Show Stealers

Poet,painter and filmmaker Sangeeta Gupta paints human emotions,a fabric of life and what she refers to as depths of inner consciousness in her solo exhibition titled “Lines of Light”. Layering,grading,texturing and highlights are the keystones of Sangeeta’s works,with a colour palette of muted gold and silver. The exhibition is on till August 7 at Azad Bhavan,IP Estate,New Delhi,11am to 6pm.

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Dramarama Delhi-based theatre group Sparsh Natya Rang presents “Hriday Manch”,the second edition of the group’s theatre festival. This year,they have lined up an impressive array of plays to be staged over four days,including Bechaara Bhagwaan,an in-house production,and Arvind Gaur’s Moteram Ka Satyagraha. The festival will be held from August 8 to 11 at Shri Ram Center for Performing Arts,Mandi House. Entry by invitation only.

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*Mumbai.

Soprano Style

Returning to Mumbai three years after her first performance in the city,British soprano Dame Felicity Lott will perform in the city again,though this time accompanied by pianist Maciej Pikulski. At Tata Theatre,NCPA,on August 13.

Contact: 22824567

Young at Art

Bringing together a young lot of artists,an exhibition titled “Art For Young Collectors II”,at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke,showcases a varied range. Among these are works by Abul Hisham,Amol Patil,Poorvesh Patel,Reshma Nair,Rupali Patil and Viramgami Sanket. The exhibition starts on August 8.

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*Pune.

Building Dreams

When Devji Shrimali sat in his tiny studio in Gujarat,he would imagine his dream home and his mind would be filled with architectural Ideas. Inspired,he went on to create 94 paintings exploring physical architecture and the architecture of the mind. Of them,Shrimali will exhibit 30 of them at “Architecture Fantasy”,at Darpan Art Gallery,Patrakar Nagar,off Senapati Bapat Road. On till August 6.

Key to Classics Notes of classical masters such as George Gershwin,Isaac Albeniz and Robert Schumann will soar at Mazda Hall,as musical duo ANJO present a classic soprano and piano recital. Organised by the Poona Music Society,the act that comprises Joanne D’Mello (vocals) and Andrea Fernandes (piano),will take the audience through a programme of song,lieder and opera arias. On August 6 at 7 pm. It is open and free for all.

*Chandigarh.

Show and Tell

As part of the Chandigarh Arts and Heritage Festival,the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi has invited artist Sudhir Patwardhan for a slide presentation on his works,titled “Observation,Expression and Structure”,followed by a workshop with 10 young artists from the tricity. The presentation will take place on August 19 at Government Museum & Art Gallery,5 pm,while the workshop will be held between August 16 and 20,11 am to 6 pm.