Traditional arts and crafts are considered as the reservoir or carrier of cultural heritage of any culture or civilization. The arts and crafts represent those items which were developed by our ancestors to satisfy their livelihood needs from time to time.
Kolkata has played a significant role preserving our traditional arts and crafts at one side and on the other side emphasized on the development of modern Indian art and crafts. People of Kolkata worth their salt (or fish!) by having an artist's passion tucked away somewhere in the corners of their hearts. Small wonder, then, that the city is dotted with innumerable havens for art aficionados. The city has some of the country’s oldest art galleries and institutions, famous for their old and contemporary artistic heritages.
The arts and crafts in Kolkata mainly concentrates on painting, embroidery, weaving, engraving and inlaying.
Given below are the addresses of major art schools and galleries in Kolkata:
Major Art Schools in KolkataAnanda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts (Tanushree Shankar)
11-F Palm Avenue
Calcutta 700019
Phone : 033-22475997
Arpan Centre for Perf. Arts
29 Lake Road
Calcutta 700029
Phone : 033-24407030
Ashutosh Museum of Indian Art
Centenary Building, Calcutta University,
College Street, Calcutta - 700 073,
West Bengal
Academy of Fine Arts
2, Cathedral Road, Calcutta 700 016,
West Bengal
Anya Theatre
W 18(M) 3/8, Phase II, Golf Green,
Calcutta 700 045, West Bengal
Birla Academy of Art and Culture
108 - 109, Southern Avenue,
Calcutta 700 029, West Bengal
Calcutta Film Society
B-5, Bharat Bhavan 3, Chittaranjan Avenue,
Calcutta 700 013, West Bengal
Major Art Galleries in KolkataThe Academy of Fine Arts
2, Cathedral Road, Calcutta - 700071
Birla Academy of Art & Culture
108-109, Southern Avenue
Calcutta - 700029 India
Phone : +91 – 33- 2466 2843/6802
Ashutosh Museum of Indian Art
19B Anthony Bagan
LA Amherst St- 700009
Phone : 033-23503981
Chitrakoot Art Gallery
55, Gariahat Road, Kolkata 700019
Centre of International Modern Art Gallery (CIMA Gallery)
Sunny Towers, 43, Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue,
Kolkata 700019
Kolkata Information Centre
1/1 AJC Bose Road,
Kolkata 700016
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