August 9 - 20:
At Hotel Taj Connemara, Binny Road.
COLONIAL INDIA in Photographs of Wiele and Klein.
Germans Wiele and Klein were the best known photographers based in Madras in the late 19th and early 20th century in this part of India. Their studio was located on Mount Road (now Anna Salai) and in their publicity materials, they called themselves the official photographers of the British Governor of Madras.
Their pictures document the natural and architectural spaces of their times as well as customs and characters long forgotten.

Joachim K Bautze, a Greman expert of Indian art and on the photography of Wiele and Klein has curated this show for Madras Day celebrations and chosen a selection of significant pictures for this exhibition. They were frist printed from glass plate negatives which are now with the Vintage Vignette Collection, Chennai.

August 15 - 22:
Exhibition on Madras and the Independence Movement.
At Roja Muthiah Research Library, Taramani, 15th evening, and 10.00 a.m. to 7 p.m. on other days. There will be lectures on three evenings during the exhibition. For details contact: 22542551.

August 15 - 29:
At Gallery Sri Parvati, Eldams Road
Madras: Impressions from 18th to 20th Century. A drawing and painting exhibition by national award winning art director P. Krishnamoorthy

August 17 - 24:
At Vanilla Children's Place, Mylapore
Photo exhibition - Co-ordinated by Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Photo exhibit by the Chennai Photowalkers. These are photos taken on the first 8 photowalks in Madras.
To know about Chennai Photowalks visit www.selectiveamnesia.org

August 20 - 23:
At C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation, Eldams Road
Exhibition on Early Portraits of Madras – Etchings, Engravings and Aquatints from the private collection of V. Narayan Swami at The Art Gallery, C. P. Art Centre, 1, Eldams Road, Alwarpet.
Inauguration on Aug.19 at 11 am by S. Muthiah.
The exhibition will remain open from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

August 22 - 25:
At Rajaji Hall, Govt. Estates, off Anna Salai.
Exhibition of photos, books, paper clippings, coins, postal covers and stamps on Madras / Chennai.
Inauguration on Aug.22 afternoon. Show timings - 10 am to 5 pm.
Admission free. School groups welcome.
Show co-ordinated by Raja Seetharaman and D. Hemachandra Rao.

August 24 - September 20:
At, and sponsored by, Forum Art Gallery, Padmanabha Nagar, Adyar.
The Madras Canvas II, an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, installation, photography and cartoon art by 60 Chennai based artists. The exhibits will project their artistic and emotional response to Madras that is Chennai The Madras Canvas, whose first edition was during Madras Week 2007, will once again pay rich tribute to the city.