Do you know that an Italian artist, Salvatore Garau, had an invisible sculpture auctioned for $18,000, drawing a variety of reactions online? For example, someone commented, “That’s not fair! I have the exact same sculpture in my bedroom.’
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Kulpreet Singh Extinction Archive Art and Extinction Kulpreet Singh Extinction Archive: Climate Crisis Through Art explores the growing crisis of biodiversity loss through a powerful installation at India Art Fair. Using rice paper, pesticide stains and endangered species, the artwork transforms extinction into a haunting visual archive. In the video featured by KNMA, artist Kulpreet
Palani Kumar and Social Documentation Photography has always remained a “photojournalistic” or “news photography” medium. However, Palani Kumar is a Tamil photographer and activist. He uses photography to document marginalised communities and amplify their voices. For him, photography is more than an aesthetic medium. Through Palani Kumar’s efforts, underprivileged populations are becoming more visible. He
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Some might know him as Laurie Baker, but for us he will forever be the “Gandhi of Architecture.” Laurie Baker was born in Birmingham and studied architecture at the Birmingham School of Art and Design. During World War II, he served in the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU); a unit of the British Religious Society of
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Born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky in Estonia on February 20, 1901, Louis Kahn became one of the greatest architects of the 20th century after emigrating to the United States. After touring Europe in 1928, Kahn became interested in Medieval architecture, which cemented his architectural identity in his 50s. His style, which broke from early Modernism and was
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Colonialism is considered to no longer exist. It is a system that European countries implemented with profit as the only goal. This is very clearly explained by French-Tunisian writer and essayist Albert Memmi in his book The Coloniser and the Colonised. Since it was implemented solely for profit, the term ‘colonial capitalism’ is also sometimes
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At Mandapo, the artist-led alternative space in Mumbai’s Fort district, Aatish Khobragade’s solo exhibition Empire of the Coin unfolded as a meditation on labour, value, and the emotional weight of survival under capitalism. Curated by art writer and editor Sushama Sabnis, the exhibition brought together large-format circular paintings and a kinetic sculptural installation, extending Khobragade’s
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In 1947, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British barrister who had never visited India before, was commissioned to delineate a line bifurcating British India. He was handed outdated maps and obsolete census data to divide the country primarily based on religious demographics. A few weeks later, on August 17th, the Radcliffe Line was announced, formalising the
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We are currently in the midst of many wars. While the Russia-Ukrainian war that started on February 24, 2022, is ongoing, America and Israel together attacked Iran, while Israel’s attacks on Palestinians continue. The response given by writer Arundhati Roy to the question of how to look at the war is noteworthy: “Once weapons were
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PART 2 of Interview with Lorraine THIRIA. Read the first part Here: Bodies of Time: Lorraine THIRIA on Surfaces, Memory and the Imaginary Q: Your work is deeply sensory, but it also feels intimate. What emotional need does this practice fulfill for you? Lorraine THIRIA: My work is indeed deeply sensory and intimate. These impressions
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