Abirpothi

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February 2021

The Artist, in cinema

February 26, On this day An artful award sweep! While the French and the Americans continue to spar over the nationality of this movie, the 2011 flick The Artist was a groundbreaking cinematic ouevre, artfully portraying a comedy-drama in the style of a black-and-white silent film or part-talkie. On February 26, 2012, at the 84th

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Want your artist friend to gift you their work? Don\’t Forget To Consider this

Santanu Borah tells you why in order to possess something beautiful you have to give something practical in return Since I paint often and pretend as best as I can that I am good at it, I understand some of the “interesting” problems that artists face. Without using the jargons that art writers are often

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From PoC art, to pop art

February 24, On this day Art in the time of racial segregation Now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century, Alma Thomas achieved this success as an African-American female artist, despite the segregation and prejudice of her time. Alma was born in September 1891 and died on February 24, 1978. She is

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Artists of The Week: From soil to sea, with cityscapes in between

Avijit Dutta: Staying rooted to earth The objects we interact with make revelations about our existence, believe Avijit Dutta, who chronicles these mundane things and their connection to the surroundings in often stark frames. Using mixed media on paper, the artist says he likes to put a layer of soil or mud in his pieces,

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