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From monochromatic elegance to colour-blast paintings, from feminist art to art in cinema, New York remains abuzz with activity, writes in Kaivana. This is her third postcard from NYC. You can read the first one here and the second one here. Art and feminism A first exhibition in NYC for the feminist artist, Niki de […]
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
Pandemic art explores the idea of home; lost da Vinci artwork goes \’bust\’ Read More »
April 24, On This Day One of the best known artists of the 20th century Born on April 24, 1904, Willem de Kooning lived through almost all of the 20th century, of which he is one of the best-known artists. The Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist was a peer of Elaine de Kooning (his wife, née
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
Art in the news for mangrove conservation, online bullying and… bananas Read More »
April 23, On This Day Just 16 eventful years ago, on April 23, 2005, the first-ever YouTube video, titled \”Me at the zoo\”, was published by its co-founder Jawed Karim. Today, YoutTube is, among many different facets, a hostpot for art news, discoveries, launches, tutorials, experiments, and lots more. A quick search of some of
In 16 years, YouTube has become a haven for art Read More »
The Pothi team speaks to Pronoy Chakraborty, a young curator who the place you show art in helps recontextualise the entire idea It is said that the old must give way to the new. It isn’t to say that what the past brought before you is not important. In fact, we sit on the shoulders
April 22, On This Day Death of a socialist artist A committed pacifist and communist, this female German artist depicted the effects of poverty, hunger and war on the working class in 275 prints over her career, in etching, woodcut and lithography. Virtually the only portraits she made (at least 50) were images of herself,
Grief, poverty, hunger and war came to life in her art Read More »
The artist is just like any other worker, but he is also not exactly that. Santanu Borah helps you negotiate this irony Somebody once asked me how is the work of an artist any different from the work of a banker or a sanitation worker. The question is not entirely without reason. The simple answer
A layman’s guide to why the artist is needed 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
Photos on leaves, sakura in salt: Art around the world right now Read More »
Artist Yogesh Rawal passed away in Gurugram on April 16. Abir Pothi remembers his prolific journey in the world of art Experimental artist Yogesh Rawal, an eminent pioneer of styles in collage, sculpture, print and painting, has succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 virus, highlighting the impact of tragic loss amid this pandemic within the Indian
Yogesh Rawal: A master with paper art lost to Covid-19 Read More »