Arts
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First-ever AI-driven design competition held
Apr 18, 2025The country’s first-ever AI-driven design competition, National AI Art-A-Thon, was taken place here with the aim of making AI more representative of Bangladesh’s diverse culture and society. UNDP and Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) organized the event... -
Saudi art biennale seeks to modernise Islamic tradition
Feb 26, 2025As part of the kingdom’s attempt to change its ultraconservative image, religious artifacts and modern artwork are on display in the Saudi city of Jeddah under a large tent canopy. Segments of the “kiswa,” the black... -
Small cars, big passion: A local diecast celebration
Feb 11, 2025Picture this: a room buzzing like a beehive, packed with people swapping stories over tiny Ferraris, haggling over vintage Mustangs, and debating whether a 1:18 scale Lamborghini counts as “luggage” on a flight. This isn’t a... -
Banana taped to a wall sells for $6.2 mn in New York
Nov 25, 2024According to a statement from Sotheby’s, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur paid $6.2 million on Wednesday for a fresh banana taped to a wall, a controversial piece of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, at a New... -
Oriental Art Department’s annual exhibition began at DU
Nov 24, 2024A week-long ‘Annual Art Exhibition’ of Dhaka University’s Oriental Art Department began today at the Zainul Gallery of Fine Arts Faculty of the university. Vice-Chancellor of the university Prof. Dr Niaz Ahmed Khan inaugurated the programme... -
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ brought together in London show
Sep 12, 2024Three of Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” will be shown side by side for the first time at Britain’s National Gallery in London, realizing the artist’s dream a century after it acquired one of his paintings. The... -
Colombian underwater ‘art gallery’ serves as coral home
Jul 15, 2024A unique sculpture gallery with an equally unique goal is emerging on the Caribbean seafloor: housing corals that are endangered by tourism and climate change. The 25 sculptures that Hugo Osorio and Pedro Fuentes have so... -
Colombian art gallery ‘art gallery’ serves as coral home
Jun 12, 2024A unique sculpture gallery with an equally unique goal is emerging on the Caribbean seafloor: housing corals that are endangered by tourism and climate change. The 25 sculptures that Hugo Osorio and Pedro Fuentes have so... -
‘All eyes on Rafah’ image shared 44 mn times online
May 31, 2024More than 44 million Instagram accounts have posted an AI-generated image with the caption “All eyes on Rafah” since Monday, following a fatal Israeli strike at a camp for Palestinian displaced people in the Gaza city.... -
Japanese calligraphy workshop held in city
May 19, 2024Japanese embassy, Dhaka and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) organized “Shodo Workshop – The Art of Japanese Calligraphy” at the National Art Gallery No.03 at the BSA here today. Japan envoy Iwama Kiminori, his wife and BSA...
