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Waiting Under Systems: A Curator Between the ICU, the Art World, and a World at War

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Myna Mukherjee

Written by Myna Mukherjee Musings from a Hospital Room Right now, my two babies, my pets, sit facing the door. Through the distant, unblinking eye of CCTV, I watch them hold their position: expectant, unwavering, and just waiting. As if the act of waiting itself might summon my return. Time gathers strangely around them; it […]

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Ways of Seeing the Audience: A Critique of Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Opinion Feature /

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

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“Interiority of a Photographer”: Akhilesh on Prriti Mann’s Photography Exhibition

Opinion Feature /

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,

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Jeff Koons’ Made in Heaven is the Public’s Best-Kept Secret

Editor's Pick, Opinion Feature /

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.

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Gustave Courbet: Critic of Romanticism, Founder of Social Realism

Artist Profile, Editorial, Opinion Feature /
Gustave Courbet and his painting

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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