An 18-day art exhibition by  75 contemporary artists, titled ‘Brave Heart’, begins in the capital this evening, marking the 40th death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB. Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Fazle Rabbi Miah will inaugurate the exhibition at the new Gallery Cosmos premises SIAM-Mozzaria in the capital’s Gulshan area as the chief guest at 6pm. Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, media adviser to the Prime Minister, Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, Vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, and Pankaj Saran, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, will attend the programme as special guests. A total of 80 artworks of 75 artists depicting Bangabandhu will be displayed at the exhibition.
The participating artists are Samarjit Roy Choudhury, Hamiduzzaman Khan, Kalidas Karmakar, Tajul Islam, Abdul Mannan, Biren Shome, Shahabuddin Ahamed, Alakesh Ghosh, Farida Zaman, Naima Haque, Nasir Ali Mamun, Kuhu Plamondon, Nasim Ahmed Nadvi, Jamal Ahamed, Nasreen Begum, Rezaun Nabi, Rokeya Sultana, Ivy  Zaman, Rasha, Syed Hasan Mahmud, Ahmed Shamsuddoha, Saidul Haque Juise, Shishir Bhattacharjee,
Sheikh Afzal, Shameem Subrana, Fareha Zeba, Atia Islam Anne, Dilip Kumar Karmakar, Moniruzzaman Monir, Gulshan Hossain, Kanak Chanpa Chakma, Nasima Khanam Queenie, Samiran Chowdhury, Amirul Momanin Chowdhury, Proshanta Karmakar, Rafi Haque, Md. Jashim Uddin, Rashid Amin, Pradyut Kumar Das, Mustafa Zaman, Aloptogin Tushar, Sufia Begum, Najib Tareque, Bipasha Hayat, Kingshuk Das Chowdhury, Anisuzzaman Anis, Shahjahan Ahmed Bikash, Shabari Roy Choudhury, Dheeman Kumar Biswas, Shulekha Chowdhury, A. H. Dhali Tomal, Anukul Chandra Mojumder, Nazia Andaleeb Preema, Ronni Ahmmed, Maksuda Iqbal Nipa, Azmeer Hossain, Ruhul Karim Rumee, Sohel Pranon, Abdus Sattar Toufiq, Abdul Gaffar Babu, Bishwajit Goswami, Kamaluddin, Devdas Malakar, Shohag Parvez, Ruhul Amin Tarek, Md. Azmal Uddin, Nazir Hossain, Abdullah Al Bashir, Ratneshwar Shutradhar, Anisuzzaman Mamun, Kamruzzoha, Monjur Rashid, Shahanoor Mamun, Sourav Chowdhury, Abir Shome, Farhad Hossain.