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Experiencing the transcendent artwork of Sonabai Rajwar, what propelled her to create it, and how the world found out about her
Discovering the woman who single-handedly rejuvenated an entire art tradition Read More »
Today marks the 9th edition of World Art Day being celebrated all over the globe — the 2nd in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. It all began when the International Association of Art (IAA) in Guadalajara — a partner of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO — first put forward
World Art Day fetes its second pandemic edition today Read More »
April 15, On This Day Drowned, but not forgotten Exactly 109 years ago, on April 15, 1912, the British passenger liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic seas, leaving just 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board alive. Along with the tragic deaths of these hundreds of people, it is lesser known that
April 15, On This Day The Most Famous Painter In The World An unforgettable name in the history of art was born on April 15, 1452 — Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, sculptor, architect, draughtsman, theorist, engineer and scientist. Despite having many lost works
Santanu Borah takes you through the \”career\” of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art because he liked art. Profit wasn\’t his motive. But, whatever his motive was, art that\’s not seen is like a tree that falls in a forest and nobody has seen it There are petty thieves, there are criminal masterminds and then there
American artist Michael diCanio speaks to Pothi from New York about the impact of Covid-19 on local art, and his thoughts on the resilience of the art community and individual artists amid this crisis His art could be described as rife with subtle mythological, fantastical and religious iconography and Symbolism, sometimes arcane, sometimes nearly dystopic,
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
\’Not next to Mona Lisa? Then no Mundi!\’ New report reveals fresh controversy Read More »
Asif Imran: Urban and rural landscapes gently evoked As an artist, Asif Imran is deeply inspired by the juxtaposition of urban and rural landscapes, having experienced both in his formative years. A gentle glimpse of socio-economic realities and the changing face of the immediate world around us, influenced by myriad travels, are found expressed in
This week, our artists bring you layers, landscapes, social and desi themes Read More »
If one analyses the trajectories and stories of artists, some aspects begin to stand out; insights that otherwise elude us if we are not alert to nuances. There are common elements to the professional journeys of the forebearer of Gond Art form, Jangadh Sinh Shyam from Patangadh, Mandla, Kalipad Kumbhar from Bankura, West Bengal, who brought to fame the ‘bonga hathi,’ Odisha’s scroll painter or “pat chitrakar” Prahlad Mohrana who innovated “tapoi,” Sona Bai, or Neelmani.
The many mutinies of the tribal art and journeys thereafter Read More »
April 13, On This Day Expressing satire in surrealism Born on April 13, 1860, James Sidney Edouard or Baron Ensor was a Belgian painter and printmaker, and an important influence on expressionism and surrealism associated with the artistic group Les XX. During the late 19th century, much of Ensor\’s work was rejected as scandalous, particularly
Nobel winner Günter Grass was a visual artist, too Read More »