FRIDAY, MAY 13
ART Face Off: Irony and Humour in a Critical Age at Lakeeren Gallery
This group show of works by Chitra Ganesh, Justin Ponmany, Prajakta Potnis and Pushpamala N. explores ideas such as “restraint, freedom, shifting political climates, fragility of land, urban space, and its iconographies”. For more details, visit the gallery website.
When: Until Thursday, June 30. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Lakeeren Gallery, 6/18, Grants Building, Second Floor, opposite Café Basilico, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 6522 4179.
EXHIBITION Without Walls: An Investigation Into The Lives Of Mumbai’s Homeless Families at Studio-X
This exhibition uses “multimedia, photography and mapping to interrogate three key aspects of homelessness: lived experiences of Mumbai’s homeless women; livelihoods and the dignity of labour; and the physical space and its relationship to the infrastructure of the city”. There is no entry fee.
When: Until Friday, May 13. Open Monday to Friday, from 11 am to 6.30 pm; Saturday and Sunday, closed.
Where: Studio-X, Kitab Mahal, Fourth Floor, 192 Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Fort. Tel: 98204 01836.
DANCE Red Bull BC One India Cypher at Lands End Amphitheatre
Sixteen b-boys from across the country will showcase their skills for a spot in the World Finals of the Red Bull BC One, an international breakdancing competition that will be held in Japan in November this year. The India finale will also feature performances by city-residing rapper Divine aka Vivian Fernandes and V Company, a hip hop supercrew made up of winners of various reality TV dance and talent competitions. DJ Uri Solanki and rapper Bobkat aka Bob Omulo, both of who are based in Mumbai, will provide the beats and handle MC duties respectively, while global b-boying stars Differ and Hong 10 from South Korea and Menno from the Netherlands will be the judges. Entry is free; admission on a first come, first served basis.
When: Friday, May 13 at 6 pm.
Where: Lands End Amphitheatre, next to the Taj Lands End, Bandra Fort, Bandra (West).
FILM Soy Cuba at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
This edition of Movies at the Museum, a monthly series curated by filmmaker Avijit Mukul Kishore and architect Rohan Shivkumar, will be a screening of Georgian director Mikhail Kalatozov’s 1964 Spanish feature Soy Cuba (I Am Cuba), with English subtitles. Set in the days before the Cuban revolution of 1953, the film is a suite of four vignettes, each of which hinges on a central character. They are: Maria, a poor woman living in Havana; Pedro, a sugarcane farmer; Enrique, a student of Havana University and Mariano, a farmer who joins the revolution. Mustansir Dalvi, who teaches architecture at the JJ School of Architecture, will introduce the movie. There is no entry fee.
When: Friday, May 13 at 6 pm.
Where: Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.
THEATRE Nagmandala at Cuckoo Club by The Hive
Actors Shyam Kishore, Meenal Kapoor and Geeta Choubey will perform a Hindi version of Girish Karnad’s play Nagmandala, in which a woman is accused of adultery after being seduced by snake, which takes the form of her husband. Tickets priced at Rs 300 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, May 13 at 6 pm and 8 pm.
Where: The Cuckoo Club by The Hive, 5AA, Pali Hill Road, next to Candies, near Learners Academy, Bandra (West). Tel: 96199 62969.
FILM MUSIC The Ninety-First Symphony: The Musical Journey of Homi Dastoor at NCPA Little Theatre
A screening of filmmaker Rafeeq Elias’s documentary short about 91-year-old Western classical music aficionado Homi Dastoor, who released his first book about the subject at the age of 90. Entry is free; admission on a first come, first served basis.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.
STORYTELLING ‘Panchakanya – The Virgin Women’ at Artisans’
The Talking Myths Project, an online archive of Indian mythology, will conduct an evening of storytelling in which tales of five women from Indian epics, Ahalya, Tara, Mandodari, Kunti and Draupadi, will be told. The entry fee is priced at Rs 500 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, May 13 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Artisans’, V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.
THEATRE Dara Shikoh: Story of a Historical Betrayal at Sahitya Mandir Sabhagruh + Rangsharda Auditorium + YB Chavan Auditorium
Directed by MS Sathyu and written by Danish Iqbal, this Hindi play is about the life of Mughal emperor Shah Jehan’s eldest son Dara Shikoh. Tickets priced at Rs 200, Rs 300 and Rs 500 per person for the Sahitya Mandir Sabhagruh show; at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 700 and Rs 1,000 per person for the Rangsharda show; and Rs 200, Rs 300, Rs 500 and Rs 700 per person for the YB Chavan Auditorium show are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, May 13 at 7 pm at Sahitya Mandir Sabhagruh; Saturday, May 14 at 7.30 pm at Rangsharda Auditorium and Sunday, May 15 at 8 pm at YB Chavan Auditorium
Where: Sahitya Mandir Sabhagruh, Plot No.26, Sion-Panvel Highway, Sector 6, Vashi, Navi Mumbai. Tel: 022 2782 1551. Rangsharda Auditorium, Hotel Rangsharda, near Lilavati Hospital, K. C. Marg, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2640 1919. Y. B. Chavan Auditorium, General Jangannath Bhosle Road, opposite Mantralaya, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2202 8598.
THEATRE Tagore and Manto in a Medley of Languages at Y. B. Chavan Auditorium
Mumbai theatre group Katha Kathan will celebrate Rabindranath Tagore and Manto, both of whom were born in May, with dramatic readings of two short stories: the Bengali and Hindi versions of Tagore’s Kabuliwala and the Urdu and Marathi versions of Manto’s Taraqqi Pasand. Tickets priced at Rs 250 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, May 13 at 7 pm.
Where: Rangaswar, Fourth Floor, YB Chavan Auditorium, opposite Mantralaya, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2202 8598.
TALKS TRAVEL National Geographic Traveller Meetup at Title Waves
Sports-related travel will be the focus of this instalment of travel magazine National Geographic Traveller India’s series of talks. The publication’s deputy editor Neha Dara will be in conversation with Navin Sharma, who enables fans to attend sports events around the world; marathon runner Neha Grover; and aerospace engineer and sports fanatic Shubhankar Gokhale. There is no entry fee. For more information, see the Facebook event page.
When: Friday, May 13 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Title Waves, St. Paul’s Media Complex, opposite Duruelo Convent School, 24th Road, off Turner Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2651 0841.
THEATRE Beauty and the Beast at Dome@NSCI
Disney’s first Indian production of a Broadway-style musical, Beauty and the Beast will return for a second run. Read our review of the play, which is largely based on the 1991 animated film, here. Tickets priced at Rs 1,500, Rs 2,500, Rs 3,500, Rs 4,000, Rs 4,500, Rs 5,000, Rs 5,500, Rs 6,000 and Rs 7,500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Friday, May 13 at 7.30 pm and Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 at 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: Dome, SVP Stadium, National Sports Club of India, Lala Lajpatrai Marg, Worli.
MUSIC FRWD with Dark Circle Factory + Ox7gen + Carius at AntiSocial
The first instalment of this new electronica gig series by Mixtape, which will comprise opening and closing DJ sets and a main live performance will feature three Mumbai acts: drum and bass/hip hop trio Dark Circle Factory and electronic music DJ-producers Ox7gen aka Aditya Ashok and Carius aka Sainath Bhagwat. The entry fee is Rs 300 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 9 pm.
Where: AntiSocial, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, near Ramee Guest Line Hotel, SV Road, Khar. Tel: 022 6522 6324.
MUSIC Krunk 7 Year Anniversary featuring Cee + Tarqeeb + Profound at Bonobo
Mumbai-based artist management and event company Krunk will celebrate seven years in the business with two anniversary gigs this weekend, the first of which will be headlined by Malaysia-based German electronic music DJ-producer Cee. The entry fee is Rs 300 per person for the gig, which will feature sets by his Indian counterparts, Delhi’s Tarqeeb aka Ashish Jose and Chandigarh’s Profound aka Amandeep Singh Multani. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, May 13 at 9 pm.
Where: Bonobo, Second Floor, Kenilworth Mall, Phase 2, off Linking Road, behind KFC, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2605 5050.
MUSIC Aztec at The Irish House Lower Parel
Ahmedabad house music DJ-producer Aztec aka Ankit Suhandani will play the flagship Lower Parel outpost of the theme bar chain. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, May 13 at 10 pm.
Where: The Irish House, High Street Phoenix, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 4347 1111.
MUSIC Citizen Kain + Arsh + Bullzeye + Potter at Kitty Su
French techno DJ-producer Citizen Kain aka Bruno Demougeot will perform at the Andheri nightclub. Mumbai’s Arsh Sharma, Bullzeye aka Siddhanth Kapoor and Potter aka Krishna Luthria will also take a turn at the console. Tickets, priced at Rs1,500 per couple (of any gender), are being sold on Kittysu.com.
When: Friday, May 13 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.
MUSIC DJ Kave at Todi Mill Social
The hip hop DJ from Chennai will man the decks. There is no entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Friday, May 13 at 10 pm.
Where: Todi Mill Social, #242, near Viva Centre and Cafe Zoe, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6511 0361.
MUSIC Vinyl Only with DJ Uri + The Spindoctor at Blue Frog
Mumbai-based DJs Uri Solanki and The Spindoctor aka Sanjay Meriya will spin vinyl-only sets of hip hop and electronica. There is an entry fee of Rs 600 or cover charge of Rs1,500 per person for men; free entry for women. See here for more information.
When: Friday, May 13 at 10.30 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.
SATURDAY, MAY 14
ART WORKSHOPS ‘The Art of Looking’ at Art at Essar House
Arshiya Lokhandwala, who runs Colaba art gallery Lakeeren, will conduct an art appreciation workshop in which she will discuss the ideas of theorists such as Michel Foucault, Guy Debord and Walter Benjamin. Artists Pushpamala N, Justin Ponmany and Prajakta Potnis will make presentations during the event, which is priced at Rs 750 per person, including lunch. Email avidlearning@essar.com to register.
When: Saturday, May 14, from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm.
Where: Essar House, 11 KK Marg, opposite the Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mahalaxmi. Tel: 97699 37710.
SHOPPING & STYLE Nicobar Preview at The Vintage Garden
Kala Ghoda clothing, home decor and travel accessories store Nicorbar will pop-up in Bandra this weekend where it will preview wares they haven’t yet displayed at their flagship or online store. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, from 11 am to 10 pm.
Where: The Vintage Garden, Patkar Bungalow, Turner Road, next to Royal China, Bandra (West).
TRAVEL FOOD & DRINK Doolally Beer Olympics at Doolally Pune
Pune brewery Doolally will hold its wildly popular Beer Olympics in which teams made up of four guzzlers each compete in a series of games such as beer pong, beer Jenga, chug relay, darts and Fletter. Prizes for each round are vouchers for pints of beer that can be redeemed at the brewpub’s flagship in Pune or two taprooms in Mumbai. The registration fee of Rs 2,000 per person entitles participants to snacks, pints of beer consumed during the games and Doolally merchandise. See here to register a team.
When: Saturday, May 14, from 11 am to 6 pm.
Where: Doolally, NIIBM Road, Mohamadwadi, Corinthians Club, Nyati County, Pune. Tel: 020 2695 2226.
ART ‘Abhas: An Innovative Interpretation Programme’ at DAG Modern
The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum will conduct a guided walk-through of The Art of Santiniketan, the exhibition currently on display at Kala Ghoda gallery DAG Modern. (see Ongoing). The event is free. To register, email kaveri@dagmodern.com.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 3 pm.
Where: DAG Modern, V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 4922 2700. Open Monday to Saturday, 11am to 7pm; Sunday, closed.
CRAFT WORKSHOPS ‘Fun with Origami and Natural Colours’ at Artisans’|Anand Bhave, who makes furniture from paper as a hobby, will conduct an origami workshop. The registration fee at Rs 1,200 per person.
When: Saturday, May 14, from 3 pm to 6 pm.
Where: Artisans’, V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.
THEATRE Waiting for Naseer at Nehru Centre and Brewbot
In this English and Hindi play directed by Sapan Saran, two actors wait at Prithvi Café to watch a show in which their favourite actor Naseeruddin Shah is playing a part. Unfortunately they have only one ticket between the two of them. Donor passes priced at Rs 200 per person for the Nehru Centre show are being sold here and at Rs 300 per person for the Brewbot show are being sold here.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 6.30 pm at Nehru Centre and Sunday, May 15 at 7.30 pm at Brewbot.
Where: Hall of Harmony, Nehru Centre, Dr Annie Besant Road, Worli. Tel: 022 2496 4676. Brewbot, Morya Landmark 1, off New Link Road, Andheri West. Tel: 022 4003 4448.
COMEDY Oye Stand-up! at Canvas Laugh Club
Actors and stand-up comics Ankita Shrivastava and Mohit Sharma will each perform sets. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 7 pm.
Where: Canvas Laugh Club, Palladium Mall, Third Floor, Phoenix Mills, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel. Tel: 90046 03115.
THEATRE Ladies Sangeet at NCPA Jamshed Bhabha Theatre
Written and directed by Purva Naresh, Ladies Sangeet (in English and Hindi) is set in a household preparing for a wedding sangeet. In the play, which is the third production of Aadyam’s second season, pre-wedding jitters and unexpected revelations threaten to derail the upcoming nuptials of Radha and Sid. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 750 and Rs 1,000 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 7.30 pm and Sunday, May 15 at 4pm and 7.30 pm.
Where: Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.
MUSIC Krunk 7 Year Anniversary featuring Lafawndah + Paper Queen + EZ Riser + Nirvaiir S. Nath at AntiSocial
The second of two anniversary gigs being organised by Mumbai-based artist management and event company Krunk will be headlined by half-Iranian, half-Egyptian electronic music producer-singer Lafawndah aka Yasmine Dubois. The gig will also feature sets by city DJs Paper Queen aka Gureja Nea, EZ Riser aka Krunk founder Sohail Arora and Nirvaiir S. Nath. The entry fee is Rs 300 per person. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 9 pm.
Where: AntiSocial, Rohan Plaza, 5th Road, near Ramee Guest Line Hotel, SV Road, Khar. Tel: 022 6522 6324.
MUSIC Electrovertz at Soho Tapas Bar
The electronic dance music DJ duo of Mallika Haydon and Nina Shah will play a set. There is no entry fee.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 10.30 pm.
Where: Soho Tapas Bar, 244-A, S.V.P. Nagar, Four Bungalows, near Versova Telephone Exchange, Andheri (West). Tel: 022 6022 3444.
MUSIC Uncensored with DJ Sa at Blue Frog
City-residing hip hop DJ Sa aka Sanket Arjunwade will celebrate the second anniversary of Uncensored, his monthly gig series at Blue Frog with a show featuring special guests such as rappers Divine aka Vivian Fernandes and Ill Straight aka Herschel Gulve, who are based in Mumbai and Philadelphia respectively. There is an entry fee of Rs 600 or cover charge of Rs 1,500 per person for men; free entry for women. See here for more information.
When: Saturday, May 14 at 10.30 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.
SUNDAY, MAY 15
MUSIC Udayswar with Raghunandan Panshikar at Prithvi Theatre
This month’s instalment of Udayswar, the series of Hindustani classical music concerts organised by events company Pancham Nishad at Prithvi Theatre, will be a solo recital of morning ragas by vocalist Raghunandan Panshikar. Tickets priced at Rs 200 per person are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, May 15 at 7.30 am.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 5917.
MUSIC TALKS Salim Merchant at the True School of Music
Hindi film music composer Salim Merchant of the duo Salim-Sulaiman will give a talk titled "Breaking Down Bollwyood" in which he will speak about his career in the industry. Register here.
When: Sunday, May 15 at 1 pm.
Where: True School of Music, 107, Sun Mill Compound, opposite Phoenix Mills, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6624 3200.
FOOD & DRINK Let’s Brunch Cookshop at Eighth
Home cook and food blogger Amrita Kaur will conduct a cooking demonstration during which she will prepare eggs Benedict waffles; boozy French toast with spiced mascarpone; wine poached apple salad with candied nuts and blue cheese; smoked chicken and mushroom quiche; ragi crepes with mangoes and vanilla yoghurt; and jamun sangria. The workshop is priced at Rs 2,200 per person and includes tastings. Reserve a seat here.
When: Sunday, May 15, from 4 pm to 7 pm.
Where: Eighth, Flat No. 12, Rosy Red Building, Hanuman Nagar, near YMCA Grounds, off Carter Road, Bandra (West). Tel: 98202 67003.
TREASURE HUNT The CuriousCity Challenge in South Mumbai
Mumbai-based travel company Some Place Else will conduct the second edition of this treasure hunt that will take participants across South Mumbai as they decode over a dozen clues based on the city’s architecture, food, history and culture. Tickets priced at Rs 385 per person are being sold on Insider.in.
When: Sunday, May 15, from 4.30 pm.
Where: Cross Maidan Garden, Vitthaldas Thackersey Marg, Churchgate.
WALKS Queensway Walk in Parel
Khaki Tours, a group of local history enthusiasts, will conduct a walk in and around the Parel area. The tour will cover such landmarks as a temple with a double Shivling, a hill made of lava, the place where electricity first came to Mumbai and the spot where the first durbar for a British royal in India was held. Tickets priced at Rs 500 per person are being sold on Insider.in. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Sunday, May 15 at 4.30 pm.
Where: The walk will begin outside Firdosi’s Collection, a greeting card shop, at Parel TT.
ONGOING
EVENTS FOR KIDS THEATRE Summertime at Prithvi Theatre
Prithvi Theatre’s annual series of workshops and plays for children features 31 plays and 20 workshops this year. For the complete schedules, see here and here. To sign up for workshops and details of prices, visit the box office.
When: Until Saturday, June 4.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 9546.
EVENTS FOR KIDS Summer Fiesta at the NCPA Experimental Theatre + Godrej Dance Theatre
The National Centre for the Performing Arts’s six-week-long package of plays and workshops for children above the age of four will run throughout May and June. For the schedule, see here.
When: Until Sunday, June 12.
Where: Experimental Theatre and Godrej Dance Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.
ART Experiments: Five Postmodern Expressions from Bengal at the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum
The show, organised in collaboration with the Centre of International Modern Art in Kolkata, features the works of five contemporary artists: Sumitro Basak, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Pitambar Khan, Sangita Maity and Kingshuk Sarkar. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per person for adults and Rs 5 per person for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per person for adults and Rs 50 per person for children below the age of 13.
When: Sunday, May 8 to Tuesday, May 24. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.
FILM PHOTOGRAPHY Silver Magic: Vintage Photographs of the Golden Age of Hindi Cinema at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of photographer Jethalal H Thakker’s film stills and portraits of Hindi movie actors from the 1950s and ’60s. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per person for adults and Rs 5 per person for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per person for adults and Rs 50 per person for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Tuesday, May 31. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Kamalnayan Bajaj Gallery, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.
PHOTOGRAPHY Metropolis at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
An exhibition of images of 22 major cities by Dutch photographer Martin Roemers. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs10 per person for adults and Rs 5 per person for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per person for adults and Rs 50 per person for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Tuesday, May 24. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.
PHOTOGRAPHY Gauri Gill at Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke
Delhi photographer Gauri Gill’s show The Mark on the Wall encompasses three bodies of work. "Fields of Sight" is a set of images shot in an Adivasi village in Dahanu with drawings by rural artist Rajesh Vangad; "Places, Traces" has photos from Notes from the Desert, Gill’s series of pictures of rural Rajasthan; and "The Mark on the Wall" is a collection of photographs of drawings made by kids and teachers in government schools in Rajasthan. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Thursday, June 30. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, 2 Sunny House, 16/18 Mereweather Road, behind Taj Mahal Hotel, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3030.
ART Neha Choksi at Project 88
The artist’s new show Save the translation for later is a series of woodcuts and a video projection of her performance for the exhibition. For more details, visit Project88.in.
When: Until Sunday, June 5. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Project 88, BMP Building, Narayan A. Sawant Marg, near Colaba Fire Station, Colaba. Tel: 022 2281 0066.
ART Prabhakar Pachpute at the National Gallery Of Modern Art
Artist Prabhakar Pachpute’s solo show of wall drawings and sculpture titled no, it wasn’t the locust cloud deals with mining in India and initiatives such as afforestation and collective farming by a group of poets in his hometown Chandrapur. Tickets are priced at Rs 20 per person for Indians and Rs 500 per person for foreign nationals. There is no entry fee for children studying in school up to class 12.
When: Until Sunday, May 15. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: National Gallery of Modern Art, Madam Cama Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2288 1969.
ART Sachin Bonde at Clark House Initiative
Mumbai artist Sachin Bonde’s solo show Soil Oil hinges on the politics of oil production. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Until Sunday, May 15. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Clark House Initiative, Ground Floor, Clark House, 8 Nathalal Parekh Marg (Old Wodehouse Road), opposite Sahakari Bhandar, near Woodside Inn, in the lane opposite Regal Cinema, Colaba. Tel: 98202 13816.
ART The Art of Santiniketan at DAG Modern
An exhibition of paintings by artists Rabindranath Tagore, Ramkinkar Baij, Nandalal Bose and Benode Behari Mukherjee that explores the development of modernism in Santiniketan.
When: Until Tuesday, May 31. Open Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: DAG Modern, 58 V. B. Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort. Tel: 022 4922 2700.
PHOTOGRAPHY The Deepak Puri Collection: Legacy of Photojournalism at Tarq
This exhibition, put together by Bangalore gallery Tasveer and the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), an institution being built in that city, comprises 50 images by 30 photographers. The works have been selected from The Deepak Puri Collection: Legacy of Photojournalism, a set of over 150 images donated to MAP by Puri, the former photo editor of Time-Life News Service’s south Asia bureau. The photos on display include those by such major lensmen as Raghu Rai and Prashant Panjiar from India, Sebastião Salgado from Brazil and James Nachtwey from the US.
When: Until Thursday, May 26. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Tarq, F35/36 Dhanraj Mahal, Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Tel: 022 6615 0424.
