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Remembering Iri Maruki, the co-creator of The Hiroshima Panels, and his advocacy for world peace

Iri Maruki was born on this day, June 20, in 1901 in Hiroshima Province in Japan. He studied traditional nihonga painting, monochrome in ink, and famously collaborated with his artist wife, Toshi Maruki, throughout his life. When Hiroshima was struck by an atomic bomb, Iri’s family was present there. Iri reached the site three days […]

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Museums mull climate change, BV Doshi mesmerizes at Art Basel, and the Dakar Biennale flourishes

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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Renovation of New York Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer, A new art fair this month, Ricci’s painting to be unveiled

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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Bill Gates’ open dislike for NFTs, the Smithsonian to return Nigerian artifacts, and more art news

A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE Bill Gates Slams NFTs Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has made no bones about his dislike for NFTS. During a TechCrunch talk on Tuesday, Gates said that NFTs are “100 percent based on greater fool theory.” “It has at its heart this anonymity through

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Abramović to release her first NFT, Koons sculpture to be auctioned for charity, and more art news! 

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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It\’s a wrap! The artist couple who share a birthday, Christo & Jeanne-Claude

June 13, On This Day     Remember last year, when the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was wrapped up in gigantic swathes of silver and blue, giving way to a flamboyant project that no one had quite envisioned could happen?  That was the vision of artist pair Christo and Jeanne-Claude — or Christo Vladimirov

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Remembering the artist who worked with the intimate lives of contemporary women: Mary Cassatt

JUNE 14, ON THIS DAY Known for her perceptive depictions of women and children, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children, Mary Cassatt was one of the few American artists active in the nineteenth-century French avant-garde. She died on this day, June 14, 1926. She was a painter and a printmaker

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Art Basel back in Switzerland

Art Basel is coming back to its origin with its traditional June dates this month (16-19 June) with full scale programming across the city of Basel. The number of galleries this year at Art Basel has taken a leap from 272 to 289 compared to the previous year and expects to see a surge in

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The artist who was named as the best painter of India in the 1970s by M. F. Hussain

JUNE 11, ON THIS DAY One of the most notable contemporary artists of Bengal Schools of Art whose dark imageries got him an international fame, Ganesh Pyne was born on this day, 11 June 1937. He was described as a man who ‘radiated a mysterious quality’ by filmmaker Pritish Nandy. Printed drawings by Abanindranath Tagore

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Alleged fakes halt exhibit at National Museum of Slovenia; German art collection to display Indian art gems

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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