Picasso masterpiece to fetch $120 mn in November auction: Sotheby’s
Shawdesh desk: The November auction of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the late Spanish painter’s “Femme a la montre” from 1932, is expected to fetch at least $120 million, Sotheby’s announced ReadMore
Driftwood art exhibition by sculptor AA Rasha inaugurated in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi
Shawdesh desk: A weeklong solo exhibition of driftwood artworks of sculptor Akhtar Ahmed Rasha highlighting Bangladesh’s Liberation War, women’s empowerment, and nature began at Safiuddin Shilpalay in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on ReadMore
Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad’s 52nd death anniversary Tuesday
Shawdesh desk: The 52nd death anniversary of Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh will be observed at Nur Mohammad Nagar in Chandibarpur union under Sadar upazila of the district in a ReadMore
Kazi Nazrul’s death anniv today
Shawdesh Desk: Today is the 47th anniversary of the death of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The death anniversary of Nazrul, widely known as the rebel poet, is observed in ReadMore
British Museum recovers some of 2,000 stolen items
Shawdesh dEsk: About 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the British Museum, but some of the missing treasures have started to be recovered, chairman George Osborne has ReadMore
82nd death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore today
Shawdesh Desk: The 82nd death anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, is being observed today. ReadMore
Bangladeshi curator participates in Liverpool Biennial
Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka-based independent editor and curator Sadia Sartaj Rahman is participating in Liverpool Biennial in the UK, said a press release. Liverpool Biennial is running its 12th edition from ReadMore
‘Kathan: Chhinna Bhinna Itihas’ premiered
Shawdesh desk: Theatre troupe Dania Studio Theatre premiered its production titled Kathan: Chhinna Bhinna Itihas at the Dania Studio Theatre Hall at Dania, Jatrabari in the capital on Saturday. Kathan: ReadMore
