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Iftikar Ahmed Artist of the Week is a special category that recognises and highlights the works of talented artists. Each week, new artists are featured, showcasing their unique styles, techniques, and themes. From emerging artists to established veterans, the Artist of the Week category celebrates creativity and diversity in the art world and provides a […]
Pratiksha Shome Italy recently showed 750 artefacts that its Culture Ministry and heritage police agents had taken from the shut down business of convicted art dealer Robin Symes, believed to be worth $12.9 million. Clay vases, garment components, precious metals and jewels, weapons, tools, furniture, sarcophagi, burial urns, intricate mosaics, painted decorations, and a range
Pratiksha Shome According to a recent study released last week by Bénédicte Savoy and Albert Gouaffo, professors at the Technische Universität in Berlin and the University of Dschang in Cameroon, respectively, German museums house 40,000 artefacts from Cameroon, more than any other museum collection worldwide, including the state collections of Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé. Researchers from
New research Reveals that German Museums House 40,000 Cameroonian Artefacts. Read More »
Pratiksha Shome During production, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie needed so much pink paint that the entire global inventory of one firm was depleted. In an interview with Architectural Digest, Gerwig and the movie’s production designer Sarah Greenwood discussed how Barbieland was built, which is nearly entirely bright pink, including the life-size replicas of the doll’s
The Barbie Movie Required so Much Pink Paint That it Caused a Global Scarcity. Read More »
Vaishnavi Srivastava June 5th marks World Environment Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and encouraging action for the protection and preservation of our planet. As we reflect on the importance of environmental conservation, it is worth exploring the unique and thought-provoking realm of art and its relationship with nature. In particular, the artistic movement
World Environment Day: Celebrating Land Art and Nature’s Beauty Read More »
Pratiksha Shome Tantra has questioned religious, cultural, and political norms all throughout the world since its origin to the present. Tantra, a philosophy that first appeared in India about the sixth century, has been connected to numerous revolutionary movements, from its early transformation of Buddhism and Hinduism to the Indian independence movement and the
Rolling Stones’ Logo out of Kali’s Tongue: The Journey of Tantrism to East and West Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX What is the Philosophy of artefacts? The theoretical viewpoint and the intuitive link between artefacts as valuable things and agents’ purposes, beliefs and actions. Where we find the objects and what they tell about the past is a fascinating subject to examine. The most important question is what function they maintained in
Artefacts from Machu Picchu show the Daily life of Women, Men and Children Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX Addressing the question of the past stories and events around things is an exciting and essential subject in the art world. This question belongs to the stories and lives of our past generations. Some objects are available here, and we need to understand their social life and history. The biography of a
Object Life in the Past: Things That Change Our Perspective Read More »
Pratiksha Shome With 650,000 visitors from 113 countries over the course of its 16-week run, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is describing its Vermeer show as “the most successful in its history.” The show was the biggest ever devoted to Vermeer and included 28 of his works. Among those pieces were well-known paintings like The Milkmaid
Blockbuster Vermeer Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Attended by 650.000 Visitors Read More »
Pratiksha Shome Environmentalists have hailed the British Museum’s decision to sever its 27-year collaboration with the fossil fuel firm BP as a win. After decades of philanthropic links with organisations like the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery, this represents BP’s abrupt exit from the British art scene. There are no further contracts or agreements
27-year Partnership Between the British Museum and BP Ends. Read More »