Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata,
and
Rabindra Bharati University
are jointly organising an exhibition of the
Award Winning and Selected Artworks
of the
Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
at
Victoria Memorial Hall
from 9th March 2010 to 14th March 2010, 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

His Excellency, Shri M.K. Narayanan, Hon'ble Governor of West Bengal
has kindly consented to inaugurate the exhibition
at 6.00 p.m. on Monday, 8th March 2010,
in presence of Professor Karuna Sindhu Das,
Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University
and
Shri Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, eminent artist.

Entry to the inauguration ceremony is by invitation only

Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata,
is holding an exhibition

"INDIAN LIFE AND LANDSCAPE
BY WESTERN ARTISTS"
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS FROM
ITS OWN COLLECTION

From 20 December 2009 for public view
from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
(Note: The exhibition shall remain closed on Mondays and other Government Holidays)

Inaugurated on 19th December 2009 at 6.00 p.m. at Victoria Memorial,
in the presence of
Jawhar Sircar, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India;
Mark Jones, Director. V&A Museum;
Bina Sarkar Ellias, Editor-Publisher Gallerie International

(This exhibition was inaugurated along with an exhibition on the same theme from the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum, UK, which ended on 31st Jan. 2010) 
 
Jawhar Sircar explaining Mark Jones about the exhibition
 
Prof. C. Panda -the Secretary & Curator of VM discussing about the exhibition with Jawhar Sirkar
 
 
Prof. C. Panda escorting Mark Jones around the exhibition
 
Jawhar Sircar congratulating Gholam Nabi of VM
for arranging the exhibition
 
 
"Going to the front 1878" by W.C. Horseley, oil on canvas -a painting on display at the exhibition
 
"Indian artisans constructing model of Howrah station..." - a print on display at the exhibition
 

     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. 

PAST EXHIBITIONS

An exhibition of black and white photographs by Anirban Mitra
on Raj Bhavan of Kolkata
was on view from 5 p.m. of 9 OCT to 20 OCT 2009.

Victoria Memorial Hall hosted an exhibition of black and white photographs by Anirban Mitra: a suite of 50 images presenting in rare vividness and visual splendour, the grand and historic Raj Bhavan of Kolkata. The images were a tour of this magnificent building and its premises.

The exhibition was inaugurated by
Chief Guest - Shri Jawhar Sircar,
Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Culture
at 5 p.m. on 9th October 2009.

Professor Suranjan Das, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Calcutta, was the Guest of Honour.

The exhibition is mounted at the Portrait Gallery and shall be on view till
20 October, 2009, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, except Mondays. 

View the Inauguration.

(PAST) Exhibition on Conservation & Restoration works
executed by the Victoria Memorial Team was
on display at the memorial in Feb. & Mar. 2006.

Read about it
   

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