Post by AL Maheen

Galleri Kaya doesn't chase trends. It quietly hosts the kind of work that makes you uncomfortable in the best way. Chandra Bhattacharjee’s first solo in Dhaka Between Witness and Imagination wrapped up recently at the Uttara gallery (July 10–21). Monumental charcoal-heavy canvases. Shadow citizens staring back. Scars of disappearing forests rendered in burnt sienna and restraint. No Instagram bait. No performative spectacle. Just an artist who lived above a vegetable market, scrubbed kerosene off his skin, and decided the invisible deserved eight-and-a-half-foot presence. Galleri Kaya, run by Goutam Chakraborty since 2004, has built its reputation on exactly this: giving space to cross-border voices without the usual corporate varnish. If you missed it, mark the next one. Places like Kaya keep the signal strong amid the noise.