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From a ‘miniature’ foundation to larger-than-life impact: Shahzia Sikander continues to break boundaries

The Pakistani-American artist currently has a groundbreaking feminist public installation on display in New York While the miniature is a long-standing motif of her formidable oeuvre, there is certainly nothing minuscule about the stature of acclaimed Pakistani-American visual artist Shahzia Sikander in the art world. In fact, the 54-year-old’s most recent public project could definitely …

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Rare Amrita Sher-Gil becomes second most expensive artwork by Indian artist in world

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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A towering reminder of a patron of the arts: Chrysler

May 27, On This Day A businessman and an art connoisseur Exactly 91 years ago today, on May 27, 1930, the 1,046-foot (or 319-metre) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, was opened to the public. The building was constructed by American automotive industry executive Walter Chrysler, the head …

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Christie\’s puts feminist twist on NFT + IRL art, LA-based billionaire art philanthropist dies, and more news

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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Postcard from New York: Catch some cinematic art or feminist art that makes a social statement

From monochromatic elegance to colour-blast paintings, from feminist art to art in cinema, New York remains abuzz with activity, writes in Kaivana. This is her third postcard from NYC. You can read the first one here and the second one here. Art and feminism A first exhibition in NYC for the feminist artist, Niki de …

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‘Beauty, first. Especially in the worst of times’: Pandemic perspective from across the Atlantic

American artist Michael diCanio speaks to Pothi from New York about the impact of Covid-19 on local art, and his thoughts on the resilience of the art community and individual artists amid this crisis His art could be described as rife with subtle mythological, fantastical and religious iconography and Symbolism, sometimes arcane, sometimes nearly dystopic, …

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