May 16 2022 to May 20 2022 midnight

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Where

National Gallery Of Modern Art

49, GF, Manikyavelu Mansion, Palace Rd, Vasanth Nagar 560052

Event Description

National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru
(Ministry of Culture, Government of India)

invites you for the celebration of
International Museum Day 2022
A week-long celebration from 16th May 2022 to 20th May 2022, at NGMA Bengaluru
Entry to the museum is free during this week.

Day 1 on Monday,16th May 2022

    ar-bo-re-tum walk at 11:30 am by Ulhas Anand and at 03:30 pm by T S Srinivas
    This walk will introduce many of our city trees that are also found within the NGMA, the stories behind them, and their relationship to us and other creatures.

    Film screening, ‘The Inner Eye’ on Artist Benode Behari Mukherjee at 06:00 pm
    21 min I English I Produced by: Films Division of India
    The Inner Eye is a 1972 short documentary film made by Satyajit Ray on Benode Behari Mukherjee, a blind artist and a teacher from Visva-Bharati University, a university founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan.

 
Day 2 on Tuesday, 17th May 2022

    Special gallery walk of ongoing inhouse curated retrospective exhibition
    SHASHWATH MAHARATHI - THE ETERNAL SEEKER, for school and college students at 11:30 am

    Arpana Caur, 64min I English I 6.00 pm
    special screening of audiovisual presentation of the artist, documented by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademy State Academy of Art

Day 3 on Wednesday, 18th May 2022

    Underprivileged children's visit to NGMA Bengaluru, 11.30 am - 4.00 pm

    Clay modeling workshop: 1st session at 12.45 pm & 2nd session at 12.45 pm

    a Panel Discussion The Power of the Museum and the Impact of Public Art in collaboration with RMZ Foundation
    at 6.00 pm

    Speakers
    Arunkumar HG, Eminent Contemporary Artist
    LN Tallur, Eminent Contemporary Artist
    Dr Subodh Kerkar, Artist and Curator
    Jayaram Poduval, Art Historian
    Prof. MJ Kamlakshi, Artist

    The lighting of museum premises at 7:00 pm

Day 4 on Thursday, 19th May 2022

    Underprivileged children's visit to NGMA Bengaluru 11.30 am - 4.00 pm

    Latika Katt, A Journey in Sculpting I 48min I English I 5.00 pm
    special screening of audiovisual presentation of the artist, documented  
    by Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademy State Academy of Art

Day 5 on Friday, 20th May 2022

    Differently-abled children's visit to NGMA Bengaluru  11.30 am - 4.00 pm

    Clay modeling workshop: 1st session at 12.45 pm & 2nd session at 12.45 pm

    The power of museums to achieve sustainability through education for communities building, at 6.00 pm
    a talk by Dr. Anand Burdhan, Senior faculty at School of Heritage Research and Management, Ambedkar University, Delhi

Entry free for all events on a first cum-first serve basis.

All COVID19 protocols are followed, so please don't forget to wear your mask.