Abirpothi

India’s only daily art newspaper

Piet Mondrian

Twenty Well-Known Abstract Painters Who Changed the Way We Look at Painting

The post-World War II American art movement known as abstract expressionism first appeared in the 1940s. It emphasises the spontaneous and dynamic application of paint on the canvas, often using large brushstrokes to depict the emotional and subconscious aspects of the artist’s experience. This movement greatly impacted the development of contemporary art and the mid-20th-century […]

Twenty Well-Known Abstract Painters Who Changed the Way We Look at Painting Read More »

If you are not weeping before a Rothko, don’t worry. You are not alone

Art, especially abstract art, evokes many emotions, along with reefs of scepticism. The “I could do that too” argument has been countered many times with “Why didn’t you then?” And Mark Rothko is entrenched in that argument. If there is one artist who polarises art lovers and critics alike, it is Rothko, considered one of

If you are not weeping before a Rothko, don’t worry. You are not alone Read More »

Piet Mondrian’s Neoplasticism: Art finds harmony in the simplest forms and colours

Manjeera March 7, ON THIS DAY “In past times when one lived in contact with nature, abstraction was easy; it was done unconsciously. Now in our denaturalized age abstraction becomes an effort.” – Piet Mondrian Abstract art has many manifestations to it that can be observed as one looks through the repertoire of 20th-century modernist

Piet Mondrian’s Neoplasticism: Art finds harmony in the simplest forms and colours Read More »

Picasso stolen in 9-yr-old heist found; \’worthless\’ Fragonard goes for £6.5mn

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

Picasso stolen in 9-yr-old heist found; \’worthless\’ Fragonard goes for £6.5mn Read More »

Love modern art? In Postcard #6, we bring you a closer look of five abstract artworks at MoMA!

Our person in New York, Kaivana, takes you on a journey through the hottest art events and happenings in New York right now LYGIA CLARK, STUDY FOR MODULATED SURFACE NO.4, 1957 Part of the permanent collection of MoMA, Study for Modulated Surface No. 4 by Lygia Clark explores the relationship of form, plane and line. The painting

Love modern art? In Postcard #6, we bring you a closer look of five abstract artworks at MoMA! Read More »