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In a world where art intertwines with heritage, there exists a luminary whose presence casts a captivating spell on all who encounter her. Dr Shobhita Punja was a true connoisseur of Indian art and culture; she dedicated her life to unravelling the mysteries and preserving the beauty of India’s artistic legacy. With a heavy heart, […]
Rajesh Kumar Contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram passes away aged 79 today at 9:20 am. He breathed his last at a hospital in Delhi, where he had been sent after suffering a brain haemorrhage earlier this month. Born in Shimla on 1943, he attended Then Doon School, the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University
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Ved Prakash Bhardwaj In contemporary Indian art, Lalitha Lajmi has been an artist who has expressed feminine identity differently in her paintings. Her art was a kind of depiction of dramatic situations in life. She passed away on February 13, 2023 in Mumbai. She was born in Calcutta on October 17, 1932. In her art,
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Christopher Charles Benninger On the morning of 24th January Balkrishna Doshi left his body and continued on his journey, leaving us both memories of a man and an IDEA. I believe very special people are implanted in our memories at birth. So even before the first time we meet them it is a kind of
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Rajesh Kumar Born into a family of furniture makers in Pune on August 26, 1927, well-known architect and Padma Bhushan recipient Balkrishna Doshi died in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, January 24. Announcing the news, Architectural Digest India wrote on Instagram, “India’s greatest architect, Balkrishna Doshi (26th August 1927- 24th January 2023) has passed away at the
Demise of a master architect and Padma Bhushan awardee BV Doshi Read More »
Rajesh Kumar A prominent figure, a renowned painter and printmaker Sanat Kar passed away on Monday at the age of 88. He breathed his last in his home at Shantiniketan where he was residing since 1974. Born in 1935 in West Bengal, he had a long association with Kala Bhavana, the centre for visual art
“A loss not only to the art gallery, but to the entire art world” Read More »
Continued from Part 1. Beginnings Early to mid-twentieth century Bengal produced some very fervent artistic developments. Whether it was through the Revivalism pioneered by Abanindranath Tagore, or the Modernism embraced by the Government School of Art, Calcutta, visual art in Bengal gained from such different undercurrents. One undercurrent that had its roots outside the art
#Throwback2022: Somnath Hore: Communist Beginnings Read More »
Continued from Part 1. Beginnings Early to mid-twentieth century Bengal produced some very fervent artistic developments. Whether it was through the Revivalism pioneered by Abanindranath Tagore, or the Modernism embraced by the Government School of Art, Calcutta, visual art in Bengal gained from such different undercurrents. One undercurrent that had its roots outside the art
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Margaret Keane was an American artist whose paintings are recognizable by the oversized, doe-like eyes of her subjects, most of whom are children. Keane focused on the eyes, as they show the inner person more. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media. Keane died on June 26, 2022, at the
The creator of “big eyes”, who struggled to claim her artistic identity, bids farewell Read More »
Born to a Swiss-Mexican family, Lourdes Grobet was one of Mexico’s most prolific artists, with a body of work spanning more than six decades. She died last week on 15th July, at the age of 81. Though her oeuvre was wide-ranging, she was best known for her photography projects that pushed boundaries through their intimacy