Welsh rock photographer Justin Thomas has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in New York against American painter Elizabeth Peyton, alleging she copied his 1995 photograph of Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher for a painting that sold at auction for $1.92 million in May 2026. The Photograph and the Painting The dispute centres on a […]
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Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese avant-garde artist whose obsessive dots, pumpkins and mirror rooms made her one of the most recognisable figures in contemporary art, has died at 97. Her studio announced on 27 August that she passed away on 14 August 2026 at a hospital in Tokyo; no cause of death was disclosed in the
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Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present before you the lesser-known facts about artists around the world. Yayoi Kusama “With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon,
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Saptarshi Ghosh Currently 93 years old, Yayoi Kusama has been dubbed the most successful living artist, known for works featuring her signature polka dots. Elaine Sturtevant’s practice on the other hand was far more conceptual, dwelling on questions of authenticity and originality surrounding an artwork. She is best remembered for her reproductions of artworks by
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Manjeera Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environment’. -Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama is a world-renowned contemporary Japanese artist known for her avant-garde
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The story of Kusama is fascinating for many reasons. She studied traditional Japanese painting style and moved to New York in 1958, inspired by American Abstract Impressionism, became a part of the Avant-Garde movement, especially pop art, hugging hippie culture in the 1960s, got public attention when she exhibited herself as brightly coloured polka dots
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Method’s third edition of Fresh Produce brings together 16 emerging artists whose practices reflect the range and vitality of contemporary art in India. On view from 21 August to 3 October 2026, the exhibition presents artists selected through an open call that received more than 400 portfolio submissions. A Platform for Emerging Practices Rather than
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079|STORIES in Ahmedabad presents Truth is Stranger Than Fiction, a solo exhibition by ceramic artist Khanjan Dalal, curated by independent art historian Lina Vincent. The show opens with a preview on September 6, 2026 and remains on view until September 26, 2026 at the gallery’s Bodakdev venue, before travelling to Latitude 28 in New Delhi
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The Inlaks Residency at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York is a competitive, fully supported two-month spring residency for one emerging Indian photographic practitioner or researcher, offered through a partnership between the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, PhotoSouthAsia (PSA), and ICP. Applications for the 2027 cycle are open until 11:59pm EST on 31 August
Dhi Contemporary’s upcoming group show, Learning from the Ground, asks a deceptively simple question: where does knowledge actually reside? Running from 29 August to 10 October 2026 at Bodhi House in Madhapur, Hyderabad, the exhibition brings together four artists: Dipankar Panging, Saroj Kumar Badatya, Seshadev Sagria, and Shubhankar Chandere, to explore how communities remember, transmit,
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