Art

Building Is Crafting – A Special Workshop – September 2019

Building Is Crafting was a remarkable workshop on making and thinking conducted by a group of master designers and artisans.

Photography, Architecture and Plus – A Workshop with Sandro di Carlo Darsa: February 2019 Session

Sandro di Carlo Darsa is an eminent French photographer globally known for his works on architecture and photographic stories.

“Building Is Crafting” May 2018 Session

An academic session focusing on crafts and making; involving masters of crafts and craftsmen. With a mix of hands-on workshops, and a few lecture on the first two weeks of May, 2018.

Spring 2017: February Session: The Fabric of Culture

February Session was a month-long session that explored how culture is interwoven with our society in every aspect of our lives. As always, we had a fantastic line-up of faculties, both from home and abroad.

The Screening of “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva” — A Feature-Length Documentary

A documentary “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva” was screened on March 17 by No Voice Passport in association with Bengal Institute.

The Experience of Architectural Photography – A Lecture by Richard Schulman

Designing for the Tides and Streams – A Lecture by Yves Marre

Public Lecture by Tapati Guha-Thakurta at KIB on Art and Religion

Contesting Careers: The “Artistic” and the “Religious” in Contemporary India - A Lecture by Tapati Guha-Thakurta

Tarshito: Seeds of Foundation – Dhaka

Renowed Architect and Artist, Tarshito presented about his ongoing project "Seeds of Foundation" and other artistic works.

Participant Works from “Building Is Crafting” May 2018 Session

Participants of the workshop various works with numerous materials guided by experienced Artisans and instructors of craft and product design.

Design studio by Wakilur Rahman, Salauddin Ahmed, Hasibul Kabir

A comprehensive ‘learning by doing’ landscape design studio started off working outside in the field.

Art Talk on “Our Modernism and its Context”

The Mughal Miniaturist of Jorasanko

Farhat Afzal writes about Abanindranath Tagore based on the lectures by Sonia Amin, February 2017.

Novera Ahmed – The Legend and the Myth

Novera Ahmed was the pioneer of modern sculpting in Bangladesh. She is also one of the most under- and misrepresented artists in the country.

You Think You Know What Art Is?

Muntakim Haque writes on the role and perception of Art based on the lectures at Bengal Institute by Nisar Hossain, Monirul Islam, Wakilur Rahman and Sajjad Sharif

Textures and Techniques in Monirul Islam’s Works

Maleeha Mazen Khan writes on the lectures by Monirul Islam at Bengal Institute

অন্তর্দর্শন’ আনিসুল হক বরুণের একক ‘আলোক-চিত্রকলা’ প্রদর্শনী

আগামী বুধবার ২৪ এপ্রিল থেকে চারুকলার জয়নুল গ্যালারীতে শুরু হচ্ছে শিল্পী ও নাট্যকর্মী কাজী আনিসুল হক বরুণের একক ‘আলোক-চিত্রকলা’ বা ‘Photo Arts’ প্রদর্শনী।

Mind Over Matter: An Architectural Exhibition by Salauddin Ahmed

Marina Tabassum’s Works to be Exhibited at The Whitechapel Gallery in London

The exhibition titled 'Is This Tomorrow?', running from 14 February to 12 May 2019, will feature experimental propositions from some of today’s leading architects and artists responding to issues we face in the 21st century from natural resources and migration to technology and spirituality.

Choreography of Space

Pooja Sengupta spoke in the Bengal Institute October Session - "Space is Society" about the choreography of space in her performances and productions.

Studio by Salauddin Ahmed and Khondaker Hasibul Kabir

Through combined practices of imagination and handwork, a synchronisation of the human mind with the spirit of nature was sought.