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The Ganesh Haloi Bengal (GHB) Research Grant was initiated in 2017, to develop research and critical writing particularly focused on arts in Bangladesh and South Asia. The grant is supported by eminent artist Ganesh Haloi, born on the banks of the Brahamaputra in Jamalpur, Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh in 1936. The artist moved to Kolkata in 1950 following the partition of
Though profitable, the commercial production of nakshi kantha has led to the loss of some of its original charm as a medium of rural women’s storytelling.
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Exterior view of the National Gallery, London. Image via Facebook.
While Covid-19 continues to hold its influence, causing closures and re-closures with new regional spikes in infected cases, many art institutions have released plans for 2021. Here is a roundup of recent announcements and what’s to come.
Galleries and Museums in Europe Shutter Amid Another Wave
Commercial art galleries are the latest to close in Germany due to stricter lockdown measures, effective from December 16 until at least the second week of January 2021. Museums, theaters, and other cultural venues that were already shuttered remain closed. On the same day, galleries and museums in London closed indefinitely, only two weeks after they reopened, as the British capital moved into its highest tier of Covid-19 restrictions. Museums in the Netherlands shuttered on December 15, and at the moment are expected to reopen on January 19, 2021. Meanwhile, the ongoing lockdown in France has been extend