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March 15, On This Day What you see is not what you get Look upon this picture with all your attention for a minute? What do you see? The answer that optical art usually provides is that everyone sees something different! And for this fascinating addition to the sphere of art, we can all thank […]
Meet the grandaddy of optical illusion art 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
2 art records broken: For $69 million and Rs 40 crore Read More »
Nidheesh Tyagi tells you why the living through difficult times makes us more human and saves the best of us from the worst of us As the world is talking less about Covid and more about vaccine jabs, it is time to come out of almost a year-long dark depressing tunnel and breathe in the
Notes from an open optimist Read More »
Gauri Gharpure profiles five young and promising artists from Goa. You can see their works at the end of the article Foraying into the field of arts is replete with equal amounts of creative freedom and struggle. In this article, we outline the journeys of young artists from Goa who have not only won numerous
Young Goa: Emerging artists that you should know Read More »
On his birth week, the Abir Pothi team pays tribute to the artist who had the guts to be what he was before it was fashionable in India Imagine it is 1981. Less than two years after the first ‘Coming Out Day’ was celebrated by the LGBTQ+ community on October 14, 1979. And you have
How Bhupen Khakhar came out as gay through his painting ‘You Can’t Please All’ Read More »
March 12, On This Day One of Bengal’s foremost artists Described by leading contemporary artist MF Husain once as “the best painter in India”, Ganesh Pyne was born in 1937, and passed away at the age of 75 on March 12, 2013. Born in Kolkata, West Bengal, Pyne started as a watercolourist under the Bengal
\’He\’s the best painter in India,\’ MF Husain had said Read More »
March 11, On This Day Rome: The artistic ancient civilization It\’s an unexpected milestone, but utterly worth noting. On March 11, 1986, it was officially 1 million days since the foundation of Rome on April 21st, 753 BC. The art of Ancient Rome includes architecture, painting, sculpture, mosaic work, luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving,
Art that lasts for over a million years Read More »
Veering away from his Kashmiri history did not last very long for Veer Munshi. He tells Santanu Borah what made him come back in the final part of this four-part series. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here The short and seemingly non-political period in Veer’s life that we
March 10, On This Day It was exactly a year ago, on March 10, 2020, that the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, the world has experienced significant upheaval, and the art sector has not gone by untouched either. Besides economic and logistical impact, the actual virus itself has also
A year ago today, Covid-19 changed art Read More »
Getaways and collectives of artists have been severely limited by the Covid-19 pandemic, with some doubt still lingering in the air for now. Team Pothi does a round-up In the first week of March 2021, a handful of India’s most prominent pan-city galleries, including Experimenter, Nature Morte, Chemould Prescott Road and Vadehra Art Gallery, announced
India’s art residencies: Held back by uncertainty in 2021 Read More »