City of Ravenna (49 min)

A virtual tour of the city conducted by Caterina Brazzi Castracane, historian, author and tour guide

The last capital of the Roman Empire in the West, the city of Ravenna located in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy is famous for its early Christian and Byzantine mosaics. The tomb of Dante Alighieri, considered the father of Italian language and one of the most important poets in world literature, is also located in this city where he died in 1321

An initiative of the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Bell’Italia 88

Screening of NHK documentary films on Japan’s history, literature, art, culture and heritage. Organised with the support of NHK World and Embassy of Japan, New Delhi

Bonsai: Nature in a Pot (25 min; 2020; English)

The living art of Bonsai is derived from an ancient Chinese horticultural practice, part of which was then redeveloped under the influence of Japanese Zen Buddhism. The word “Bon-sai” (often misspelled as bonzai or banzai) is a Japanese term which, literally translated, means “planted in a container”. What is behind the art of cultivating trees into aesthetically pleasing shapes in containers rather than allowing nature to take its course?  The film explores the essence of the Japanese spirit as reflected in the art of bonsai

An exhibition of paintings by Daniela Reis from Portugal based on the artist’s own exploration, reflection and experience of the ‘feminine’. The artist works with oil on canvas, oil on paper, enamel and digital painting

The online exhibition is on view 1st to 14th February 2021

( Collaboration: Portuguese Embassy Cultural Centre )

Artist statement

The exhibition presents works that are part of a wider artistic production and thinking in the artist’s own exploration based on the reflection and experience of the “feminine”. In the search for it, for the difference and the alternate in what is a common territory of stereotypes and domination relationships. A provisional territory, constantly updated.

As the title suggests, I am also interested in exploring a side of the experience that goes beyond the immediate relationship with objects, physicality and the flesh itself.

    Not the whole body is flesh:
    it is also water, earth, wind, fire…* 

In general, I work in a series of paintings that are related through a thematic or at a more formal level like colour or construction of space. Each set of works always arises from a curiosity and ends when another interest becomes more pressing.

My material of choice is oil on canvas or on paper, yet I work on enamel and digital painting. I paint several pieces simultaneously. I plan my studio work little because my pace is guided by curiosity, urgency and pleasure. My paintings is strongly influenced by what I read and my personal experiences.

-    Daniela Reis

BIO

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
Daniela Reis is the official painter of the former and the current president of the Portuguese Red Cross, Dr. Francisco George and Dr. Luís Barbosa whose portraits are in permanent exhibition in the Museum of the Portuguese Red Cross in Lisbon.
Daniela made an itinerant exhibition in several marrocain cities with the support of the Portuguese Embassy in Marrocos.
Currently Daniela teaches private and public Art classes ( art history, painting, drawing); She is engaged with personal projects and commissioned works in her studio.

Master of Fine Arts in Painting, University of Lisbonʼs Faculty of Fine Arts; University Degree in Painting, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Fine Arts;
Post-Graduation in Leadership Training and Team Development in ISPA (Institute of Applied Psychology)
Pedagogic training in Gulbenkian Foundation with Eurico Gonçalves.

Complementary artistic training:
Artistic Development Program with Marta Wengorovius;
Painting development course, Painting Society of Fine Arts of Lisbon, Workshop in glass techniques, Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon,
Plastic Expression development course, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Space and Creativity course, by Helena Carqueijeiro, Gulbenkian Foundation.
 
EXHIBITIONS
Individual Exhibitions (selection)
2017 | ”Cocoon”, Casablanca, Essaouira, El Jadida, Marrocos 2017 | “A sombra domesticada”, Galeria Acervo, Lisboa
2013 | Centro de Artes de Sines, Sines 2013 | Hotel Londres, Estoril
2013 | Hotel Golf Mar, Porto Novo
2011 | “A Eternidade e Um Dia” – Biblioteca Orlando Ribeiro, Lisboa 2003 | Ministério das Finanças (SOFE)
2002 | “E agora? Agora ainda não” – Associação Guilherme Cossoul, Lisboa 2001 |“Poeira de Estrelas” Sociedade de Instrução Guilherme Cossoul, Lisboa

Collective exhibitions (selection)
2016 | “In good hands” – ISEG – Galeria Acervo, Lisboa 2016 | “30×30” – Galeria Acervo, Lisboa
2016 | “Não sei quantas almas tenho” – Galeria Acervo, Lisboa
2013 | “Caixa para Musicar Sonhos” – Exposição colectiva “100 Pontos à Vista” no espaço público, Carnide, Lisboa
2013 | Intervenção Mural Colectiva – com a Galeria Nómada inserido no projecto NAVE, Carnide, Lisboa
2006 | Projecto “A mulher Verde Mãe” – Veiros, Estremoz 2004 | Ministério das Finanças
2001 | Teatro Taborda, associada à peça “MAR ME QUER” de Mia Couto pelo Teatro Meridional, Lisboa
1999 | Sociedade de Instrução Guilherme Cossoul, Lisboa 1998 | Casa-Museu Mestre João da Silva, Lisboa
1997 | Azambuja

Publications
2015 | Le Monde Diplomatique, Nº 109
2014 | 70 Cavaquinhos 70 Artistas, Associação Cultural Museu do Cavaquinho 2013 | “DELÍRIO – Para Além Das Fronteiras do Tempo e do Espaço (Manifesto Précaliptico)” de Pedro Virgílio Cunha
 

Panelists: Shri Ajay Shankar IAS (retd.), former Secretary, Govt. of India; Prof. Sushil Khanna,  Professor of Economics and Strategic Management, IIM, Kolkata; and Shri Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation

Moderator: Prof. Dinesh Kumar Abrol, TRCSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Chair: Shri M.G. Devasahayam, IAS (retd.), Chairman, People-First

Built over decades with people’s money, India’s public sector is the repository of huge assets including land and minerals, vital infrastructure and huge productive forces. Public sector in India was an instrument to attain self-reliant economy and create the industrial base of the country. The discussion will focus on the impact and implications of dismantling the public sector from the perspectives of policy aspects; an assessment of the performance of public enterprises; impact on the economy and the common man, etc.