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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 […]
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
Artworks seized from MET, Hause and Wirth new gallery, and seized antiquities in UK Read More »
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
JUNE 2, ON THIS DAY One of the masters of the Sotatsu-Koetsu school of decorative painting, Ogata Korin died on this day in June 2, 1716. He was famous for his screen paintings, lacquer work, textile designs and particularly for his byobu folding screens, such as Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms. He was
A remarkable artist of folding screens: Ogata Korin Read More »
It\’s the only place in the world where cave paintings of prehistoric marine life have been found, but soon, no one will be able to enter this grotto under the Mediterranean sea This art survived for 30,000 years, but today, the destructive nature of humankind finally seems to be speeding up its annihilation. At
June 2, On This Day One of the best-known British land artists of our time, English sculptor Sir Richard Julian Long happens to be the only artist to have been short-listed four times for the Turner Prize (1984, 1987, 1988 and winner in 1989). Long was born on June 2, 1945, in Bristol, south-west England.
Revolutionising the art of \’natural\’ sculptures: Sir Richard Long Read More »
JUNE 1, ON THIS DAY Born on June 1 1498, Maarten Van Heemskerck was a Dutch painter, portraitist and a specialist of historical paintings. He was the designer for many engravers and is known especially for his depictions of the Wonders of the World. Heemskerck was born in North Holland and was a son of
Maarten Van Heemskerck’s unique depictions of Wonders of the World Read More »
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
Years after planning, Human ant hill is finally opened to the public Read More »
One among seven founders of one of the oldest artist groups in India, Painters Orchestra, Jahar Dasgupta was born on May 31, 1942. He\’s a contemporary painter from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. His inclination toward paintings was vivid from his drawings of elephants, dogs, and trees on the floor during his childhood days. At the age of
Jahar Dasgupta, a significant contributor of the modernist art movement in Bengal Read More »