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Dispelling Myths About Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s “At Eternity’s Gate

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Renowned artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel’s venture into cinema, “At Eternity’s Gate,” offers a fresh perspective on the life and art of Vincent van Gogh. Departing from traditional biopic narratives, Schnabel’s film challenges long-held misconceptions about the iconic painter, aiming to provide a more nuanced understanding of his genius and struggles. In a candid conversation […]

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Bengal’s 10 Bhadralok Icons: From Literature to Cinema, a Cultural Exploration

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Now that you may know what a Bhadralok is, we move on to seeing different caricatures of the same. These intellectual gentlemen who brought about a Bengal Renaissance were cultural icons in more ways than one. These Babu’s and Bibi’s soon were seen in Bengali cinema, and literature and they still exist many centuries later

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Evolution of Bhadralok and Babu Representations in West Bengal’s Visual Arts

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The 19th century in West Bengal was marked by a sudden surge of the Bhadralok as we have now read in the previous articles in the Bhadralok series. The Bengali elite or the “babu” of Bengal changed the cultural landscape of the region in many different ways. Their dressing was a mixture of Indian and

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An Illuminating Glimpse Into The Unknown and Artistic Works of Satyajit Ray

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Pratiksha Shome A relatively lesser-known artistic identity of Manik babu, aka the world-renowned Satyajit Ray is often overshadowed by his films and his identity as a filmmaker. Ray’s films, books, and magazines, would have been incomplete without his illustrations. A glimpse of this is shown in his biographical cinema “Aparajito” by Anik Dutta. The illustrations

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MoMA Presents Outdoor Screening of Nonfiction Films; Last few days remaining for Caroline Trouvé’s solo show at Centre Pompidou

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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

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