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Veteran artist Amit Ambalal tells the Pothi team how he is coping with the pandemic situation by following his own bliss. With the pandemic raging all around us, we need to redraw the lines of our lives and figure out how we can continue doing art. Amidst the mayhem, artists have to find a way […]
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
Our person in New York, Kaivana, takes you on a journey through the hottest art events and happenings in New York right now The Park Avenue Cubist: The new way of looking at Picasso and Braque\’s legacy With picnic season in full swing another exhibition to check out near central park is ‘Park Avenue Cubists’
Postcard from New York: The cubists and Hockney in the Fool\’s City Read More »
May 2, On This Day Munch on that! Just under a decade ago, on May 2, 2012, a pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sold for $120 million in New York City\’s Sotheby\’s Impressionist and Modern Art auction, setting a new world record for a work of art sold
A Scream broke a record today 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
Adversity is also a mother of art. The Pothi team brings to you some of the macabre and some solace in the form a beautiful farewell song. At first look, The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger seems like a regular painting of its time. But look at little closer, and the subtle macabre of
By the Abir Pothi team These are tough times. There seems to be no better way of saying it. We have only fathomed superficially how deep the rabbit-hole goes. In such times, it sets us thinking how artists cope with difficult times and how that moment in time affects their creative output. So, we decided
Caution: Some of you may find this a bit disturbing, but it is the sign of the times Read More »
April 30, On This Day \’That wasn\’t painted by Étienne Terrus!\’ It all began innocently enough, when art historian Eric Forcada was hired by the Étienne Terrus Museum, located in the artist’s tiny hometown of sunny Elne in Southern France, to rehang its dedicated collection after the building\’s recent restoration. But within minutes of looking
The day a tiny French museum found that half of its paintings are fakes Read More »
April 30, On This Day Manet, an Impressionist herald A pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, French modernist painter Édouard Manet was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life. Born in January 1832, he died on April 30 1883. His early masterworks are today considered watershed paintings that mark
Meet one of the harbingers of Modern Art Read More »
The Pothi team had a Zoom meeting with Abir artists to understand how they were negotiating the surge in covid-19 and the ensuing lockdown because of it. While they do have a positive outlook that the pandemic will eventually be tamed, the immediate reality of their lives have been thrown off kilter for now. While
How are artists dealing with the deadly dance of Covid: A Zoom tete-e-tete Read More »