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Italy’s “Open to Meraviglia” Campaign Ridiculed for Reimagining Botticelli’s Venus as a Virtual Influencer

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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‘Landing in a Soup’: The Many Controversies Surrounding the Whitney Biennial

Saptarshi Ghosh The Whitney Biennial is one of the most popular and globally significant art shows, organised by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Featuring art of lesser-known contemporary American artists, it is a trendsetter in the world of art and has been responsible for bringing artists like Georgia O’Keefe, Jeff

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PAIN Activist Group Joins Harvard Students In The Protest Against The Arthur M. Sackler Museum Name

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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The Exhibition Remembering Renoir’s stay in Guernsey

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

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The story behind the most haunting painting from Russia: Ivan the Terrible and his Son

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 of an

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Artworks of creepy crawlies on an Air India aircraft at Kochi Muziris Biennale by G.S. Smitha

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.

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#Throwback2022: Brilliant talent lost to market trends: Christopher Charles Benninger, master architect, in conversation with Abir Pothi – Part 1

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

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Rene Magritte compelled spectators to reevaluate their own ideas of reality

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

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