Culture / Art & Craft
Haludar – the forgotten ‘animal painter’ from Bengal 200 years ago!
He who helped British naturalists to preserve species
Will the dying Santhali form of puppetry, Chadar Badar, survive?
Apathy and lack of support push Santhal doll makes to oblivion
U Ray & Sons - Upendrakisor was not just a storyteller, he was a scientific...
The maker of first block printing technology of India
On his birth anniversary, not the director – but calligrapher Satyajit Ra...
He who sketched most of his characters and even found calligraphed scripts
Corona virus shape used to spread hope beauty kindness love
Positive twist to the virus shape by artists goes global
Reclining Arjuna by Nandalal Bose in public eye for the first time
The rare painting was with a freedom fighter
Jamini Roy - man with a vision far ahead of his times
How did Jamini Roy discern Tagore’s paintings?
Bengal’s ancient craft of making asanas can be traced to 7th century AD
Weaved meticulously by rural women of Bengal
Chittoprasad Bhattacharya, whose sketches on Bengal famine spoke a thousand...
Why was he not accepted in leading Art schools of Bengal?
Bengal was the seat of ceramic industry and porcelain dolls during British ...
Who bought these dolls?
Rani Putul of Bengal was made to praise Queen Victoria of England!
How the exquisite European faced dolls of Howrah are made
Even Shiv-Parvati litho-art of Bengal got a British aristocratic touch!
Chor Bagan Art Studio humanized mythological deities
Meeting Baul Karmakar --- The Terracota Warrior of Bankura
Visit to Panchmura, terracotta village of Bengal
Caught in Indrajaal – the glamour of P.C. Sorcar, Maharajah of Magicians
How Sorcar took Indian magic to the world and made it famous
Naya – a village where even a two-year-old knows how to hold a paintbrush...
Bengal’s village is an open canvas of artists
Peeping into the prismatic world of bureaucrat Atri Bhattacharya’s photog...
The man who followed his heart and passion
Famous Doll series of Bikash Bhattacharjee is a silent witness to Bengal’...
Why did the artist protest through dolls?
Sunayani Devi – forgotten first modern woman artist of Bengal School of A...
Sibling of Abanindranath Tagore she was a self-taught artist
Binode Behari Mukherjee, the semi-blind world-famous artist from Santiniket...
Did you know he was a mentor of Satyajit Ray?
Bengali fashion designer Sabyasachi picked up by famous Swedish retailer He...
First Indian fashion designer to collaborate with global giant H&M
Eureka! Meaning of Chinese Piccaso’s paintings deciphered at last
Chinese Picasso’s daughter came down to Visva Bharati for the task
Did you know Bengal’s patachitra and kantha influenced Picasso and Chagal...
Bengal’s Kantha work can be seen on 1915 Marc Chagall art work
Dal Madal cannon and the saga of Bengal’s illustrious ironsmiths
How a group of indigenous ironsmiths made the largest cannon
Cultural capital of India, Kolkata, rediscovered at Art Villa Gallery
Art historian Debdutta Gupta and photographer Shubhomoy Mitra speak
Bengal’s Masland Madur – weaving dreams on a natural fibre
How a rural craft turned global (Journey of a Bengal craft going global)
Bankura’s Bikna crafts a metal tale that has evolved in recent times
Dokra Art form is as old as Mohenjodaro
Unique Majilpur dolls that have uncanny resemblance to Kalighat patas
Meet the master artists of this almost dying craft form
Evolution of alpana in Santiniketan was a venture into a secular aesthetic ...
Bengal’s alpana is a century-old art form
Handwritten Indian Constitution by Nandalal Bose! Rare Gem!
GB tribute to Nandalal Bose on his birth anniversary
Bengal’s Alpona Art has its roots in Harappan Civilisation!
This art is thought to be 40,000 years old
Raidighi housewives fight poverty, yet hold on to the art of ‘Diya Ma...
Buy country-made diyas this Diwali and light up homes of poor women of Bengal
Bengal’s dying art of alpona revived through children of ‘Khowa...
Chalchitra Academy holds special workshops for rural kids
Visva Bharati’s Kala Bhavan celebrates 100 years!
This is centenary year of the art revolution started by Tagore in 1919
Significance of skull under Mahatma Gandhi’s feet in Ramkinkar statue...
On his 150th birth anniversary, look at Gandhi’s statue at Santiniketan
Bengal’s dying craft Talpatar Shepai gets a boost! How?
Chalchitra Academy revives this palm toy through a workshop
Gaganendranath gave a rainy touch to Rabindranath Tagore’s Jibonsmrit...
Rains inspired artists of Bengal
Chalchitra Academy celebrated a vibrant Potochitra Painting workshop at Jha...
Chalchitra Academy celebrated a vibrant Potochitra Painting workshop at Jhargram!
NADIA TO ATLANTA! Bengal’s idol makers cross seven seas
Artisans of Nadia get recognition in USA cities
Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee’s new jewellery range speaks of his inner con...
Actor launches his new love --- Sujoy Prosad Fashion Accessories
Artist who froze Kolkata through sketches -- Rathin Mitra passes away
Market to College Street, Mitra sketched a different Kolkata
Chalchitra Academy’s artistic initiative at Jhargram’s Khwaabga...
Village of Bengal that walks and talks art
Aban Thakur’s book on alpona endorsing alpona art by Bengal’s w...
On his birth anniversary, GB remembers Abanindranath Tagore
Humble madoor of Sabang conquers Europe
Mats of Bengal have scored over luxury Western rugs and carpets!
Bhaskar Chitrakar infuses modern social atrocities in Patachitra
The patua who is trying to contemporize Kalighat Pata
Goyna Bori of Bengal: Eat it or wear it as a jewellery?
Dying culinary art of Goyna Bori revived at a recent workshop
Prof Aloke Kumar gives 360-degree view of Kalighat Pat
He speaks on this indigenous art form of Bengal
76-year-old Kolkata engineer on his exquisite ink and paper drawings
After an exhibition in London, Sandip Chatterjee is all set for a book!
Kala Bhavan celebrates 100 years with unpublished paintings
A look at exclusive art works by various artists at Kala Bhavan
Is the art of sweet-dice making of Bengal fading fast?
Once upon a time Bengal made designer home-made sweets
Autumnal Lines by Jogen Chowdhury at MAYA Art Space
Rare sketches and line drawings of the master artist
Artist Sanatan Dinda speaks to GB on nudity and body painting
Why body painting is still not popular in India
Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay interprets Bengali poetry through calligraphy
Unique show of Poetry and Calligraphy at MAYA Art Space
Look into Bengal’s Babu culture through babu dolls
Chalchitra Academy’s workshop brings this unique art form
GB visits Asim Paul’s Kumartuli Studio
In the age of theme pujo, are traditional idol makers taking a back seat?
Artists from Bengal still rule at Christie’s Annual Sale
Top selling Indian art this year at Christie’s is from Bengal
Ramkinkar’s horses were incomparable, says Somenath Hore
He was far ahead of his European counterparts
Ramkinkar, Benodebihari and Nandalal – all in one
Travails of women reflected in K.G. Subramanyan’s work
Artisans of a Burdwan village still make ropes
Villagers have stuck to the traditional art of rope making
Bengal’s Veteran Scroll Painter sings of Rabindranath
80-year-old Dukhushyam, paints scrolls that tell stories on socio-political issues