This compelling melange of over 15 galleries by Art Chutney is so surreal and engaging, that it tends to manipulate your senses into its world of psychedelic hues. Here's how...

Art is what art does. Explore the world of art beyond the canvas in this week-long art affair and see how your world gets colourful, sans the colourful flowers your spouse sends out. With informative sessions by art experts, short films and canvasses on display, this art melange is one that won't come back for a long time. Continuing from the February month-end weekend, there are only three more colour-filled days to catch up on...

March 2, 6 pm
Speaker session and screening of short films
Are you an avid art collector, interested in buying your first piece or just interested in the people who do? Lend an ear to Bangalore's gallery directors and curators, discuss the pros and cons of buying art at the Speaker sessions. Don't miss this chance of rubbingu00a0 shoulders, or must we say, rubbing those brush strokes with famed artists and curators of the likes of Suresh Jayaram, Neha Jiandani, Curator and Manager, Gallery Blue Spade, Vivek Poonacha, Director Maya Art Gallery, Sara Arakkal, Curator and Director, Galerie Sara Arakkal, Renu George, Director Gallery Time And Space and art historian and consultant, Lina Vincent Sunish.u00a0

Art is not only about canvas and paint as this festival proves on Tuesday evening. UB City mall plays host to Art Bengaluru's very own film festival, screening five short films from Bangalore's filmmakers.u00a0

The first film is a documentary by Paresh Hazra, followed by footage in 8mm entitled 'These Old Frames' by Tahireh Lal. Smriti Mehra brings us 'Neerinakallu', whilst the vignette 'Dead Beat' was shot at one of Bangalore's oldest meat markets, the final film, by Jyotika, 'Samvada' (Conversations) involves small site construction workers and their families in Bangalore.