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Yayoi Kusama: Queen of Pop Art, Who Conquered the World with Polka-Dot

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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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Art and War: Zhanna Kadyrova’s Stone War Bread, ‘Palianytsia’

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Kadyrova Zhanna

We are currently in the midst of many wars. While the Russia-Ukrainian war that started on February 24, 2022, is ongoing, America and Israel together attacked Iran, while Israel’s attacks on Palestinians continue. The response given by writer Arundhati Roy to the question of how to look at the war is noteworthy: “Once weapons were

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Louis Kahn: Combining Modernity and Tradition

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Born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky in Estonia on February 20, 1901, Louis Kahn became one of the greatest architects of the 20th century after emigrating to the United States. After touring Europe in 1928, Kahn became interested in Medieval architecture, which cemented his architectural identity in his 50s. His style, which broke from early Modernism and was

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From Colonialism to Waste Colonialism: The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion

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Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku

Colonialism is considered to no longer exist. It is a system that European countries implemented with profit as the only goal. This is very clearly explained by French-Tunisian writer and essayist Albert Memmi in his book The Coloniser and the Colonised. Since it was implemented solely for profit, the term ‘colonial capitalism’ is also sometimes

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Empire of the Coin: Aatish Khobragade’s Sculptural Allegory of Labour and Capital

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At Mandapo, the artist-led alternative space in Mumbai’s Fort district, Aatish Khobragade’s solo exhibition Empire of the Coin unfolded as a meditation on labour, value, and the emotional weight of survival under capitalism. Curated by art writer and editor Sushama Sabnis, the exhibition brought together large-format circular paintings and a kinetic sculptural installation, extending Khobragade’s

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Lines of Trauma: Mapping Partition Through the Body and the Border

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In 1947, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British barrister who had never visited India before, was commissioned to delineate a line bifurcating British India. He was handed outdated maps and obsolete census data to divide the country primarily based on religious demographics. A few weeks later, on August 17th, the Radcliffe Line was announced, formalising the

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Art After Exile: Reading Zhanna Kadyrova’s Stone War Bread, ‘Palianytsia’

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Kadyrova Zhanna

We are currently in the midst of many wars. While the Russia-Ukrainian war that started on February 24, 2022, is ongoing, America and Israel together attacked Iran, while Israel’s attacks on Palestinians continue. The response given by writer Arundhati Roy to the question of how to look at the war is noteworthy: “Once weapons were

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Exploration of Evocative Silence in Art: In Conversation with Lorraine THIRIA

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Bodies of Time: Lorraine THIRIA on Surfaces, Memory and the Imaginary

PART 2 of Interview with Lorraine THIRIA. Read the first part Here: Bodies of Time: Lorraine THIRIA on Surfaces, Memory and the Imaginary Q: Your work is deeply sensory, but it also feels intimate. What emotional need does this practice fulfill for you? Lorraine THIRIA: My work is indeed deeply sensory and intimate. These impressions

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Bodies of Time: Lorraine THIRIA on Surfaces, Memory and the Imaginary

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Lorraine Thiria

Lorraine THIRIA is a contemporary french artist, whose practice moves fluidly between painting, photography, writing, and material research. Her Art is anchored in a singular visual world shaped by walls, matter, memory, and time. Trained in mural art and visual arts, and having arrived at photography through painting, she treats surfaces as living skins that

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