Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
and
Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati,
Santiniketan is organising an exhibition of Black and White Photographs titled

"E.O. Hoppe's
Santiniketan Photographs
from 1929".

Photographs by Emil Otto Hoppe from 1929
(Gift of Graham Howe and Pratapaditya Pal)

Prof. Sushanta Dattagupta,
Vice-Chancellor, Visva Bharati
has kindly consented to inaugurate the exhibition.

Inauguration 11th May 2013, Saturday, 11 a.m.at the Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana,
Visva Bharati, Santiniketan

A joint effort of
Marg Foundation; Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, and
Victoria Memorial Hall

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The exhibition will remain open till 18 June 2013,
10.30 am to 12.30 pm
and 2.30 to 5 pm
(except holidays).

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Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
and
Directorate of Archaeology,Archives & Museums, Bhopal
presents
"1857: The First Spark of Independence".
An exhibition featuring reprints of objects on the first war of Independence
from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall
opening on Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 5,00 pm
at the Sate Museum, Bhopal
The exhibition will remain on display from 16th April 2013 to 21st May 2013,
daily 12.00 p.m. to 7 p.m., except Mondays and National Holidays


     An exhibition of Oil Paintings
in the collection of
the Victoria Memorial Hall,
Calcutta.
Restored in collaboration with
the Calcutta Tercentenary Trust,
London
 Venue: Darbar Hall. (Still on display)
It was inaugurated on Saturday, 20th January 2001
by the British High Commissioner, Sir Rob Young
in the presence of His Excellency Sri V. J. Shah, the then Governor of West Bengal. 

 

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Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
and
Government Museum, Jhansi
organised
"1857: The First Spark of Independence"
An exhibition featuring reprints of objects on the first war of Independence
from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall
opened on Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 4,00 pm
at Government Museum, Jhansi
The exhibition remained on display from 18th December 2012 to 9th January 2013,
daily 2.00 p.m. to 8 p.m., except Mondays and National Holidays


Victoria Memorial Hall
in collaboration with
Lalit Kala Akademi
presented
an Exhibition of Sculptures by Shri Prodosh Das Gupta
celebrating his birth centenary year (1912-1991).
The Exhibition was inaugurated on Wednesday, 25 July, 2012 at 6.00 pm.
Shri Sandip Sarkar, renowned art critic spoke about Prodosh Das Gupta’s life and work.

The exhibition was on display for the public
in the Portrait Gallery & Entrance Hall of Victoria Memorial Hall till 12 August, 2012 daily 10.00 am to 5.00 p.m. (entry closes at 4.30 pm)
except Mondays and National holidays
   
 

Victoria Memorial Hall
presents a retrospective exhibition
SAKTI BURMAN
The Wonder of It All
inaugurated by His Excellency the
Governor of West Bengal
Shri M. K. NARAYANAN

Monday, 2 April 2012, 5.30 pm
at Victoria Memorial Hall

Art critic Shri Manasij Majumdar
spoke about the artist and his work

The exhibition will remain on display for the public in the
Portrait Gallery and Entrance Hall of Victoria Memorial Hall
from 3 to 29 April 2012, daily 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
(entry closes at 4.30 pm), except Mondays and national holidays

Victoria Memorial Hall
in collaboration with
RABINDRA BHARATI SOCIETY
cordially invites you to an exhibition of paintings by

GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE

to be inaugurated on Monday, 30 January 2012, 5.00 pm
at Victoria Memorial Hall
by eminent artist Shri Shuvaprasanna

Dr. Ratan Parimoo will introduce the exhibition

Open to public in the Portrait Gallery of Victoria Memorial Hall
from 31 January to 15 March 2012,
daily 10.00 am. to 5.00 pm (entry till 4.30 pm)
except Mondays and National Holidays
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Dr. Ratan Parimoo, eminent art historian and Director, L.D. Museum and N.C. Mehta Gallery, Ahmedabad has curated the exhibition of 108 paintings.

These paintings are part of collections of some five thousand artworks that VMH has recently acquired as enduring loan from Rabindra Bharati Society, Kolkata. This exhibition is the first of several exhibitions planned in the coming days. A Catalogue of 108 paintings by Gaganendranath Tagore will come out soon.

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London and Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
presented an exhibition of original
KALIGHAT PAINTINGS
Inaugural preview was held on Saturday 15 October 2011, 6:00 pm
at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata
in the presence of
Jawhar Sircar, Secretary, Culture, Government of India
Martin Roth, Director, V&A Museum, London
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Calcutta Chamber Orchestra presented Scottish-inspired Tagore Tunes
and
percussion concert with Dhakis presented by Ratul Shankar and Group
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Part of the V&A's International Strategy : India Programme
Supported by the Bonita Trust
and
Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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Exhibition remained open from
16 October 2011 to 11 Dec 2011. Daily 10 am to 5 pm.

 Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta
presents
an exhibition of lithographs
by
Charles D'oyly (1781-1845)
from its own collection titled
"Calcutta, Early Nineteenth Century"
inaugurated by
Shri Jawhar Sarcar,
Secretary, Ministry of Culture,
Government of India
on June 25, 2011 at 6 p.m.
at Central Hall, Victoria Memorial
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 Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta
and
The Marg Foundation, Mumbai
present
Hoppé's Santiniketan,
an exhibition of photographs on Tagore
and Santiniketan
from 1829
by
Emil Otto Hoppé.

The exhibition will remain open till
30th June 2011		  

 Victoria Memorial Hall is hosting an exhibition of photographs on
Mother Teresa
by
Sunil K. Dutta.
It will continue
(except on Mondays and national holidays), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
in the Central Hall of Victoria Memorial.		  

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