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Biraaj Dodiya and Heidi Lau’s joint exhibition: When painting meets sculpting

Tsuktiben Jamir Biraaj Dodiya and Heidi Lau are jointly presenting an exhibition, ‘Shadow Speaks’, at Bureau in New York. Both of the artists are exhibiting for the first time at Bureau as well as working together for a show. Dodiya’s paintings and Lau’s sculptures will be presented together; Dodiya’s architectural rigidity contrasts well with Lau’s […]

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Celebrating the 110th Birth Anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil at NGMA

Smriti Malhotra The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) hosted a grand evening on 31st March 23 in collaboration with designer Ritu Beri to commemorate the 110th birth anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil. The Liszt Institute of Hungarian Cultural Center and the Museo Camera Center for Photographic Arts collaborated on the event’s planning. The gala was

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Bringing the spotlight to female artists: Komal Shah’s Mission

Tsuktiben Jamir Born in Ahmedabad, Komal Shah always had an affinity for Computer Science. She furthered her passion by earning a master’s degree in Computer Science from Standford University and later her MBA from Berkeley. She then advanced to prominent tech jobs, including top roles at Oracle, Netscape, and Yahoo. However, there was always another

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Getty and London’s National Portrait gallery to acquire Joshua Reynolds painting at $61.9 M. 

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 multilayered social abstractionist art of Mark Bradford 

Digvijay Nikam I’m interested in the type of abstraction where you look out at the world, see the horror—sometimes it is horror—and you drag that horror kicking and screaming into your studio and you wrestle with it and you find something beautiful in it.  Mark Bradford Mark Bradford is an American visual artist highly acclaimed

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Digital Memory-making and Reformulated Sites in Akshita Gandhi’s Art

Satarupa Bhattacharya Photography has undergone several changes since the time of its inception when cameras were a luxury item to ‘memorialise’ family members and their achievements. Today, as we advance into a space with technological boons and banes, we’re still grappling with the ‘imaginary possession of the past that is unreal’. The dilemma in the (un)real

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The Elegant and Provoking Sculptural Photography of Robert Mapplethorpe

Digvijay Nikam What kind of relationship might the distinct mediums of sculpture and photography share? What are the limits of artistic expression? The work of the celebrated and equally censored American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is the right place to unpack these concerns. Born in 1946 in New York and brought up in a strict Catholic

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Paving the path: Project Astitva bridges the gap between amateurs and experts

In an interview with Manjeera for Abir Pothi, Garima Agrawal, and Jai Thakur, two independent photographers, talk about their collaborative project Astitva Photo which aims to bridge the gap between the novices and the experts in the photography industry. Jai and Garima saw that there is a noticeable lack of structure in the industry, making

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