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Fragments of Home: Vera Tamari’s Art of Resilience at Venice Biennale 2026

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Vera Tamari

Amid ongoing wars in many places, the Venice Biennale, currently readying for the curtain raiser, is rife with controversy. In the context of Israeli artists participating in the Biennale amid continuing violence in Palestine, and Russian artists participating against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, this article offers a reflective look at Palestinian artist Vera […]

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Why Marina Abramović Keeps Dying for Love at Cisternerne

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Marina Abramović brings opera’s deaths underground in Copenhagen

Cisternerne in Copenhagen now hosts the large-scale cinematic opera installation Marina Abramović: Seven Deaths, installed in the city’s former underground water reservoirs in Søndermarken. The exhibition runs from 14 March to 30 November 2026 and turns the dark, damp cisterns into a sequence of chambers devoted to seven iconic operatic deaths. In each film, Abramović dies

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From Unfinished Masterpieces to Celebrating Creativity: World Art Day and Leonardo Da Vinci’s Contribution to the Arts

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Smriti Malhotra Did you know that there was a specific day earmarked to celebrate the arts? Did you know that this day coincides with the birthday of an Important Historical figure? Let’s learn about World Art Day and about the unfinished works of Leonardo Da Vinci to remember him on his birthday. World Art Day

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New Exhibition in Delhi Addresses Dualities in Visual Art

Exhibitions /

The Dvaita Dualities exhibition in New Delhi dives into life’s opposites, from black and white to heavy and light. Curated by Ankon Mitra at The Lexicon Art, this group show features 11 artists. They mix paintings, sculptures, and installations to reveal how contrasts blend into oneness, much as India’s bustling streets do. Opening on 18

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Picturing Babasaheb: Depictions of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Visual Art

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Ambedkar statue

A leader and father figure to the most marginalized groups of the Indian subcontinent, Dr. B R Ambedkar continues to shape the visual language and voice of resistance of the milieu. On the Day of Baba Saheb’s birth anniversary, let’s look at the myriads of depictions and iconography of Dr. Ambedkar, celebrating the legend.  

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Why is No Dalit Artist on India’s Most Expensive Artists list?

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The Indian caste apparatus flourished inside the womb of various religions of the Indian subcontinent. Caste practices grow across many religions, like the Sayed-Ajlaf division in Islam; and Jats, Khatris, and Aroras in Sikhism. What is primary to note is that Caste, across all faiths, is a socio-economic practice that creates innate social divisions based

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Ankita Singh Captures Apavarga Aura and Shiva Shakti Vitality

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An ineffable sense of aura and vital energy permeates the work of Ankita Singh. Her visual language unfolds as an intimate meditation on the unseen forces that animate existence—whether in the germination of seeds and roots, the radiating expanses of cosmic galaxies, or the microscopic cellular structures that constitute all living beings. Through her practice,

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