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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 …
Tsuktiben Jamir Renoir is no stranger to the island of Guernsey. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the great French painter of the Impressionist era, spent just over a month in Guernsey in September of 1883. He completed roughly fifteen paintings during this time, mostly while staying at his vacation spot in Moulin-Huet. In collaboration with the Guernsey Museum …
The Exhibition Remembering Renoir’s stay in Guernsey Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir It is a haunting painting that depicts a father holding his dead son; ‘Ivan the Terrible and his Son’ (oil on canvas), one of Ilya Repin’s most psychologically intense works, was finished in 1885. Ivan was depicted in this painting holding his dying son in his arms as he lay shocked, the victim …
The story behind the most haunting painting from Russia: Ivan the Terrible and his Son Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj S Harshvardhan, who has taken a different approach to abstraction in contemporary Indian art, currently has a solo exhibition titled Serene i.e. calm or Nirmal at Art Alive Gallery in Delhi. The title is taken from Thomas Gray’s poem Elegy in a Country Churchyard: Full many a gem of purest ray serene …
Abhishek Kumar February 18, ON THIS DAY “The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.” Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance artist. He is …
Michelangelo’s Painting, Sculpting, and Architecture Read More »
Rajesh Kumar The creepy-crawlies are no longer just a part of the soil, all ignored and disgust upon, they are now a major part of the paintings by Smitha GS. The paintings are full of creepy crawlies and that’s what she loves. You name them, there they are, crawling of flying all over her canvas. …
Abir Pothi had the honour of interacting with two esteemed guests who run one of the biggest architectural practices in the country. Christopher Charles Benninger is a master architect and he has executed some great projects in India. He was part of CEPT, he set up Christopher Charles Benninger Architects (CCBA) in Pune, he also designed the …
Astrology has been viewed as a science, an art form, a form of dark magic, and a pop-culture phenomenon over the span of millennia. But since the dawn of time, people have looked to the stars and artists for inspiration. Salvador Dali was highly superstitious despite not being renowned for being a particularly spiritual person. …
NOVEMBER 21, ON THIS DAY “As regards the artists themselves, most of them gave up their freedom quite lightly, placing their art at the service of someone or something. As a rule, their concerns and their ambitions are those of any old careerist. I thus acquired a total distrust of art and artists, whether they …
Rene Magritte compelled spectators to reevaluate their own ideas of reality Read More »
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 …
J Balvin to be the first-ever cultural ambassador of Hirshhorn Museum Read More »
