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Aakash Ranison’s Below 2° Will Melt By 2050

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Aakash Ranison's Below 2

Aakash Ranison Advocates Sustainability Through Below 2° Project As the temperature in North India booms, the India Meteorological Department forecasted a severe heatwave; calling for climate activism. Artist Aakash Ranison’s creation Below 2°—located at the eco-resort Karma Lakelands, Gurugram—highlights the potential climatic disasters on the horizon. Aakash Ranison Climate Activism via Below 2° Aakash Ranison’s […]

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Shana Sood marks her return to India with ‘Homecoming’ 

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First Solo exhibition for Indian-American Artist Shana Sood opens at Bikaner House this week Indian-American artist Shana Sood is returning to India with two solo exhibitions. ‘Titled HOMECOMING: Echoes of Belonging by Shana Sood, the Art show is curated by Georgina Maddox at Bikaner House and opened on 4th April. The solo exhibition is on

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The Swing by Fragonard: Decoding Rococo Romance and Scandal

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The Swing (1767).

A Masterpiece of Playful Provocation: Secrets Behind the Brushstrokes Renowned artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted “The Swing” in 1767, during the Rococo era. The image shows a young woman on a swing being pushed by an older man as another young man watches her from behind some bushes. The scene is in a gorgeous garden overflowing

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Bikaner House Fills with Contemporary Artists from Gallerie Nvya

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Gallerie Nvya is hosting two exciting solo exhibitions of Indian contemporary artists at Bikaner House for this week Gallerie Nvya is excited to present two solo exhibitions of artists Lal Bahadur Singh and Bhuwal Prasad at the Bikaner House from 4th – 9th April 2025 at the Bikaner House, Center for Contemporary Art and continues

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Inside the Wild Mind of Ranjit Balmuchu: Landscapes, Layers, & Lament

Artists of the Week /
Ranjit Balmuchu. Landscape. Acrylic on canvas board, 20x16 in.

Meet Our Artist of the Week – Ranjit Balmuchu Ranjit Balmuchu is our Artist of the Week. He is an illustrator, comic artist, animator, and creative designer whose prospect lies in abstract landscape art. Balmuchu studied at the School of Architecture at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Ranjit Balmuchu’s Art Style Ranjit Balmuchu’s art style chronicles the

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The Revered Art of Pichhwai

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Originating in Nathdwara, near Udaipur, Rajasthan, Pichhwai is a devotional custom where cloth is painted with revered images and hung behind the deity. This practice emerged in the 17th-century shrine of Nathdwara when an idol of Krishna was moved from Mathura during Aurangzeb’s reign. “Pichhwai,” which translates to “that which hangs back,” symbolises devotion. In

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8 Hand-Painted Frames by Miyazaki that AI could Never..

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With Studio-Ghibli trending in the AI chat box, we focus on some hand-printed watercolour frames by the Legendary Artist Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli-style images has been taking the Internet by storm after an Artificial Intelligence platform, OpenAI released its “most advanced image generator yet” as an update to the GPT-4o model. People all around the

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