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Abhishek Kumar February 23, ON THIS DAY “Art no longer cares to serve the state and religion, it no longer wishes to illustrate the history of manners, it wants to have nothing further to do with the object, as such, and believes that it can exist, in and for itself, without “things” (that is, the […]
The Suprematist Art of Kazimir Malevich Read More »
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
Florida Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Warhol Read More »
Rajesh Kumar In an urge to strengthen the relation between art and its popularity within the millennial world, Pop Art came into existence. Themes and techniques drawn from popular culture and mass media, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects summarize the pop art culture. The South Asian countries also have an impact
South Asia’s pop culture strengthening it’s spot in the Pop Art market Read More »
Vandana Shukla Through the cultural renaissance of India, especially in Bengal, artists were targeting social evils. Social satire emerged as a major theme in art, replacing the monkeys and donkeys, to tickle the laughing bone. The caricatures of Gaganendranath Tagore (1867-1938) place the opposites and the odd in the same frame. The Brahmins and rich
Mocking the white sahebs and thereafter Read More »
Ved Prakash Bhardwaj S Harshvardhan, who has taken a different approach to abstraction in contemporary Indian art, currently has a solo exhibition titled Serene i.e. calm or Nirmal at Art Alive Gallery in Delhi. The title is taken from Thomas Gray’s poem Elegy in a Country Churchyard: Full many a gem of purest ray serene
S Harshvardhan’s Poems on Canvas Read More »
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
Joan Mitchell Foundation sends cease-and-desist to Louis Vuitton over handbag ads Read More »
Abhishek Kumar February 22, ON THIS DAY Everyone sees for himself, the artist also sees for himself. Others see where ideas coincide, or whether they agree or disagree. There is no binding, no forcing of things. It has to be a free association of ideas. S.H. Raza Syed Haider Raza, popularly known as S.H. Raza,
The Transformative Power of S.H.Raza’s Art Read More »
Manjeera G Indian painter S.H. Raza’s largest-ever exhibition is set to begin from 15th Februrary 2023 at Pompidou Centre, Paris to commemorate the late artist’s 100th birthday. With over a hundred pieces of art displayed, this retrospective will be the first monographic presentation of Raza’s work. The Pompidou Center, located in the heart of Paris,
S. H. Raza back in the heart of Paris for his 100th birthday celebration Read More »
Noted painter Akhilesh comes from Madhya Pradesh and his works are admired internationally. He has prolifically written original books and also translated many books in Hindi. He is one of the rare artists who had the good fortune of being associated with the three great masters of Indian art; J Swaminathan, Maqbool Fida Husain and
Akhilesh witnessed Husain, Raza & Swaminathan, and shines on his own Read More »
Raza@100: Noted painter Akhilesh talks about his long associations, exchanges and interaction with Syed Haidar Raza
Raza@100: The boy from Mandla in MP and the man in his studio in Paris Read More »