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Exhibit focusing on Alienation, curated by Meera Menezes (Part of DCAW 2022)

The Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) 2022 has been showcasing a large number of artworks by diverse artists selected by 7 eminent art galleries of the city. While the exhibiting space of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) at the Bikaner House has been used in an interesting manner. But what is equally interesting is […]

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‘Art, Community, City’: Concerns about public art

By Abhishek Kumar and Vinay Seth On the penultimate day of the Delhi Art Week 2022, its Co organisers, along with the Culture Plus Foundation held a conversation themed, ‘Art, Community, City’ at the ballroom of Bikaner House, New Delhi. The talk took place among several panellists from different organisations with a stake in contemporary

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Insta artists who tell stories: From personal to political to fantastical

It might be called ‘The Gram’, but it’s worth a TON of exposure. Instagram has always been all about visual impact, and it’s where you find some of the finest artists in the world today, from the heavyweights to the hidden talent. Abir Pothi embarks on a series that will highlight the best of Instagram

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American artist Mary Obering dies at 85, Chennai show exhibits 45 stalwarts, and an exhibition that portrays Ukraine’s resistance against the war

Mary Obering, a painter who made geometric abstractions, dies at 85 New York’s Bortolami gallery, which added Mary Obering to its roster in 2019, said that she died in New York of natural causes on July 29. ARTnews reports how Obering’s paintings merged the pared-down aesthetics of newer movements like Minimalism with techniques and styles

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Celebrating the legacy of Nicolas-Jacques Conté who invented the modern pencil and Conté crayon 

Nicolas-Jacques Conté, a French painter, balloonist, army officer, and inventor of the modern pencil, was born on this day, August 4, 1755, in Normandy, France. If our daily lives are easier and more expressive due to the simple gift of the pencil, it is Conté to whom we must direct our gratitude to. He made

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Art on fashion, music, psychology, wellness and more! Check out these five amazing artists in this week’s Insta 5! 

@th.mansi  Mansi Thakkar is an independent illustrator and designer based in Bengaluru. She creates imagery inspired by nature, spirituality and beauty. On her Insta page, she puts up giclee prints with drawing printed on high quality archival paper, using rich archival pigments. Her work tends to focus on inner wellbeing. @tripathisiddhartha Siddhartha calls himself a

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