Published : Jun 29, 2023 11:00 IST - 5 MINS READ Benodebehari Mukherjee was a painter, muralist, scholar, and teacher who trained under Nandalal Bose in Santiniketan. The art historian R. Siva Kumar spoke to Frontline about how he chanced upon Scenes from Santiniketan, Benodebehari’s earliest and longest handscroll. In Chitrakar, his autobiography, Benodebehari also writes about his early fascination …
Sculptor and printmaker Somnath Hore’s works have always been populated by fragile, broken bodies. Radhakrishnan, a sculptor and Hore’s student, has put together a non-linear show of the artist’s iconic works. Hosted by Emami Art Gallery, Kolkata, in collaboration with the Arthshila Foundation, Somnath Hore: A Centenary Exhibition is celebrating different facets of the artist, including works from an unpublished …