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Alka Chadha Harpalani

Alka is an artist and art writer with a diverse career spanning teaching, e-learning projects with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), and editorial work. An alum of the Government College of Art, Chandigarh (BFA) and Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (MFA, PhD), she has been recognised with numerous prestigious awards and honours.

When Simplicity Becomes Profound: Savita Dwivedi’s Art

Savita Dwivedi

An art exhibition by Savita Dwivedi ‘Jiji’ at Sukriti Art Gallery, JKK, Jaipur The first encounter with Savita Dwivedi. otherwise known as Jiji and her art was almost incidental while scrolling through the posts of the eminent artist and her son Hemant Dwivedi from Udaipur. Amid discussions of technique, theory and contemporary debates on Facebook, […]

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SAKSHI BAJAJ: A SOLO SHOW ‘WHISPERS OF NATURE’

“Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye… it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.”- Edvard Munch Sakshi Bajaj’s assertive and dynamic strokes function as a visual syntax, articulating an affective rhythm that resonates beyond the pictorial surface. The primacy of gesture supersedes representational reliability. The canvas itself becomes a

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NAMMA ART BENGALURU- A unique experience of rich artistic spectrum

“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”-Oscar Wilde The first ever five days National Art Fair- ‘Namma Art Bengaluru: Vishva Kala Sangama’ was organized by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath from 28th May-1 st June, 2025 in Bangalore. Events like this are not just about coexistence but about dynamic exchange and

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Celestial Tales Unfurled: Solo Show of Legendary Artist MTV Acharya

The retrospective show of paintings of a widely recognized artist MTV Acharya (1920-1992), was held at the Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore, Curated by Shivanand Basavanthappa from 4th to 13th April 2025. The narrative element in the mythological paintings of MTV Acharya is the pivot, interlacing stories from ancient texts into vivid visual scenes.

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 ‘We don’t end at our edges’ by artist Ravikumar Kashi

“Where the material ends, art begins.”-Etienne Hajdu The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru, has a spectacular show- ‘We don’t end at our edges’ by artist Ravikumar Kashi from March 8th – June 15th, 2025. Ravikumar Kashi is an artist, writer and educator; a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Grant, and Hanji papermaking residency in

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Jayaram Giliyal Bhat’s Solo experiments with Climate change and Abstract Expressionism

“If the artist has outer and inner eyes for nature, nature rewards him by giving him inspiration.” – Wassily Kandinsky The Essence of Abstraction Abstraction in painting involves transforming natural scenes into expressive forms that emphasize colour, shape and texture rather than the realistic representation. Bhat’s artworks are a cache of agitated, distorted and fragmented

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