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A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends […]
Queen Victoria’s paintings discovered at Surrey cottage up for auction Read More »
The National Gallery of Modern Arts (NGMA) will receive Air India’s precious collection of almost 4,000 paintings and sculptures by well-known painters for preservation and public display. In this regard, the airline and the NGMA inked a memorandum of understanding in the presence of Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
NGMA will house the precious collection of Air India artworks Read More »
Although the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, has frequently been a pioneer in tying technological challenges to everyday language, the country’s engineering institutes are typically thought of as churning up technical solutions for the nation’s difficult problems. For fans of visual storytelling and cinema, the “Comics Conclave” at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN)
Comics Conclave Showcasing Satyajit Ray’s Original Sketchbook Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Satish Sharma’s painting and sculptures exhibition began on January 12 at Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi. The exhibition, titled Marked Terrain, includes paintings as well as sculptures. He avoids using any kind of description or narrative in his artwork, which only enhances the viewing experience. The paintings and sculptures included in this
Satish Sharma: creating pleasure in the viewing experience Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Kochi Muziris Biennale brings many things together. The twin harbour city, Mattancherry and Fort Kochi, had a uniqueness before the Biennale, from colonial period trade to myriad compositions of the ethnic groups, old buildings and warehouses that assembled the historical cities in the Arabian seashore. Biennale gathers specialities, including the historicity of
Auto rickshaw toured Biennale Read More »
The history of traditional craft techniques and how they were adapted into a modern design is traced in the exhibition “Roopantar-Transformation.” The focus of this exhibition is on how supposedly established customs adapt to change and embrace the “new,” whether it be methods, components, or features. This show honours the fundamental act of Transformation, Roopantar,
Abhishek Kumar “I don’t want to control the experience, but I do want to couch the experience. For me my strokes and colours in my landscapes have the ability to create channels of energy that allow me to focus my view on special things.” — Nabibakhsh Mansoori Through his abstract studies of landscapes, Nabibakhsh Mansoori
“Time in a Prism” on show at Gallery Nvya Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX We may not know anything about the dictatorship, or we know it very well; have we gone through it silently? Our understanding of General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile is insufficient to define or identify the artwork related to that subject. We all are far away from the horrors of the Pinochet
Disappearance, exile and loss of home Read More »
Abhishek Kumar “Life throbs in the frozen moment. We are inside the room where the artificial is real and truth resides. The actor does not lie.” – Atul Dodiya Atul Dodiya draws inspiration from popular Indian cinema to produce realistic paintings with recognizable characters. Dodiya has already painted scenes from movies, and in his most
Chemould Prescott Road exhibiting works of Atul Dodiya Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj When we look at a painting, we often try to read a story from the shapes on the surface. When there are abstract paintings in front, then the same story becomes a mystery. But, many times we see such paintings which are abstract but do not bring any mystery. They just present
Dreams, Secrets, and the Past: The World of Muzaffar Ali’s Creation Read More »