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The many mutinies of the tribal art and journeys thereafter

Special Story / 13/04/2021

If one analyses the trajectories and stories of artists, some aspects begin to stand out; insights that otherwise elude us if we are not alert to nuances. There are common elements to the professional journeys of the forebearer of Gond Art form, Jangadh Sinh Shyam from Patangadh, Mandla, Kalipad Kumbhar from Bankura, West Bengal, who brought to fame the ‘bonga hathi,’ Odisha’s scroll painter or “pat chitrakar” Prahlad Mohrana who innovated “tapoi,” Sona Bai, or Neelmani.

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Nobel winner Günter Grass was a visual artist, too

On This Day / 12/04/2021

April 13, On This Day Expressing satire in surrealism Born on April 13, 1860, James Sidney Edouard or Baron Ensor was a Belgian painter and printmaker, and an important influence on expressionism and surrealism associated with the artistic group Les XX. During the late 19th century, much of Ensor\’s work was rejected as scandalous, particularly

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Postcard from New York: A look into the vibrant art scene of the Big Apple

Postcard / 12/04/2021

Here\’s a bird\’s-eye-view of the hottest art happenings. By Kaivana, our person in New York As Washington DC continues to firefight Covid 19 at various levels of politics, media and health services, New York, is slowly opening up to its vivid art events from Museum of Modern Arts to public spaces. This is significant proof

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A very happy birthday to F. N Souza!

On This Day / 12/04/2021

Artists Francis Newton Souza was born on this day in 1942. One of India’s foremost art world maestros, this Goan man was well known for his wild ways and wilder paintings. He attended St. Xavier\’s College in Bombay, being expelled for drawing graffiti in a toilet which he claimed he was correcting, but the

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No cheers for Budweiser, cheers to Art for freedom!

News / 12/04/2021

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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Indian art goes to MoMA, and Indian Art Fair gets a new director

News / 11/04/2021

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So you want to be an art investor?

Columns / 11/04/2021

Ruby Jagrut writes on the nitty gritties of engaging with art that you would like to include in your life Everyone seeks beauty and truth in their lives. What they are not sure about is art. Because we have multiple layers of relationship with the object and subject of art. Mostly we see it outside

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Remembering Prince Philip, the artist (and more from the world of art)

News / 10/04/2021

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‘Disruption, destruction go hand in hand for creation’: Vasudevan Akkitham

Artist Profile, Special Story / 10/04/2021

Artist Vasudevan Akkitham weighs in about disruption in the art practice, and whether contemporary art is truly creating a language of its own As a stalwart of Indian art, a celebrated artist and also a teacher of art for many years, Vasudevan Akkitham has a certain clarity of vision when it comes to concepts within

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I walked into a gallery and saw my own face on a wall

Columns / 10/04/2021

The human face is one of the most dramatic subjects of art. Here, the author stumbles into his own face and writes his brief journey into the mysterious world of portraitures, and weird people with this obsession in these times of mobile cameras and selfie culture

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