The National Exhibition of Art at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House > 18th March to 10th April 2014

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Time : 
18th March : 
5:00 -5:10: Welcome -Ramakrishna Vedala, Secretary, Lalit Kala Akademi
5:10 -5:30: Introduction and Declaration of Awardees -Dr. K.K Chakravarty, Chairperson, Lalit Kala Akademi
5:30 - 6:00: Visit to Gallery, Exhibition Preview
19th March at FICCI Auditorium : 6:00 pm - Inaugural function of the 55th National Exhibition of Art 
19th March to 10th April : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm - Exhibition on view

Entry : Contact : 011-23009200

Venues : 
18th March to 10th April : Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001
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19th March : Auditorium, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Federation House, 1, Tansen Marg, New Delhi - 110001

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Event Description : National Exhibition of Art: The National Exhibition of Art is a major annual programme of the Lalit Kala Akademi. The Akademi has been organizing this prestigious event at various venues in the country to encourage, support and build, a meaningful involvement with artists and art lovers beyond the country’s mega-cities. The Akademi has mounted shows at Hyderabad, Guwahati, Kochi, Bhopal, Chandigarh and Goa. Since 1955, the Akademi has organized 54 National Exhibitions of Art and has presented the National Award to 565 artists and Honourable Mentions to 87 artists.  

National Exhibition comprises of 168 artworks selected from a competitive 6583 The 55th

Entry of works, by 2601 artists, 9 artists in the invited section and four films produced by Lalit Kala Akademi. The award carries Prize Money of Rs 1 Lakh, Plaque and a Certificate, each.

The works were chosen by a Screening Committee consisting of Shri Sachida Nagdev, Dr. Asharfi S. Bhagat, Shri Ajit Kumar Dubey, Shri Satish Sharma, Shri Aditya Arya , H. A. Anil Kumar. A second-tier Jury for choosing the ten National Awardees from this selection has been done by Shri V. Ramesh, Shri Ajay Kumar, Shri Deepak Kanal. Shri Deepak Banerjee, Smt. Shobha Broota, Shri Satya Paul, Shri Suresh Jayaram and Shri Shrenik Jain.

The works in the current exhibition merit attention on account of their challenging content, epitomizing creative features, individual commitment, discriminating quality of methods, materials used and more, so that the exhibition becomes a true representation of the dimensions of contemporary art thinking nationally.

Sayed Haider Raza Eminent Artist will inaugurate the exhibition and present the National Academy Awards followed by a Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by Kalapini Komkali Renowned Classical Vocalist K.K. Chakravarty Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi will preside! 

Schedule :

1st April 
Rajendra Kumar Tiku (Sculptor)

4th April  
Dhiraj Chowdhury (Painter)

5th April
Suresh Choudhary (Painter)

7th April
Ravindra Verma (Sculptor)

8th April 
Vijay Siddaramappa Hagargundgi (Painter)

9th April
Dileep Prakash (Photographer)

National Tribal Art Conclave

31st March to 6th April 2014, 11am to 7pm at Meghdoot - 2, Rabindra Bhavan Complex 

Tribal and Contemporary Artists will experiment and create art forms to narrativise their landscapes 

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