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Constitution Day: Why Do We Celebrate Beohar Rammanohar Sinha’s Art on Constitution Day?

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Beohar Rammanohar Sinha, artist who contributed to the Indian Constitution's design, alongside an excerpt of the original handwritten Constitution of India, highlighting its artistic details and historical significance.

Introduction Every year on 26 November, Constitution Day of India also celebrated as “National Law Day”, marks the adoption of the Constitution of India as the supreme law of the land. On 26 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India and it came into force on January 26 of 1950. […]

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Man Who Appropriated Legends: Richard Pettibone

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Artist Richard Pettibone Biography Richard Pettibone is synonymous with the innovative and influential art movement known as appropriation art. As an artist, Pettibone has garnered critical acclaim for his meticulous works that often replicate, reinterpret, and reframe iconic works of art from the likes of Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, and other masters of Pop Art.

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The Hazy Saturated Landscapes of Artist Richard Mayhew

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Native African American, artist Richard Mayhew was a landscape painter, illustrator, Jazz singer, and arts educator. He worked and resided in Santa Cruz and Soquel, California. He has also been the subject of a documentary, ‘Richard Mayhew: Spiritual Landscapes’ (2000). He has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions. Early Life and Career

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The Outsider Perspective of French Artist Jean Dubuffet

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Everything to Know About Jean Dubuffet Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet, a trailblazing French artist, is celebrated for his unconventional and rebellious approach to art. Renowned for founding Art Brut (raw art), a movement that rejected traditional artistic standards, artist Jean Dubuffet’s artworks have profoundly impacted contemporary art. His innovative use of materials and distinctive style

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Sarah Cunningham: The Crystal Forest in The Imagined Landscapes

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Sarah Cunningham Artist Life Sarah Cunningham was born in Nottingham in 1993 and resided and worked in London. She earned her BFA from Loughborough University, where she mostly created collages. Cunningham worked as a van driver for several years after graduating in 2015. In 2018, she was invited to work with the Indigenous Guna communities

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Tsang Tsou Choi: The Defiant Graffiti King Who Claimed Kowloon as His Own

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Early Life and Background Tsang Tsou Choi is widely known as the “King of Kowloon.” He was born on 12th Dec, 1921 in a small village in Liantang, Guangdong Province, China. He would later migrate to Hong Kong, where he lived the rest of his life and became a cultural giant. Tsang had humble, unexceptional

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Chromatic Maestro: Meet the Big ‘Bose’ of Indian Art

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Krishnamachari Bose: The Indian Pop Artist Artist Bose Krishnamachari is a curator, and the founding president of the Kochi Muziris Biennale is a prominent figure in the vibrant field of modern Indian art. Krishnamachari’s pop art style brings the attention of the people and media to his life and fashion and resonates with legendary American

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