April 2022

The Anxieties of Belonging: Dhavat Singh’s Gond Artwork Questions the idea of Home and Belongingness during the Pandemic time

News / 30/04/2022

By Avani Solanki Gallery Ragini’s exhibition for the India Art Fair 2022, titled “Conversations in My Own Language”, explores religion, folklore, and indigenous art traditions in contemporary contexts. The exhibition includes practitioners of Pichwai, Madhubani, Gond, Pattachitra, and Kalamkari art practices, along with some temple sculptures and photographs. As Nidhi Jyoti Jain writes, the endeavor […]

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The self-conscious intertextuality between art and literature in Youdhisthir Maharjan’s artwork

Uncategorized / 30/04/2022

By Avani Solanki Youdhisthir Maharjan is a Nepali artist with a background in creative writing and art history. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts from New England College, New Hampshire in the aforementioned fields, along with an M.F.A. from the University of Idaho. Maharjan’s intense affiliation with literature and the craft of literary

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Remembering the painter who gave human body to Hindu Gods

On This Day / 29/04/2022

Today is the 174th birth anniversary of Raja Ravi Varma. He was a painter among kings and a king among painters. Raja Ravi Varma\’s success is attributed to his skilful use of European film technology. He was noted for making lithographs of his paintings available to the public. This made him famous in India as

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Two decades ago, the world lost painter Francis Bacon on this day

On This Day, Uncategorized / 28/04/2022

April 28, On This Day Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon, a giant of contemporary art with his unique raw style, unsettling portraits and triptychs, passed away 20 years ago today, on April 28, 1992. He often focused on a single motif for sustained periods, and his output can be broadly systematically broken up

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Group show in Goa as part of Raza Centenary Celebrations

Artist Profile, News / 28/04/2022

Posthumous Dialogues with Souza: Homage to a Goan Artist, is being held in MOG-Museum of Goa, Saligao, Goa from 23 April to 30 May 2022. The event, comprising an exhibition of works of 27 artists – both upcoming and established including the likes of Atul Dodiya and Sudhir Patwardhan – is organised as part of

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As an artist, I am not subservient to anybody – Krishen Khanna Part 1

#longread, Artist Profile / 28/04/2022

By Vandana Shukla The centrality of visual art is governed by geometrical considerations. But it is the discovery made in the process that underlines its longevity. Krishen Khanna, a self-taught artist, has been engaged in making these discoveries through his entire span of life. His art has come to be celebrated globally for the fresh

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Saudi Arabia’s Royals sell artworks as financial squeeze tightens

News / 27/04/2022

A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends

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Dots and dashes are not all Samuel Morse is associated with, he was a painter too

On This Day / 27/04/2022

April 27, On This Day American inventor and painter Samuel Morse, born April 27, 1791, is best known for contributing to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, and being the co-developer of the Morse code that helped develop commercial use of telegraphy. But Morse was also a portrait painter,

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Three Abir Artists Feature in Lalit Kala Akademi’s 62nd National Exhibition

Uncategorized / 26/04/2022

Lalit Kala Akademi’s 62nd National Exhibition of Art is back with a repertoire of young and emerging showstoppers in the art world. True to its mission of being a platform to spot and showcase young talent, the akademi has this time around put the spotlight on 20 young Indian artists who have contributed their artworks

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The female powerhouse of Iraqi contemporary art: Naziha Salim gets a Google Doodle dedication

On This Day / 24/04/2022

On This Day, April 23 She was described by former Iraq president Jalal Talabani (1933-2017) as “the first Iraqi woman who anchored the pillars of Iraqi contemporary art”. Naziha Salim — an Iraqi artist, educator and author — has the Google Doodle on April 23, 2022, dedicated to her. Not a great

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