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Iftikar Ahmed The Indian art market witnessed another year of remarkable performance in FY23, building upon the previous year’s success. With a substantial turnover of 1,145.5 crores ($144.3 million) generated from the sale of 3,833 artworks, the market experienced a 9% rise in turnover and a 6% increase in the number of works sold compared […]
Prachi Sahasrabudhe The impact of South Asian culture on Islamic art is an intriguing topic that demonstrates the dynamic trade and interplay of creative traditions across various geographic regions. South Asia, with its varied cultural richness and rich history, has had a considerable influence on Islamic art, notably throughout the medieval period. This impact may
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Pratiksha Shome “I don’t know who paints the picture of life into our embedded memories, but whoever it is, only paints. For he is ready with a brush to reprint every incident that happens in life, of course opting for what to keep and what not to.” This is how Tagore started his Autobiography “Jiban
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The paintings of Tagore are India’s first to ever exhibit across Europe, Russia and the United States. Unlike his nephews, Abanindranath and Gaganendranath, he was never a part of the Bengal School of Art. Despite that, his first paintings were highly imaginative works, usually focusing on animals or imaginary creatures full of vitality and
Prachi Sahasrabudhe The cow sits in the middle of the road in Delhi, and foreigners enjoy seeing her since they are unable to imagine cows sitting in the middle of the roadways in their respective countries. They also like the cultural and religious angle, which keeps cows from being chased out of public places, as
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Smriti Malhotra The former Royal family of Kilimanoor last year requested the Central Government to posthumously honour Raja Ravi Varma with the Bharat Ratna, which is the nation’s highest civilian award. Ramvarma Thampuran K.R. wrote to the union minister of Culture, G. Kishan Reddy that the family wishes a Bharat Ratna Award for the late
Vaishnavi Srivastava Shristi Sainani’s art exhibition [Tender buttons, and a] Bellyache, is running from the 15th of April to the 15th of May 2023, at APRE Art House In Mumbai Maharashtra. The art exhibition “[Tender buttons, and a] Bellyache” curated by Shristi Sainani features the works of 15 remarkable artists who explore the theme of
Art Exhibition at APRE Art House titled, “[Tender buttons, and a] Bellyache”. Read More »
Prachi Sahasrabudhe Sidharth was an ordinary guy who wished to move to a place where he could live the life of an artist. He had little money and was left with a large collection of paintings and verses that he had produced and sang during his lonely nights at the farmhouse. Someone recommended Delhi, which
Hopscotch of Manifestations and Experiences: An Era of New Beginnings in Delhi. Read More »
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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Krispin Joseph PX As an artist, Raja Ravi Varma has been the most celebrated in India for the last two centuries. Ravi Varma creates or fulfils the people’s imagination concerning their God and Goddess. The story of the art of Ravi Varma is a mesmerising episode of Indian art history and at the same time,
Legacy of Ravi Varma’s Paintings in Contemporary Culture Read More »