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It is Essential to be There: An exhibition that celebrates an extraordinary architect

adfeatured, Artist Profile, Samvaad / March 23, 2023

Tsuktiben Jamir When discussing art, architecture cannot remain in the shadows. One may build without art, but as soon as one wants to do more with it than just fulfil the bare minimal functional requirements, one must incorporate art with architecture. If your art is moving people emotionally with your works, then architecture is capable …

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Rajesh Ram’s Sculptures Show: Carving the Present with Historical Context

News / February 21, 2023

Ved Prakash Bhardwaj The essence of Rajesh Ram Sculptures is memories, understanding the past, and understanding the threads between the histories made and the histories under construction, i.e., the present, and expressing the impact of power, power of all kinds of politics in human life. His sculptures are a journey from history to the present. …

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Michelangelo’s Painting, Sculpting, and Architecture

On This Day / February 18, 2023

Abhishek Kumar February 18, ON THIS DAY “The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.” Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance artist. He is …

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#Throwback2022: Only 1% of the population is dictating what artists are doing, that’s a tragedy: Christopher Charles Benninger, master architect (Part 3)

#longread, Samvaad / December 26, 2022

  NT: I remember this amazing essay by Octavio Paz long back, Poet in the Marketplace, so it\’s like Painter in the Marketplace. So Christopher, what do you think about the kind of market art has become in this country; not just in this country, I think we have just caught up with what was …

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#Throwback2022: Culture comes with behaviour that persists over time: Christopher Charles Benninger, master architect, in conversation with Abir Pothi – Part 2

Samvaad, Uncategorized / December 26, 2022

Nidheesh: I was thinking when you were saying about your journey from the US to these places and looking with a very keen eye on art from different times. Ram, I was thinking of the journeys of people who came from small places; I came from a small town myself and I think you too …

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AD Design Show to exhibit the premium products in the field of Art and Architecture

News / December 17, 2022

Bringing some of the world’s leading luxury brands and contemporary art galleries together under one roof, the AD Design Show is opened this weekend on 16th December and will be closed on 18th December 2022 at Jio World Convention Centre, BKC Mumbai. It’s a boutique fair of furniture, lighting, art, accessories and design. Architectural Digest …

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How Indore based architect Manish Kumat’s architecture is close to nature

adfeatured, Samvaad / January 11, 2023

Manish Kumat is an architect at par excellence, who has more than 1000 projects under his belt. Indian Institute of Interior Design was his brain child. He was the founder Chairman of the institute. Besides being the Chairman, he also held several important positions in IID. Abir Pothi had an hour long conversion with Manish …

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Remembering the artist who had a major influence in the artistic life of Berlin

On This Day / May 20, 2022

A major German baroque sculptor and architect Andreas Schluter was born on this day, 20 May 1659. Born in Hamburg, he worked in Warsaw as a sculptor and later called by the prince elector of Brandenburg, Frederick III who became King Frederick I of Prussia in upcoming years to Berlin in 1694 to work as …

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Digital art is an amateur love affair: Christopher Charles Benninger, master architect (Part 4)

#longread, Samvaad / March 21, 2022

Nidheesh Tyagi: Christopher is also a writer of a book called Letter to a Young Architect. But, I was just wondering if both of you can tell us what will your letter be for a young artist who is right now in a place like Khairagarh or Orissa, or outside Kolkata in Bengal. What would …

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