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Tejaswi Poludasu and Vamsi Ballepu are the founders of TEVA Architects, a lively studio in Hyderabad that blends building design, room interiors, and outdoor landscapes into one smooth and connected flow. From early on, Tejaswi fell in love with drawing, which sharpened her natural sense for how spaces come together beautifully, while Vamsi discovered his […]
Material Driven Designs of TEVA Architects Read More »
Do you know that an Italian artist, Salvatore Garau, had an invisible sculpture auctioned for $18,000, drawing a variety of reactions online. For example, someone commented, ‘That’s not fair! I have the exact same sculpture in my bedroom.’ Another added, ‘I have some farts as well.’ Some individuals expressed uncertainty about how an invisible sculpture
Invisible Art and Value: The Controversy of Salvatore Garau’s ‘I Am’ Read More »
Apoorva Lekha (B.Arch, Acharya College) is the founder of AD Studio9, a Bangalore-based design practice rooted in creating thoughtful, nature-connected spaces. Her journey into architecture began long before formal education, shaped by an early sensitivity to light, materials, and spatial balance. This intuitive foundation continues to guide her design philosophy today. At AD Studio9, Apoorva
Small Plots, Big Ideas: Apoorva Lekha Designs Bold Spaces Read More »
Kamna Malik has been appointed as the Show Curator of the AD Design Show. It is Architectural Digest India’s flagship design fair. The announcement marks a significant moment for the show as it looks to deepen its curatorial vision and strengthen its position as the country’s premier platform for design culture. Malik brings a robust
Kamna Malik Named Show Curator of AD Design Show Read More »
Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) has named Han Ishu and yang02 as winners of the sixth Tokyo Contemporary Art Award (TCAA) 2026–2028. The award ceremony and symposium took place on 4 March 2026 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. About the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and TOKAS established the TCAA
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The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) in New Haven, Connecticut has put a remarkable 37-foot-long Indian scroll on public view for the first time. The exhibition Painters, Ports and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850 runs until 21 June. A Panorama of Lucknow in Scroll Artists created the scroll between 1821 and 1826. It
Monumental 19th-Century Lucknow Scroll on View at Yale Read More »
Art has long stood at the uneasy intersection of beauty and violence. It offers a space where the unspeakable realities of war can be confronted, transformed, and remembered. In the works of Sadegh Adham, Mohsen Keiany, and Sara Shamsavari, war is not merely depicted; it is portrayed. It is reimagined through myth, material, memory, and
Art and War: Memory, Myth, and the Human Condition Read More »
Gallery Pristine Contemporary presents Yeh Kab Ki Baat Hai?, a solo exhibition by Irum Rahat, in New Delhi. This exciting solo show features 16 paintings on memory, interiors, and shifting identities. It opens at Gallery Pristine Contemporary on 23rd April 2026. Rahat’s art shows how memory flows and changes, not stays fixed. Rooms, people, and actions repeat but
New Solo Show by Irum Rahat Set to Open in New Delhi Read More »
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is opening a dedicated phone line for confessions. He is also launching new editions of his most controversial sculpture — a depiction of Pope John Paul II struck by a meteorite. Dial In and Confess Cattelan is inviting the public to call a phone line and confess their sins directly. The
Maurizio Cattelan Wants You to Confess Your Sins Read More »
Melvin Edwards (1937–2026), who died last week at 88, was a Houston-born sculptor and activist who was raised during segregation and portrayed Afro-American lives in abstract terms. He first studied painting at the University of Southern California before turning to welding in 1959. Building on this distinctive artistic foundation, Edwards crafted intricate, abstract assemblages from
Melvin Edwards: New Political Vocabulary of ‘Lynch Fragments’ Read More »