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Krispin Joseph PX What we call Art is not always presented as Art. Art is not defined yet, so that anything can be Art; even an object purchased from the […]
Why Artists Christo and Jeanne Wrapped Everything? Read More »
Digvijay Nikam “The exotic in the painting doesn’t really interest me because the novelty of it wears off very easily whereas our day-to-day thing interest me because it is there
A Chronicler of the Indian Everyday: Bhupen Khakhar and ‘Our’ Quotidian World Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Art always liberates us from the odd of mundane struggles and expressions. The Art Critique Robert Hughes called ‘Art needs to hold us as a water hold
V S Gaitonde: Artist of Painting as Process and Life Read More »
Pratiksha Shome “Painting was his life and obsession and if he was ever away from his paints, he would become extremely restless.” A private diary scribbling found after his
Lancelot Riberio: An artist that gave rise to expressionism in Indian Read More »
Smriti Malhotra Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) a Spanish painter who was born in Madrid, Spain, is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of the Baroque period. He was a
A Spanish Master of Realism: The Story of Diego Velázquez Read More »
Digvijay Nikam No matter where I was in the world, I would step outside with my paints and materials and paint as if I were touched by a force that
The Captivating Photorealist Paintings of Shibu Natesan Read More »
Digvijay Nikam There is a significant relationship between writing and painting. Our painting tradition has been saturated with it. But now we have developed a purist mode where we have
The Rebellious Artworld of Gulam Mohammed Sheikh Read More »
Digvijay Nikam “Art extracts every bit of existence from you — that’s the promise of the divine.” – Raqib Shaw Among the thousands who were displaced during the political unrest
What’s So Unique About Raqib Shaw’s Cross-Cultural Fantasy World? Read More »
Digvijay Nikam One of India’s most important art collections was put together by the Indian airline company Air India. The ‘Maharaja Collection’ as it came to be called comprises over
Documenting Indian Women: The Introspective Paintings of B. Prabha Read More »
Digvijay Nikam In the late 19th and early 20th century when the Nationalist movement in India was in full sway with the revivalist school of painting in Bengal responding to its