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Rewriting Gender Through The Lens: Indian Photographers Challenging The Norm

Prachi Sahasrabudhe Part 5 – “In an attempt to capture gender-based stereotypes through the lens:  comprehensive overview and analysis.” Awareness about gender equality is critical in India in order to combat prejudice and violence, promote economic growth, defend human rights, and achieve long-term development. According to research,  boosting gender equality can result in enhanced productivity,

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Celebrating Madhubani Art: INTACH Mangaluru Chapter and Art Kanara Trust hosts  Two Day Madhubani Workshop Cum Exhibition

Smriti Malhotra   The Mangaluru Chapter of INTACH and the Art Kanara Trust in Mangaluru, Karnataka organised a two-day Madhubani painting workshop and exhibition by Shravan Paswan on 25th and 26th April 2023. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage has vast chapter networks across the country that are constantly working towards heritage conservation

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Emmanuel Lenain: Flavours Of Cyanotype Or The Visual Feast

Krispin Joseph PX Cyanotype is now a familiar technique to transform something into a bluish tone with random abstract patterns as their thin strands of seaweed. Cyanotype is used for many and various reasons by photographers and artists, creating a visual experience that is only occasionally part of fine art visual culture. These two century-old

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Tate Britain Reveals the Four Artists Shortlisted for the 2023 Turner Prize, Including Works Addressing Social Themes and Structures.

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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Raja Ravi Varma, Mythology and Indian Cinema

Iftikar Ahmed Raja Ravi Varma’s artistic interpretations of Indian gods and goddesses were a departure from the magnificently idealised depictions found in the Ajanta frescoes and Vishnu or Shiva stone sculptures. Instead, Varma’s works embraced a florid and imitative English academic style, paying homage to the naturalistic idiom of colonial rulers’ art. Although this feeble

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Angela Catherine Hamblin: The fake art dealer who fled the U.S re-arrested at Frankfurt airport

Tsuktiben Jamir We all remember Angela Catherine Hamblin, who was found guilty way back in 2009 of selling fake artworks worth over $400,000 on eBay, or through other private transactions. Over the course of five months in the year 2007, Hamblin offered for sale fake works of art ascribed to British watercolorist and printmaker Joseph

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Gigantic sculpture ‘Spider’ by Louise Bourgeois expected to fetch $40 Million at Sotheby’s

Tsuktiben Jamir French-American feminist artist Louise Bourgeois (25th December 1911- 31st May 2010) is well known for her statue of a spider called “Maman.” She is well known for creating monumental sculptures and installations that draw inspiration from her own past and life experiences. The tall and delicate structures spiders by Louise Bourgeois may be

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