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Demise of a master architect and Padma Bhushan awardee BV Doshi

adfeatured, Obituary, Samvaad / January 24, 2023

Rajesh Kumar Born into a family of furniture makers in Pune on August 26, 1927, well-known architect and Padma Bhushan recipient Balkrishna Doshi died in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, January 24. Announcing the news, Architectural Digest India wrote on Instagram, “India’s greatest architect, Balkrishna Doshi (26th August 1927- 24th January 2023) has passed away at the […]

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6 Things to Know About Indian Miniatures

Columns / January 24, 2023

Indian miniatures are small-scaled, highly detailed paintings. They trace back to at least 9th century CE, and are a living tradition with many contemporary artists still pursuing the art form. The miniatures are typically created in opaque watercolour and gold and silver leaf on paper and card, though some were also painted on ivory, wood

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The fragility of habitat: Art of social concern

News / January 24, 2023

Aarti Zaveri’s installation focused on the earth and the environment Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Whatever art may be, it has concerns related to private and public life. In the performing arts, these concerns sometimes come to the fore and sometimes they do not. In fine arts, there has been an increasing trend among artists towards such

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You have something original, that’s money; NFTs in art world

Columns / January 24, 2023

Do you remember when a jpeg file was sold for 69 million dollars in the form of a non-fungible token or NFT ! Yes this happened in 2021 and this is just the start in changing the art world. NFTs in the world of art is a game changer, now everything can be valued and

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Thief Who Stole Picasso and Mondrian receives suspended sentence

News / January 24, 2023

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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Celebrating the exuberant brushstrokes of late Goan artist Laxman Pai

Artist Profile / January 23, 2023

A recipient of numerous prestigious awards and honours like the Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri and Lalit Kala Akademi Award for his artistry, Goan artist Laxman Pai lived to the ripe old age of 95 before his demise just last year in March, at his home in Goa’s Dona Paula. He was born on January 21,

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Sheher Shah’s ode to Delhi at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022

Artist Profile, Kochi Muziris Biennale / January 23, 2023

Rajesh Kumar Seher Shah from Karachi, Pakistan is dedicated to drawing, printmaking and sculpture. She has worked with drawing and printmaking exploring ideas in architecture and perspective drawing traditions, contested relationship between history, objects and time; and the relationship between poetry and abstraction. Through works on paper using drawings, etchings, photo gravures and woodcuts and

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Queen Victoria’s paintings discovered at Surrey cottage up for auction

News / January 23, 2023

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Manet’s use of light, color and symbolism

On This Day / January 23, 2023

Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 23, ON THIS DAY “You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.” Edouard Manet Edouard Manet was a French painter best known for his contributions

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NGMA will house the precious collection of Air India artworks

News / January 21, 2023

The National Gallery of Modern Arts (NGMA) will receive Air India’s precious collection of almost 4,000 paintings and sculptures by well-known painters for preservation and public display. In this regard, the airline and the NGMA inked a memorandum of understanding in the presence of Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.

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