Till December 15: An exhibition of paintings by Alphonso Doss; Anita Roychoudhury; Avinash Thaker; R.B. Bhaskaran; Bishwa­pati Maity; P. Perumal; Ramlal Dhar; Sam Adaikala­samy; A.P. Santhanaraj; Sohini Dhar; Sukti Shubhra Pradhan (at Artworld).

Till December 27: Vivaldi: 4 seasons, recent works by Thota Tharrani (at Forum Art Gallery).

December 2-20: Anne Maniglier's photography exhibition (at Alliance Francaise).

December 7: An auction of The Spirit of Chennai portraits by Pascal Monteil (at Park Hotel).

December 9: Le Petit Orchestre Swing de France: Laurent Zeller (Violin), Laurent Parodi (guitar solo), and Gilles Parodi (guitar rythmique) take pleasure in reliving the history of French Jazz. They play on their old French post-war songs, combining the beats and colours of Gypsy and American Swing (at Fort St. George, Taj Coromandel, 7.30 p.m.).

December 13: Anne Maniglier's Photography Workshop (at Alliance Francaise, 6.30 p.m.).

December 15: Anne Maniglier's photography exhibition (at Apparao Gallery).

December 16-17: Anna Moi, Vietnamese writer, will present her work. Designer, singer
and writer, Anna Moi was born in Saigon, and she writes in French and Vietnamese and sings in Vietnamese at concerts in France (at Alliance Francaise).

December 16-21: The Prakriti Landmark Poetry Festival (Landmark, Apex Plaza).

December 18-22: 6th Chennai International Film Festival.