On This Day

March 10, On This Day Empowerment often owes a kindred debt to the courage of legions, or even individuals, who stood tall against norms years ago and opened up a pathway for the freedoms we enjoy today. One such artist, whose open acceptance of his homosexuality via and beyond his artwork forged brilliant new possibilities […]

March 5, On This Day Art made in worship A European world view rooted in the vernacular of Sri Lanka — this is what David Paynter, born March 5, 1900, is said to have brought to life in his artworks, as a pioneer creator of a South Asian idiom in what was essentially a Western

February 26, On This Day Pratiksha Apurv was born in Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh on February 26, 1964, to Vijay Bharti, the younger brother of the spiritual leader later known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh or Osho. In fact, Apurv also took sanyas at the age of 11 and started living at Pune commune. Later she moved

February 22, On This Day A century has passed since the birth of Sayed Haider Raza, or SH Raza, as he is more popularly known, on February 22, 1922. Known as one of India’s foremost modernists, he is said to have \”developed a language of art rooted in Indian tradition but also influenced by his

February 17, On This Day 109 years — that is how long it has been since the Armory Show opened in New York City on February 17, 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of the many exhibitions that have been held in the vast spaces

February 12, On This Day   The immensely popular composition dubbed The Scream, created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, is one of the most iconic images of art, seen as “symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition”. Munch created four versions of the painting and a lithograph stone, from which several prints survive. Here’s a

February 10, On This Day A distinguished Indian Carnatic musician and painter from the state of Tamil Nadu was born on February 10, 1919. S. Rajam is celebrated as a rare and gifted artist and performer. He is known for his series of portraits of the Trinity of Carnatic music — Tyagaraja, Muttuswami Dikshitar and

February 9, On This Day February 9 marks 13 years since the passing of Iranian avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor, Jazeh Tabatabai. The founder and director of Iran Modern Art Gallery — the first art gallery in Iran — he was born in 1931 and began his creative oeuvre at age 12, writing plays and

February 8, On This Day Frau power in German art One of the most important representatives of early expressionism, German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker was born on February 8, 1876, and died very young at the age of 31 from a postpartum embolism (in 1907). Until the years when Becker began the practice, women painters had