Beyond the Brief

Beyond the Brief ‘Beyond the Brief,’ a contemporary group art exhibition featuring works by ten graphic designers, opened on Saturday at Bengal Shilpalay. The exhibition explicitly challenges these traditional boundaries, with participating artists pivoting from client-driven commercial briefs to autonomous, self-directed artistic expressionsSpanish ambassador Gabriel María Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest, alongside visual artist and educator Dhali Al Mamoon as a special guest

India Art Fair 2026

India Art Fair 2026 Institutions Hall Participating Artists: MAHBUBUR RAHMANFARHANA FERDAUSISHIMUL SAHAMEHEDI HASANAFIA NOORMAHMUDA SIDDIKASHAMIM AHMED CHOWDHURYJANNATUN JANNATIMRAN HOSSAIN PIPLUASHIM HALDER SAGORSUSMITA MUKHERJEE MISTYTAYEBA BEGUM LIPI YASMIN JAHAN NUPUR Department of CraftFaculty of Fine Art University of DhakaParticipants:Teachers:1. Md. Faruk Ahamad Mullah, Professor2. Md. Jahangir Hossain, Chairman & Assistant Professor 3. Farhana Ferdausi, Associate Professor4. Helena Nazneen Zobaida, Part time Teacher5. Jakiya Ahmad Zhuma, Part Time TeacherStudents:1. Tabassum Ambia Samira2. Most. Moumita Rahman Ahona 3. Ms. Rupkatha4. Orpita Deb Nath Mitu5. Md. NazibMubasshir6. Fariha Hossain Prottasha7. Mst. TahminaSunjida Tisha8. Most. KhurshidaJamanMithun 9. MafruhaSarwer Anika10. HumayraAnjir11. TasnimaJannati12. NusratJahanMow13. JhumiRaniNath14. TasniaIslamSubrin

THE ZURICH ARCHIPELAGO Pakghor- The Social Kitchen & Palan

THE ZURICH ARCHIPELAGO Pakghor- The Social Kitchen & Palan Alongside the wave-like staged performances in the urban space, a physically constructed space will be created at a central location and remain accessible throughout the exhibition as a meeting point for diverse communities. It is conceived as a place of participation, informed by Glissant’s idea of “Creolization” or the “Tout-Monde,” where workshops, discussions, and shared cooking and eating will take place.For this purpose, the artists’ collective Britto Arts Trust is intended to be invited with their project “Pakghor – The Social Kitchen,” originally constructed in 2022 at documenta 15 in Kassel. The installation is shaped by the collective’s cultural background and adapted to the local context, evolving through interaction with communities.For Zurich, a new version will be developed by the artists.Available from June 7 to July 12, 202612-2 pmPlatzspitzpromenade 5, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland Applique Artists:1. Afia Noor2. Amir Faisal Ruscho3. Arpita Singha Lopa4. Ashim Halder Sagor5. Farah Naz Moon6. Farhana Ferdausi7. Farzana Haque8. Imran Hossain Piplu9. Jinnatun Jannat10. Jayatu Chakma11. Lutfun Nahar12. Mahbubur Rahman13. Mahmuda Siddika14. Mehedi Hasan15. Mokadasur Rahman16. Sarah Jabin17. Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury18. Shulekha Chaudhury19. Shimul Datta20. Shimul Saha21. Tayeba Begum Lipi22. Tamanna Liza23. Yasmin Jahan NupurAnd a workshop outcome with local community from 22 no. Poldar, Paikgacha, Khulna. Supported by Nijera Kori

Like the Tides of the Ocean – The Zurich Archipelago

Like the Tides of the Ocean – The Zurich Archipelago Alongside the wave-like staged performances in the urban space, a physically constructed space will be created at a central location and remain accessible throughout the exhibition as a meeting point for diverse communities. It is conceived as a place of participation, informed by Glissant’s idea of “Creolization” or the “Tout-Monde,” where workshops, discussions, and shared cooking and eating will take place.For this purpose, the artists’ collective Britto Arts Trust is intended to be invited with their project “Pakghor – The Social Kitchen,” originally constructed in 2022 at documenta 15 in Kassel. The installation is shaped by the collective’s cultural background and adapted to the local context, evolving through interaction with communities.For Zurich, a new version will be developed by the artists.

TIPOFFS

TIPOFFS “TIPOFFS” the title encapsulates the essence of sociopolitical and ecological realities that are often acknowledged yet unexamined—facts that individuals may witness or experience but fail to fully comprehend or analyze. Among these artists embodies a digital dialogue that translates their diverse embodied experiences into a visual matrix, emphasizing the intersectionality inherent in questioning and representing varied realities.” Organized by Daagi Art GarageTranscultural Emancipation Collaboration with Daagi Art Garage and Britto Art Trust. Curator:Ursula Maria ProbstEmran Sohel Participating Artits: Anna Mutchlechner-Dean, AustriaDiptti Datta, BangladeshElisabeth von Sansonow, AustriaRuposhree Hajong, BangladeshTranscultural Emancipation

Pustokaloy

Pustokaloy (পুস্তকালয় ): a vessel of fragile archive What does it mean to hold memory in your hands? To carry both loss and resilience, whisper and protest, past and present?These are not to be read in silence—they are delicate, pages stitched with memory, printed with protest, sculpted with resilience. It is an invitation to feel what words alone cannot convey. Here, the artist’s book becomes a democratic vessel for stories of fragile archives: memories of youth and habitat, the scars of Partition, the struggles of women, the intimacies of the time, endangered languages, and fragile situation.These books move beyond the pages, between tenderness and confrontation, embracing diverse medium—printmaking, digital printing, stitching, collage. Each book weaves a story that is not just written in words, but also in textures, materials, and gestures.Advanced through Britto Arts Trust’s workshops in 2022, the works evolved, crossed borders, and carried many voices following the years. Now, they return home—singing together where it all first began.By bringing these works together, Pustokaloy (পুস্তকালয় ) broadens the lineage of experimental book artwhile offering a distinct perspective shaped by displacement, resilience, and solidarity- grounded in postcolonial histories and everyday endurance.These books whisper, protest, and endure—reminding us that memory is never private but always shared, always carried forward in our hands, and to feel the weight of what might otherwise be forgotten.

Pakghor & Palan at the MULTI Festival

Convivial Continuity Pakghor & Palan: Sharred Acts of Memory and Hospitality Making a space into a shared memory has always been a powerful act at the heart of Britto Arts Trust. Where communal living and artistic practice begin with everyday gestures of care. At 1+1 The Relational Years starting from 29 October 2025 to 01 March 2026, MAXXI, Rome ─ curated by internationally renowned critic and curator Nicolas Bourriaud, Pakghor & Palan emerge as living forms of kitchen & garden. Through cooking, sharing and conversations, the ancient traditions of gastronomic culture meet our contemporary lives. Here, food becomes language and hospitality ─ a discourse of Rational Aesthetics. A space where simple act of sharing replaces pretense, inviting freedom, dignity and togetherness. https://youtu.be/oL_iz9xIISc