Jul 06 2024 to Jul 20 2024 10 a.m.

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Where

Indian Cartoon Gallery

Midford House, Midford Garden Road, No. 1 Midford garden, Craig Park Layout, Sivanchetti Gardens, Bengaluru 560001

Event Description

As a part of 17th Anniversary of the Indian Cartoon Gallery, IIC is organising a retrospective exhibition and the presentation ceremony of the Bartons Lifetime Achievement Award to the eminent cartoonist Mr. Keshav Venkaraghavan on 6th July 2024.

The annual Award is instituted by Mr. Bharat Mehta, M.D. Bartons, the ‘Silvermasters’ since 1861 in Bengaluru. The first Bartons Award was presented to Mr. Ajit Ninan of The Times of India in 2022 and the second Bartons Award was presented to Mr. Jayanto Banerjee of The Hindustan Times in 2023.

Born in Bengaluru in 1961, Mr. Keshav went to Kendriya Vidyalaya, Golkonda, Hyderabad in 1977. He was graduated (B.Com) from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1982 and M.Com from Madras University in 1984. Keshav began to draw from childhood. He explored art by observing the Indian Masters Ravi Varma, Nandalal Bose and contemporary Indian artists and European classic painters like Michelangelo, Raphael.

In 1982, he began sketching people live at music concerts, for Ananda Vikatan, a Tamil weekly. He was inspired by International Editorial cartoonists like David Low and others and Indian cartoonists like Shankar, Abu Abraham, O V Vijayan, R K Laxman, Gopulu, and Madhan. This inspiration and rigorous training led him to become a full fledged editorial cartoonist with The Hindu in 1987 and worked there till 2019.

Felicitation : Mr. Keshav Venkaataraghavan
Inauguration : Mr. Amarnath Kamath, Trustee MKMA Competition
Guests of Honour : Mr. Bharat Mehta, MD, Bartons
Chair : Dr. K. Anantha Gowda, C H R O, NECE
Opening : 6th July 2024, Saturday, 11.00 AM
Venue : Indian Cartoon Gallery