On This Day

March 23, On this Day Robot roots On March 23, 1945, Czech painter, writer, and poet Josef Čapek met his end at the horrendous Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He was the Czech artist who invented the word “robot”, which was introduced into literature via a science fiction novel by his brother, Karel Čapek. A painter of […]

March 21, On This Day A chirp that changed the world It was 15 years ago today, on March 21, 2006, that social media microblogging site Twitter was founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams. It has over 500 million users today, and one of its most identifiable features is that

March 18, On This Day Unsolved to this day! It remains till date the biggest art heist in US history. Early in the morning of March 18, 1990, two thieves disguised as police officers robbed the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston of 13 artworks worth some $500 million. These included some of the most valuable paintings

March 15, On This Day What you see is not what you get Look upon this picture with all your attention for a minute? What do you see? The answer that optical art usually provides is that everyone sees something different! And for this fascinating addition to the sphere of art, we can all thank

March 12, On This Day One of Bengal’s foremost artists Described by leading contemporary artist MF Husain once as “the best painter in India”, Ganesh Pyne was born in 1937, and passed away at the age of 75 on March 12, 2013. Born in Kolkata, West Bengal, Pyne started as a watercolourist under the Bengal

March 11, On This Day Rome: The artistic ancient civilization It\’s an unexpected milestone, but utterly worth noting. On March 11, 1986, it was officially 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21st, 753 BC. The art of Ancient Rome includes architecture, painting, sculpture, mosaic work, luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving,

March 10, On This Day It was exactly a year ago, on March 10, 2020, that the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the world has experienced significant upheaval, and the art sector has not gone by untouched either. Besides economic and logistical impact, the actual virus itself has also

March 8, On This Day This artist has a spiritual connection with his materials Born in Germany’s Black Forest just two months before the end of World War II (on March 8, 1945), Anselm Kiefer went on to become a prolific artist influenced deeply by the horrors of the Holocaust, as well as the spiritual

March 7, On This Day Pioneer of 20th-century abstract art Regarded as one of the greatest and most versatile artists of the last century, Piet Mondrian was born on March 7, 1872. The Dutch painter and art theoretician is said to have pioneered 20th-century abstract art. He changed direction from figurative painting to an increasingly

March 6, On This Day A record-holding artist After a long and prolific art career and recognition as the ‘Mother of American modernism’, American artist Georgia O’Keeffe passed away on March 6, 1986, just short of a 100 years old. Known for motifs of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes, O’Keeffe holds