Achievements in art
This year was objectively a successful one for both renowned and promising artists. Professor Mahmudul Haque received Japan’s ‘The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon’ honour for his immense contribution in strengthening cultural exchanges between Japan and Bangladesh through promoting modern art. Cartoonist Morshed Mishu was one of the two Bangladeshis to be named in the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list of 2019. At the beginning of 2018, Mishu began transforming tragic and shocking images from wars into joyful art, hoping to show how beautiful the world would be without violence or war. His series, Global Happiness Challenge, went viral after that. Bengal Shilpalay’s Breaking Ground: Modern Art in Transition, opened on December 17. Featuring the works of Aminul Islam, Gaganendranath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Kazi Abdul Baset, Mohammad Kibria, Murtaja Baseer, Qayyum Chowdhury, Quamrul Hassan, Ramkinkar Baij, Rashid Choudhury, Safiuddin Ahmed, S M Sultan and Zainul Abedin, it is quite an iconic art exhibition.
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