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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 […]
New-age art: A single tweet is poised to sell for $2.5 million Read More »
Tribhuvan Kumar: Human learnings born from nature’s wisdom Themes that dominate the soul of Tribhuvan Kumar’s artwork, executed often via the medium of etching and wood, include human subjects like the families of labourers, as well as elements of nature like flora and fauna. The representation of the human body often morphs into a part
Decay, struggle, abstraction and evolution from this week’s artists Read More »
M F Husain, a member of the Progressive Artists\’ Group, was a pilgrim of art who went from Pandharpur to Mumbai — a great example of great art coming from little India. By the Pothi team While talking about emerging art, it is best not to talk about artists who are already the toasts of
M F Husain: A retrospective of the pilgrim of art Read More »
Think about Ghana and you see the Kanto batiq print in your mind. The Pothi team profiles Dr. Abraham Ekow Asmah, the man behind the Kanto From the early ages, great thinkers and inventors have constantly shaped our society by inventing a new product or process that solves a technical problem. It is, generally agreed
Volare, Kanto re: Meet the African who made the batiq print sing Read More »
March 8, On This Day This artist has a spiritual connection with his materials Born in Germany’s Black Forest just two months before the end of World War II (on March 8, 1945), Anselm Kiefer went on to become a prolific artist influenced deeply by the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as the spiritual
Depicting the horrors of The Holocaust Read More »
Artist Veer Munshi remembers his early life in Kashmir and tells Santanu Borah what made him want to go to Baroda. This is first part of a four-part series There are enough instances in the history of the human race that shows that conflict mothers great ideas, events and art. The thinking human being always
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
The coronavirus is now a muse for artists Read More »
March 7, On This Day Pioneer of 20th-century abstract art Regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile artists of the last century, Piet Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872. The Dutch painter and art theoretician is said to have pioneered 20th-century abstract art. He changed direction from figurative painting to an increasingly
Mondrian explored art through geometry Read More »
Picasso has left the UN building in New York. Ruby Jagrut feels the wall should not be empty and advises the UN to fill it with something young, contemporary and meaningful. She also lists some of her choices For the post World War scenario, it was great to have Picasso\’s Guernica on the panels of
Guernica is gone. We can’t keep staring at the blank panel Read More »
(Editor’s note: Abir Pothi is excited to bring you book excerpts from Raza: Jaisa Maine Dekha (Rajkamal Prakashan) by noted artist Akhilesh, where he has sketched with words his long association with Syed Haidar Raza from the author’s early days to Raza’s last. We thank Akhilesh for allowing us to translate and use excerpts for Abir readers.