022

Photography | presentation

17 : 30 | Santiniketan
MUSTANG This presentation by Sujoy Das through photographs and video clips covers one of the last Shangri-las in the Himalaya. A lost kingdom bordering Tibet which has a regulated entry..

Sunday
10 Jul 2022
To
Sunday
10 Jul 2022

Presentation | Museumization

18 : 30 | Santiniketan
INTO EXILE: A presentation by Paula Sengupta This presentation by Paula Sengupta addresses the museumization of the Tibetan community in exile.

Saturday
9 Jul 2022
To
Saturday
9 Jul 2022

Exhibition |

17 : 30 | Santiniketan
Exhibition Walkthrough This exhibition walkthrough is to be led by the curator Paula Sengupta with many of the participating artists from the exhibition, talking about their respective works.

Saturday
9 Jul 2022
To
Saturday
9 Jul 2022

Presentation | Interaction

18 : 30 | Santiniketan
The Kala Chaupal Trust This presentation by Leenika Jacob will talk about The Kala Chaupal Trust, which was founded in May 2018 by Leenika Jacob and Premila Singh to work..

Friday
8 Jul 2022
To
Friday
8 Jul 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
My Name is Gulpilil (2021) Duration: 101 mins | Language: English My Name is Gulpilil is a 2021 documentary film about the life of celebrated actor David Gulpilil, at the..

Friday
1 Jul 2022
To
Friday
1 Jul 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Ashwatthama (2017) Duration: 120 mins | Language: Braj About: Ashwatthama is an anti-narrative film about a little boy obsessed with a narrative. After bandits raid their home killing his mother,..

Sunday
26 Jun 2022
To
Sunday
26 Jun 2022

Workshop | Stamp Making

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
Workshop to be led by: Nilanjan Das Description: Each residence in Santiniketan has a garden of some sort. Participants will be invited to create a miniature relief stamp [3 x..

Friday
24 Jun 2022
To
Friday
24 Jun 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Paula Modersohn-Becker - Porträt (1976) Duration: 44 mins | Language: German (English Subtitles) About: This film by Jürgen Breest portrays the life of the painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876 - 1907),..

Friday
17 Jun 2022
To
Friday
17 Jun 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Exit Through the gift Shop: A Banksy Film (2010) Duration: 87 mins | Language: English About: Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film is a British documentary film, directed..

Friday
10 Jun 2022
To
Friday
10 Jun 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Stilleben (1997) Duration: 58 mins | Language: German (English Subtitles) About: This film by Harun Farocki features classic 16th and 17th century still life paintings which are edited together with..

Tuesday
7 Jun 2022
To
Sunday
10 Jul 2022

Ongoing | Exhibition

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Arthshila Santiniketan, in collaboration with Kala Chaupal Trust presents Living A Dark Night, curated by Paula Sengupta. The works in this exhibition encapsulate a time of despair and anxiety, when..

Friday
27 May 2022
To
Friday
27 May 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Kanaka Purandara (1988) This film by Girish Karnad is about the saints Kanaka and Purandara who led the Bhakti movement, which insisted that theological language be spoken in popular dialect..

Friday
20 May 2022
To
Friday
20 May 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Arthshila Santiniketan's Film Showcase this week features 3 films, ‘Chitrakathi', 'The Nomad Puppeteer' by Mani Kaul & 'Six Strands' by Chaitanya Tamhane. Chitrakathi: This film traces the evolution of Chitrakathi,..

Friday
13 May 2022
To
Sunday
15 May 2022

Workshop | Paper Making

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
In this three-day interactive workshop conducted by Ruma Choudhury, participants will explore the process of paper-making.

Friday
13 May 2022
To
Friday
13 May 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Arthshila Santiniketan will show "A Luminous Jewel (Birju Maharaj)" as part of our weekly film showcase as a tribute to the legend of performing arts. Late Birju Maharaj, the legendary..

Friday
6 May 2022
To
Friday
6 May 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Rabindranath Tagore is an Indian documentary film, released during the birth centenary year of Rabindranath Tagore (who was born on 7th May, 1861) written and directed by Satyajit Ray about..

Friday
29 Apr 2022
To
Friday
29 Apr 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
On International Dance Day, Arthshila Santiniketan will show "A Luminous Jewel (Birju Maharaj)" as part of our weekly film showcase as a tribute to the legend of performing arts. Late..

Sunday
24 Apr 2022
To
Sunday
24 Apr 2022

Workshop | Art

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
Arthshila Santiniketan and History for Peace—an initiative of The Seagull Foundation for the Arts will be facilitating an interactive workshop where we will engage with his sketches and Somnath Hore’s..

Sunday
24 Apr 2022
To
Sunday
24 Apr 2022

Lecture | Art

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The talk will discuss how Somnath Hore approached the Leftist aesthetic as a materialist engagement with bodies in movement and the people as the core of ‘body politic’. We can..

Saturday
23 Apr 2022
To
Saturday
23 Apr 2022

Lecture | Interaction

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Sumangala Damodaran’s talk will address the ways in which music and musicians have played an important role in articulating social concerns and have been part of social movements from the..

Friday
22 Apr 2022
To
Friday
22 Apr 2022

Film | Screening

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Nainsukh is a 2010 film directed by Amit Dutta based on the life and works of Nainsukh, an 18th-century Indian miniature painter. The film contains meticulous recreations of Nainsukh's paintings..

Friday
8 Apr 2022
To
Friday
8 Apr 2022

Film | Screening

17 : 00 | Santiniketan
Arthshila Santiniketan commences with its film screenings, starting with Gamak Ghar- a feature film about a family's life in a small village in Darbhanga, Bihar, over the course of two..

Sunday
27 Mar 2022
To
Sunday
27 Mar 2022

Workshop | Interaction

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
On Sunday morning we will begin with a workshop led by Soumik Nandy Majumdar for young people between ages 13 and 18 years, to delve deeply into the works by..

Saturday
26 Mar 2022
To
Saturday
26 Mar 2022

Film | Lecture

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
What makes an artist? What makes their art? The medium they choose, the subject, the material, their life experiences, their mentors and fellow travellers, their political conviction… How do these..

Saturday
26 Mar 2022
To
Saturday
26 Mar 2022

Music | Recital

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
The second evening of our centre’s opening program will consist of a sarod recital by Sougata Roy Chowdhury. Sougata will be accompanied on the tabla by Deepranjan Ghosh. Sougata Roy..

Friday
25 Mar 2022
To
Friday
20 May 2022

Art | Exhibition

11 : 00 | Santiniketan
The exhibition pans through a retrospective collection of Somnath Hore’s work, curated by K. S. Radhakrishnan, as a tribute to celebrate his centenary year.

Friday
25 Mar 2022
To
Friday
25 Mar 2022

Book | Release

18 : 00 | Santiniketan
Somnath Hore by K.S. Radhakrishnan

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