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Harvard Art Museums Break Barriers with New Free Admission Policy, Paving the Way for Greater Public Access and Cultural Democracy

The Harvard Art Museums have recently made a significant announcement that is set to revolutionise public access to its vast collections, exhibitions, and research. In a press release issued on Friday, the museum revealed its new policy of free admission, a move hailed by administrators as a groundbreaking expansion of accessibility. What is perhaps most […]

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AICCA: The Artistic Critique Unleashed – A Robotic Terrier Redefining Art Analysis Through AI

Aditya Sisodia In the ever-evolving realm of art, where creativity knows no bounds, a peculiar addition has emerged—an enigmatic robotic terrier named AICCA, the Artificially Intelligent Critical Canine. Created by artist Mario Klingemann, this fluffy-haired marvel combines the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the charm of a four-legged companion to offer unique art critiques.

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F. N. Souza: Indian Modern Legend and the other stories of Indian Modernism

Krispin Joseph Modernity and Modern Indian art is an epic discourse that still needs to be appropriately defined. First, we must encounter the diverse nature of Indian artists, their belonging culture, and the taste and aesthetics that merge with them. Most artists follow a unique tone and physique as an identity. One artist created a particular

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Mithila Festival USA 2023: Art for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Focusing on Gender Equality

Iftikar Ahmed The art of Mithila is well-known all over the globe. With a significant contribution from female artists, Mithila paintings have been around for millennia. The tradition of the art form is to tell stories about mythological and religious occurrences, as well as to serve as decoration and make societal commentary. With artists using

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Now, you can actually smell the flowers in a Jan Brueghel painting at Madrid’s Museo del Prado

Madrid’s Museo del Prado is home to Jan Brueghel the Elder’s 17th-century painting The Sense of Smell, which shows a nude female with a child amid a scene replete with a variety of animals and an abundance of flowers. The painting evokes powerful imagination and encourages the viewers to embark on a life-like appreciation of

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Clocking time: From a hand-drawn journal to contemplations of outer-space, Jitish Kallat’s multi-pronged approach takes us around the universe and back

It has been said that artist Jitish Kallat’s oeuvre sits between ‘fluid speculation’. There is precise measurement and also conceptual conjectures. This produces a range of ‘dynamic forms’ that constitute the process of his image-making. He employs abstract, schematic, notational and representational languages, as he engages with different modes of address, seamlessly interlacing the immediate

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Seasoned and emerging artists come together for Gallery Ark’s last commercial show in Vadodara

Gallery Ark is hosting a group show, Parsec, curated by Nupur Dalmia, in Vadodara till 31st May. The exhibition features works by 19 Indian artists including Aaiushi Beniwal, Alexander Gorlizki, Messrs Prabhakar B. Bhagwat, Deepak Agasthya, Indrapramit Roy, Jyoti Bhatt, K.G. Subramanyan, Kadamboor Neeraj, Kaizad Modi, Mrugen Rathod, Nihaal Faizal, Rekha Rodwittiya, Roshan Chhabria, Sarasija

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Outreach of traditional Indian Art: Mithila paintings find home in an exhibition in America

It is heart-warming to see traditional Indian art getting admired and discussed outside India. Therefore, we were thrilled when we came to know about Tradition and Transformation: Mithila Art of India, an exhibition that will run at the Benton Museum, Connecticut, US, from March 24 to July 30, 2022. Mithila art is an indigenous form

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