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Disney characters used to revamp Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Shawdesh Desk: An artist has used Disney characters to transform a hospital’s X-ray room to help put children at ease. Daniel Russell-Ahern, known as Mr Murals, donated more than 170ReadMore
Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie reopens after 6-year overhaul
Shawdesh Desk: Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, an iconic modern art museum designed by Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, reopened to the public Sunday after a six-year refurbishment of theReadMore
Author Hasan Azizul Huq admitted to NICVD
Shawdesh Desk: Hasan Azizul Huq, a renowned fiction writer who had been sick for almost a month, was taken to Dhaka from Rajshahi on Saturday as his physical condition didReadMore
Remembering natyacharya Selim Al Deen
Shawdesh Desk: Wednesday marks the 72nd birth anniversary of the Ekushey Padak-winning late dramatist Selim Al Deen, regarded as the pioneer of theatre in Bangladesh. Like previous years, the dayReadMore
Nigerian artist illustrating the human experience with a ballpoint pen
Shawdesh desk: From a distance, Jacqueline Suowari’s larger-than-life portraits look like monochromatic photographs overlaid with colorful graphics. Upon closer inspection, you see these dramatic images are the culmination of thousandsReadMore
Picasso artworks displayed in a Las Vegas restaurant could fetch over $100M
Shawdesh Desk: Eleven Pablo Picasso artworks that were on display at a Las Vegas restaurant for over 20 years will hit the auction block this October, just two days beforeReadMore
SM Sultan’s 98th birth anniversary observed
Shawdesh Desk: Tuesday was the 98th birth anniversary of legendary artist SM Sultan. SM Sultan Foundation and Narail district administration organised various programmes at Sultan Smriti Sangrahasala to mark the day.ReadMore
Prehistoric cave markings prove Neanderthals ‘paint art like humans’
Shawdesh desk: Markings discovered on stalagmites in southern Spain prove Neanderthals were creative and “closer to humans” than previously thought, a new study says. Neanderthals, whose lineage died out aboutReadMore
