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The Gandhian artist, who brought alive folk art in the mainstream

March 26, On This Day  He has received awards ranging from the Padma Shri (1989) to the Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship and the Kala Ratna for his contribution to art. He held solo shows as a painter, explored, researched, taught, established a museum and curated its collection, wrote poetry and prose — and that’s just the […]

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Meet 2022 Padma Shri awardee, path-breaking Gond artist Durga Bai Vyam

President Kovind presents Padma Shri to Smt. Durga Bai Vyam for Art. She is a Pardhan Gond artist hailing from Madhya Pradesh. She has worked hard to regenerate the tribal art form. Her paintings are mostly drawn from the folklores and stories of her tribe and their myths. pic.twitter.com/iisPpE0QgF — President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) March

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Arts sector contribution to US economy remained strong even as pandemic took its toll: NEA study

A report released last week by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is now underscoring not just the dramatic extent to which the arts sector shrank relative to the wider US economy, but also its ability to continually create big contributions to the national gross domestic product (GDP) in the face of such losses.

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Kanchan Chander’s mixed media female torsos convey universal messages on gender

Kanchan Chander is a multifaceted artist working with a variety of mediums and most of her work focuses on unearthing different aspects of the feminine form. In a career spanning 45 years, she has prolifically undertaken numerous solo and group shows around the world. Gauri Gharpure presents an overarching take on Chander’s art philosophy, thoughts

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The iconic Starry Night’s desi link discovered; Warhol’s Monroe painting eyes $200 million auction

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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Budi Tek, One of the World’s Most Influential Patrons of Chinese Art, Has Died at 65

Art collector and Yuz Museum founder Budiardjo “Budi” Tek has died at age 65 from pancreatic cancer. “As one of Asia’s top collectors, Mr. Tek collects but never hesitates to share,” his family wrote in a statement confirming his passing on March 18. Tek made his fortune as the head of the vertically integrated poultry company

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Digital art is an amateur love affair: Christopher Charles Benninger, master architect (Part 4)

Nidheesh Tyagi: Christopher is also a writer of a book called Letter to a Young Architect. But, I was just wondering if both of you can tell us what will your letter be for a young artist who is right now in a place like Khairagarh or Orissa, or outside Kolkata in Bengal. What would

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Global art sales flourished in 2021; elsewhere, could a permanent Banksy exhibit be in the offing?

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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