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Christopher Charles Benninger, a revered American-Indian architect and urban planner, passed away on October 2, 2024, in Pune at the age of 81, following a prolonged battle with cancer. His legacy in the field of architecture has left an indelible mark on India and beyond. Born in 1942 in the U.S., Benninger’s passion for architecture […]
Scientific Analysis Reveals a Hidden Renaissance Masterpiece A particularly gripping disclosure this month was an undefined painting in the maze of art history long suspected to be by Sandro Botticelli that turned out to have been hiding out all along at Saint Félix church in Champigny-en-Beauce, France. The painting of the Virgin Mary, baby Jesus
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Christie’s inaugural evening sale at its new Hong Kong headquarters on Thursday, September 26 realised a total of HK$1. The sale of 20th and 21st century art underscored the wariness of buyers to pay big prices, especially after Chinese collectors have pulled back from the market in response to global politics and domestic economic uncertainty.
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It was a cataclysmic season of 2024 spring auctions across the globe, with Sotheby’s, Christies and Phillips recording their worst bottom lines since the turn of this century. This decrease was caused by a number of factors, mainly — global economic uncertainty, overvalued prices and scarcity of top-notch masterpieces. What accounts for this upsurge in
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Kolkata’s iconic tram service, which has been operational for over 150 years, is nearing its end. The West Bengal government has decided to discontinue most of the tram routes due to increasing traffic congestion on the city’s narrow roads. Only a single route, between Esplanade and Maidan, will continue to operate as a heritage joyride.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri caused a flap last week when she turned down the prestigious Isamu Noguchi Award in protest of a dress code policy at the newly renovated museum, which included an attempted ban on keffiyeh wear among staff members. The keffiyeh (a traditional Middle Eastern scarf) is known internationally as a
A famous American lens men Stephen Shore who found his lecture course exhausted at the Central Academy of fine Arts( CAFA) in Beijing a week previously, griping that audiences were continually on their telephone. The evening presentation, titled “Five Experience That Changed My Life and Led Me to Become a Photographer,” was interrupted by Shore
Mexican Artist Teresa Margolles Creates Monument to Trans Community for Trafalgar Square The gritty work by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles will be installed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, London. Titled Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant), the piece will consist of moulds taken from the faces of 726 transgender,
What is Jasleen Kaur’s installation at Turner Prize 2024 about? Tate Britain, 24 September 2024 — What we will remember from the Turner Prize this year is Jasleen Kaur’s menacingly funny installation which mixes cultural history, music and bright imagery. Charged with the energy of her Sikh background and upbringing in Glasgow, her work has
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On September 23, 2024, Hanif Kureshi the co-founder of St+art India breathed his last after a long fight with cancer. Kureshi was a game-changer in the Indian art scene by making art accessible to all, as he took his works out of traditional galleries and brought them into the streets with giant murals and installations