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Chandrashekhar Bheda unravels the fascinating world of textile murals | Textile Series 1

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Chandrashekhar Bheda studied textile design (Dyeing and Printing) at Sir JJ School of Art. Next, he completed his post graduation from the National Institute of Design Ahmedabad in Industrial Design with a specialization in Textiles in 1988. Abir Pothi reports how such a large potential stored in textile materials has kept him excited throughout his […]

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Sold for £18.6mn! Banksy iconoclastic artwork goes for 20x its pre-shredded price

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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

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“I am interested in surprises from my art,” says Manjunath Kamath, a man of many mediums

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Skilled facility with diverse media, multiple cultural references, traditional iconography, fragmented imageries, an often humorous visual vocabulary, and constantly reinvented modes of storytelling are the hallmark of noted artist and sculptor Manjunath Kamath’s works. In this Abir Pothi exclusive, he shares his journey with Gauri Gharpure Temple sculptures and paintings, churches, and Jain temples were

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Host of records set at Sotheby\’s, including for Indian NFTs; Karuppur kalamkari gets GI tag

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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

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Our Artists Of The Week dive into nature and the senses to forge indelible connections

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Sanjay Kumar Raj: A discovery of contemporary social and natural circumstances The deepest impact on Sanjay Kumar Raj has been, he professes, the experience of having grown up in tender rural climes and having lived amidst nature, observing its elements in all their splendor, from the creativity of the changes of forms and shades, to

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That\’s surreal! (When Dalí created a custom objet d\’art for Air India in the 1960s)

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Last week, debt-laden national carrier Air India was sold to Tata Sons, the country\’s oldest and largest conglomerate. Things came full circle as it was the Tata Group that had founded the airline in 1932 and then lost it to nationalisation in 1953 — and now in 2021, emerged as the winning bidder for India’s

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NYT\’s snapshot of the Indian art sector in the pandemic; Kashmir’s vanishing papier-mache artists

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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

NYT\’s snapshot of the Indian art sector in the pandemic; Kashmir’s vanishing papier-mache artists Read More »

‘Send them home’: UNESCO pushes for Elgin Marbles’ return; Arc de Triomphe unwrapped; Warhol’s portrait of Basquiat on block

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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

‘Send them home’: UNESCO pushes for Elgin Marbles’ return; Arc de Triomphe unwrapped; Warhol’s portrait of Basquiat on block Read More »

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