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Daumier’s Humorous Caricatures of the Church, Monarchy, and Judiciary

On This Day /
Le ventre législatif (1834)

19th Century Art and Honoré Daumier Honoré Daumier was a prominent 19th-century, who was born today, on 26th February 1808. The protagonist of French realism, he was an artist and printmaker, who was known for his political caricatures. With his sharp wit and acerbic humour, Daumier mounted scathing attacks on the corrupt ruling establishment and […]

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From Shadows to Light: Recuperative Strategies in Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin’s exhibition Shadow Circus

Exhibitions /

Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin’s powerful exhibition Shadow Circus can be described as a memorialising project that throws much-needed light on a lesser-known episode from the history of Tibet, a nation that has witnessed systemic colonisation over the past seven decades. Through the use of archival material, it documents the intrepid resistance put up by

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