The ongoing "Dhaka Makers 3" is showcasing the vibrancy of Bangladesh’s contemporary art scene while also serving as an exhibition for both traditional and contemporary crafts. Through a series of ...

“It’s a very Bengali thing!” laughs Jayeeta Chatterjee, 29, talking about her artistic bent of mind. “As a young child in a Bengali household, you need to either learn dancing, singing or some form of ...

Bengali textile workers were not enslaved as ancillary to men or as commodities of pleasure alone. They were enslaved and ...

A Shared Legacy at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity explores Bengal’s textile heritage from the Mughal era to po ...

A five-year research project on Bengal’s textiles from the 16th to the 20th century, titled Textiles From Bengal: A Shared ...

On the walls are three of Chanda’s recent tapestry works — made using the frame to reweave manually unravelled kantha quilts, gamcha material or bundles of black jute fibres usually used as wigs on ...

"Slow Stitch" describes the process of decorative sewing by hand with a simple mending stitch in contrasting colored thread. This collaborative art form has its roots in the Bengali "Kantha", where ...