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Still today, our sense of wonder is struggling to find meaning from age-old cave or rock paintings — to find answers that might be revealed in just a few seconds with the use of AI. All my life, I’ve looked at Bhimbetka’s cave shelters and wondered how that oxide survived thousands of years, and how those […]
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…That’s why it’s worth a read Ever since I was a boy, I would bicycle around my little town, Tezpur, with my watercolour pack and cheap papers, looking for subjects that would make thrilling landscapes. Cole Park was my favourite muse. It is dotted with various types of foliage, a large pond and a stone
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An exhibition without audience is absurd. But are all exhibitions meant for everyone? A drama festival is for drama lovers, a film festival is for cinema enthusiasts, and literary festival are for those who enjoy literature. Each exhibition targets its specific audience. Looking at it this way, who is the ‘audience’ of Kochi-Muziris Biennale? Exhibitions are evaluated
Ways of Seeing the Audience: A Critique of Kochi-Muziris Biennale Read More »
A significant exhibition on the occasion of World Photography Day, a week before has begun at Alliance Francaise Bhopal. This exhibition is a special showcase of renowned musicians in and Dancers in their studios practicing the Ragas unknown. Prriti Mann’s exhibition had a profound impact on the viewers, attracting a diverse audience of writers, artists,
“Interiority of a Photographer”: Akhilesh on Prriti Mann’s Photography Exhibition Read More »
Why Indian Art Took Time to Embrace Photography as Art When New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) held its first photography exhibition in 1937, it marked a major shift, photography was officially being recognized as a form of art. But in India, the journey for photography to be accepted as “art” took much longer.
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The Beginning of Jeff Koons’ Art Controversy It all began in 1989, when via an invitation by the Whitney Museum, and guest curator Marvin Heiferman, Jeff Koons created a piece focused on media for a billboard for the exhibition “Image World: Art and Media Culture.” Koons’ billboard promoted a fictional film named Made in Heaven.
Jeff Koons’ Made in Heaven is the Public’s Best-Kept Secret Read More »
The Trade Fair with The Grand Footfall has Scope of Change to Bring Art Closer to its Audience The 16th edition of the India Art Fair (IAF) opened with much fanfare on February 6, boasting more glitz and glamour than ever before. Running until February 9, this year’s fair has expanded its scope with Public
India Art Fair: A Growing Spectacle in Need of Reinvention Read More »
Gustave Courbet’s Contribution to the Art Community Art scholars argued about Gustave Courbet, a founding father of the politically-motivated Realism campaign, revolutionising the European art setting. He is regarded as an originator and initiated the route for the Impressionists and, eventually, the genesis of modern art in Western art. In each art history domain, people
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, a conceptual work consisting of a fresh banana duct-taped to a wall has made headlines as one of the most polemic works in contemporary art. First shown at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019, it soon sparked discussion about art’s nature and value. The work sold for $150,000 at its debut, an
Does Comedian Expose the Art Market or Exploit It? Read More »
The Lonely City by Olivia Laing is an exploration of loneliness in the modern city, and the connection between solitude and creativity through the lens of iconic artists like Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, David Wojnarowicz (and Nan Goldin), Henry Darger, Vivian Maier, Klaus Nomi, Josh Harris and Zoe Leonard. She explores Edward Hopper in the
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