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Punjab lalit kala akademi, on Tuesday, announced the names of the award winners for the Annual Art Exhibition 2018.

The Annual Art Exhibition 2015-16 by Chandigarh lalit kala akademi was inaugurated at Punjab Kala Bhawan. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Punjab, Haryana and Administrator, Chandigarh was the chief guest and Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator was the guest of honor at the occasion.

Chandigarh lalit kala akademi on Monday announced names of three artists who have been awarded the fellowships of Rs 1 lakh each for the year 2013-14.

The state culture department will send a proposal to the ministry of culture asking for a regional lalit kala akademi centre here to give artists wider scope and exposure, Preetom Saikia, commissioner and secretary of the culture affairs department, said on Sunday.

Even with a vibrant visual art scenario in the state, artists are not getting adequate exposure in the absence of a lalit kala akademi regional centre here.

The Sahitya Akademi faces criticism for withholding awards and alleged political interference, highlighting structural flaws and an unhealthy institutional culture. Reforms are proposed to increase government nominations, ensure broader representation, and balance jury composition to restore the Akademi's credibility and national purpose.

The four akademis of the state for the promotion of art and literature, including lalit kala akademi, Sahitya Akademi, Sangeet Natak Akademi and Urdu Akademi, which have almost become non-functional in the absence of presidents, are now plunged into deep crisis.

Around 130 photographers from across the country have displayed their work at an exhibition at lalit kala akademi Regional Center (LKARC), which began on Sunday.

The city will host the prestigious national art exhibition organised by the lalit kala akademi, New Delhi, after 17 years.

Autonomous cultural organisations — akademies, museums, libraries and cultural centres — under the culture ministry are fully funded by it.

Forty-nine paintings made in oil and water-based mediums by noted painter Nirupama Tank, an executive member of National lalit kala akademi in Delhi, are on display at lalit kala akademi Regional Centre.

The annual art exhibition of the Chandigarh lalit kala akademi concluded on Thursday.

The secretary of lalit kala akademi was unceremoniously sacked on Friday for failing to organize its big international art show, the Triennale.

lalit kala akademi has constituted a high-power panel, under noted painter Krishen Khanna, to recommend amendments in its constitution.

A group of artists have moved the Delhi high court accusing the Narendra Modi government of taking over and trying to change the character of the prestigious lalit kala akademi.

The lalit kala akademi recently hosted an art exhibition of paintings by IAS officer Rakesh Agarwal.

Recipient of Sardar Sobha Singh memorial award in 2001, Mehar Singh, who had a huge contribution in painting Sikh history, passed away on August 26.