Chinese monk´s paintings displayed at Indian Museum
(WorldNews India)

KOLKATA: Indian Museum is all set to host an exhibition of paintings by Chinese Buddhist monk Dachan from August 17 to 27. The exhibition curated by French art curator Astrid Narguet is currently touring the world. From Kolkata, the exhibition will fly to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Narguet has been curating the exhibition since 2016, when she came across it at Rome, her current home. `I was requested to curate the exhibition by a Chinese friend. I did not know anything about monk Dachan. But I saw his paintings, a set of pictographs, and was fascinated by them. There is something beyond those strokes of paint brushes,` said Narguet. Narguet hopes that this exhibition will open up a new vista for...