17th National Art Biennale to begin
Cultural Correspondent
The month-long National Art Biennale begins tomorrow at the National Art Gallery, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). The biennale will be inaugurated by Ayub Quadri, advisor to the Ministries of Education, Primary and Mass Education and Cultural Affairs. It is the 17th arrangement of national art exhibition and competition in which selected 373 art works by 247 artists will be on display till July 16. Director of Department of Fine Arts of BSA, M Nazrul Haque, informed, "Artists from different corners of the country submitted around 1,300 artworks including paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics and installations. A five-member jury that includes veteran artists of the country have selected the artworks that will be on display at the biennale. As the number of participants have increased this year, we cannot display the artworks of veteran artists along with those of upcoming artists due to accommodation constraint." Veteran artist Aminul Islam is the convenor of the jury committee. Artistes Abu Taher, Mahmudul Haq, Abdus Shakoor Shah and art critic Mainuddin Khaled are other members of the committee. Ten participants will be awarded by BSA and other private organisations. BSA will provide a Grand prize of BDT 51,000 and three other honorary awards. Besides, six other private awards to be given at the biennale are: Bengal Foundation Award, Arab Bangladesh Bank Award, Shah AMS Kibria Award, GrameenPhone Award, Azizunnesa Fine Arts Award and Deepa Haque Award.
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