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Art, Memory, and War: Samar Hussaini on Art and Palestinian Identity

Interview / April 10, 2026

War continues to play a significant part in political, historical, artistic, and cultural narratives in a world where conflict frequently changes civilisation. Unexpected attacks and conflicts in the Middle East are examples of ongoing geopolitical issues that serve as a reminder that war is not merely a distant historical event but rather a permanent reality […]

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Glyphs at GallerySke: Three Artists Reimagine Histories in Fragments

Exhibitions / April 9, 2026

What is history? Is it a story that says ‘once upon a time’, or is it a continuous process? Is history only what has crumbled and fallen, abandoned and on the edge of destruction, or only the ‘preserved monuments’? The group show at GallerySke reminds us that history is many things. Everyone who goes through

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Brushstrokes of Power: Art and Democracy in Contemporary India

Do You Know? / April 8, 2026

What is the relationship between democracy and art? For clarity, ‘democracy’ here refers to a system of government in which power lies with the people, and ‘art’ denotes creative expression across various media. The notion that art often stands with the people and opposes authority is both ancient and trendy. However, that does not mean

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Invisible Art and Value: The Controversy of Salvatore Garau’s ‘I Am’

Do You Know? / April 7, 2026

Do you know that an Italian artist, Salvatore Garau, had an invisible sculpture auctioned for $18,000, drawing a variety of reactions online. For example, someone commented, ‘That’s not fair! I have the exact same sculpture in my bedroom.’ Another added, ‘I have some farts as well.’ Some individuals expressed uncertainty about how an invisible sculpture

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Melvin Edwards: New Political Vocabulary of ‘Lynch Fragments’

Artist Profile / April 4, 2026

Melvin Edwards (1937–2026), who died last week at 88, was a Houston-born sculptor and activist who was raised during segregation and portrayed Afro-American lives in abstract terms. He first studied painting at the University of Southern California before turning to welding in 1959. Building on this distinctive artistic foundation, Edwards crafted intricate, abstract assemblages from

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Sadegh Tirafkan: Reimagined War Memory of an Iranian Artist

Artist Profile / March 28, 2026

We are now witnessing many wars. War on terror, war for oil, for power and so on. War creates a historical milieu; it divides history, memory and life into two: before and after the war. In the ongoing context of war, this article, as part of a series on war and art, examines the artworks

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Manjot Kaur: Interspecies Agency and the Rewriting of Myth

Interview / March 25, 2026

Artist Manjot Kaur’s paintings, the lush, liminal world interprets the Indian miniature tradition and seeks novel ways to present it, producing a new lexicon and visual delight. As we know, painting is the art of seeing, and it enlarges and broadens the viewer’s world when engaged with. This is achieved in Kaur’s painting through translating

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Smita M. Babu on Paakkalam: Weaving Memory, Labour, and Landscape

Kochi Muziris Biennale / March 20, 2026

The paintings from Smita M. Babu’s series ‘Paakkalam’, exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, traverse the geographical peculiarities of the Ashtamudi Lake shore in Kollam, a region with numerous unique characteristics. Smita’s works, which hint at various aspects related to the coir industry, including occupations, history, and traditions, stand as a testament to how an artist

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Jompet Kuswidananto on Ghost Ballad: Singing Histories of Resistance

Kochi Muziris Biennale / March 19, 2026

Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto presents ‘Ghost Ballad,’ a site-specific installation at Pepper House, as a part of the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2025–26), marking the journey from dictatorship to democracy and bringing together once-thriving, banned music and performances. The work uses his signature objects of ‘bodiless’ figures to gather the fractured chronology of Indonesia, acting as

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In Conversation with Birender Yadav on ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’

Kochi Muziris Biennale / March 16, 2026

What happens to work culture and workers’ lives when viewed through the lens of art, subject to the artist’s interpretation, as in Birender Yadav’s? The uniqueness of Birender Yadav’s artwork ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’ (2025), exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, lies in the fact that it renders visible the politics and aesthetics of

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