On This Day

Vaishnavi Srivastava 10th April, ON THIS DAY “The kind of painting which I find exciting is not necessarily representational or non-representational, but it is musical and architectural” — Ben Nicholson […]

Iftikar Ahmed 8th April, ON THIS DAY “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” — Pablo Picasso On April 8,

Iftikar Ahmed 7th April, ON THIS DAY “Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God..” — Gerrit Dou Gerrit Dou was a renowned Dutch painter of the

Iftikar Ahmed 30th March, ON THIS DAY “The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting.” — Vincent Van Gogh Dutch Painter Vincent William Van Gogh was born on

Iftikar Ahmed 27th March, ON THIS DAY “What finally is beauty? Certainly, nothing can be calculated or measured. It is always something imponderable, something that lies between things.” ― Mies

Manjeera 24th March, ON THIS DAY “History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.” ― William Morris William Morris was

Manjeera 23rd March, ON THIS DAY Cubism is not a manner but an aesthetic, and even a state of mind; it is therefore inevitably connected with every manifestation of contemporary

Manjeera 22 MARCH, ON THIS DAY Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate

Manjeera March 21, ON THIS DAY Haku Shah revitalized folk art in India, recognizing its importance to the country’s cultural inheritance. His paintings, which were a product of his careful

Iftikar Ahmed March 20, ON THIS DAY Photographing people from the margin is what Mary Ellen Mark is known for.  From portraits to reportage, from the US to Mexico to