The first-ever ‘Bangladesh Art and Culture Week 2016’ began in Bangkok on Tuesday evening.
Bangladesh ambassador to Thailand Saida Muna Tasneem inaugurated the event at Thailand’s most prestigious art gallery, the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, said a press release on Wednesday.
“We have arranged the Bangladesh Art and Culture Week to showcase Bangladesh’s art and culture to the Thai people with a view to portraying a progressive, liberal and culturally vibrant image of Bangladesh and of its people to Thailand, its elites and its common people,” Ambassador Tasneem said.
This is the first Bangladesh art and culture week in Bangladesh’s 44 years of diplomatic relations with Thailand. Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali has issued a good will message on the occasion.
Meanwhile, the art works produced in the joint art camp by nine eminent Bangladesh artists and nine senior Thai artists will be inaugurated in an art exhibition on 29 March at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre by Thailand Culture Minister Vira Rajpoj Chanarat.
The ‘Art and Culture Week’ will also include a colorful cultural programme by prominent music and dance artists from Bangladesh at the prestigious Royal Wangna Theatre in Bangkok on 26 March, on the occasion of the 45th Independence Day of Bangladesh.
RANGOON — Galleries in downtown Rangoon are preparing to jointly host exhibitions as part of the Yangon Art and Heritage Festival, which will be held across the city next month.
Part of the larger festival organized under the theme “My Yangon My Home,” more than 10 art galleries will celebrate the beauty of Burma’s biggest city, its timeworn architecture and the people that call it home.
“I am living in Yangon and working here. The value of the buildings downtown can’t be assessed. I worry that those buildings might disappear and I love Yangon, so I am participating in the festival,” said Ko Sid, founder of the Myanmar Ink Art Gallery.
During the whole of March, Ko Sid said he will separately show collections from three artists under the unifying theme “We Love Yangon.” About 50 paintings depicting the colonial architecture of Rangoon and its bustling street life will be on display.
The Yangon Art and Heritage Festival will run from March 1-22 and will also include photography competitions, cartoon and sculpture exhibitions, and musical performances at a variety of public venues, as well as at the residence of the British ambassador, whose embassy is supporting the event.
Aung Myint Tun, manager of the Lokanat Gallery, said they will have a solo show of gallery member and artist MKM, who specializes in artistically rendering the buildings of the downtown area. The show, “About Yangon: Extension,” will be held from March 1-7 as part of the festival.
“It’s good to have this kind of festival. We will be more mindful of the surroundings in which we live and be cognizant of [the value in] preserving the city’s ancient buildings. Instead of neglecting them, we can be more aware of them thanks to this festival,” MKM told The Irrawaddy. The painter’s works depict downtown streetscapes and scenes from Shwedagon Pagoda, Burma’s most sacred Buddhist shrine.
“Fine Art Asia is recognised by the international art world as the most important and influential annual fine art fair in the region. The fair is known worldwide as a Hong Kong-originated art enterprise, providing a unique and unrivalled platform for art and antiques in Asia.
Celebrating its 10th edition, Fine Art Asia 2014 will host 100 of the world’s most renowned galleries. They will display the finest antiques including ancient Chinese and Himalayan bronzes, ceramics and works of art, Chinese and European antique furniture and decorative arts, Chinese textiles and jades; international fine art jewellery and antique silver; Impressionist, modern and contemporary art and design from both Asia and the West.
Fine Art Asia is staged at the peak of the important art season in Hong Kong and coincides with Sotheby’s auctions in the same venue, attracting a sophisticated, appreciative audience of major dealers, collectors, curators, connoisseurs and art enthusiasts from throughout Asia as well as from all over the world.
We look forward to welcoming you to Fine Art Asia 2014 in October!”
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