Gandhi Reimagined: Cop Shiva’s Photographs Invoke Peace at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

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Artist-photographer Cop Shiva’s acclaimed series Being Gandhi (2012) is drawing attention at the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale, reviving conversations around Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals in a rapidly transforming India. Presented at the KM Building, Fort Kochi, as part of the exhibition Like Gold curated by Murtaza Vali for the Rizq Art Initiative, the series reintroduces Gandhi’s moral philosophy through remarkable contemporary […]

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The winds and water of Winslow Homer: The blue that still speaks to us today

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On February 24, the art world marks the birthday of Winslow Homer, an artist whose work continues to feel startlingly alive more than a century after his death. Born in 1836, Homer painted oceans, wars, and solitary figures with an honesty that resists nostalgia. His seas were never just blue, his landscapes never just beautiful—they

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NorBlack NorWhite Unveils “Church of Palm” at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2026

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New Delhi-based fashion and cultural collective NorBlack NorWhite, known for fusing traditional Indian crafts with contemporary streetwear, debuts its new multidisciplinary art practice AMMA Studios with an installation titled Church of Palm at the 2026 Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Founded by Amrit Kumar and Mriga Kapadiya, NorBlack NorWhite traces its roots to long-standing relationships with artisans and craft communities across India. The duo has spent more

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Three Masters, One Legacy: Exhibition Kolkata Bridges Generations of Indian Modernism

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At Gallery Kolkata this month, myth, form, and identity converge in a rare artistic dialogue that spans nearly a century of Indian modernism. The ongoing exhibition, “Three Visions – One Legacy: Resonances of Myth, Form & Identity,” running from February 2 to March 7, 2026, features paintings and sculptures by three revered artists — Jamini Roy, Thota

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‘He’s Sweating Now’: Activists Hang Ex-Prince Andrew Arrest Photo Inside the Louvre

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Activists from the UK-based anti‑billionaire collective Everyone Hates Elon briefly turned a gallery at Paris’s Musée du Louvre into a site of royal reckoning on Sunday, February 22, by clandestinely installing a framed photograph of ex‑Prince Andrew Mountbatten‑Windsor taken shortly after his recent arrest. The image, shot by Reuters photographer Phil Noble on February 19,

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Sculptor Kiran Dixit Thacker Brings Santiniketan to Delhi in Solo Exhibition Our Ashram…Santiniketan

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A rare showcase of Santiniketan’s artistic legacy arrives this March at the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, as sculptor and painter Kiran Dixit Thacker, the only living disciple of the legendary Ramkinkar Baij, presents her solo exhibition Our Ashram…Santiniketan from 2–9 March 2026. Bringing together over a hundred works across media from bronze, stone, and mild steel sculptures to watercolours, paintings, and

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Arcause Spotlight at Municipalika 2026: Reimagining Cities Through Responsible Design

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In a rapidly urbanising India, where cities are both the engines of growth and sites of stark inequity, Arcause Spotlight at Municipalika 2026 aims to rethink what truly makes a city safe, inclusive, and sustainable. Scheduled for February 26, 2026, the initiative is led by Gita Balakrishnan, Founder of Ethos and the Ethos Foundation, recognised for her pioneering work at the intersection

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Who Was Edwin Lutyens, Architect Whose Statue Removed From Rashtrapati Bhavan?

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President Droupadi Murmu unveiled a bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari at Rashtrapati Bhavan, replacing the statue of British architect Edwin Lutyens. According to government sources, this move is part of efforts to shed colonial symbols and honor Indian leaders. The bust was placed at the Grand Open Staircase near Ashok Mandap, opposite Mahatma Gandhi’s statue. It

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Paramjit Singh: A Lifetime in Light and Landscape

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On this day Paramjit Singh, born in 1935 in Amritsar, has crafted a six-decade career as one of India’s foremost landscape painters, blending realism, abstraction, and mysticism in luminous depictions of nature. Influenced by his Punjab roots and modernist techniques, he evolved from early figuration to transcendent visions of hills, trees, and skies, often capturing

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Brushstrokes and Bronze: When Artists Competed at the Olympics

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Olympic art competitions awarded medals alongside athletic events from 1912 to 1948, a unique fusion of culture and sport envisioned by founder Pierre de Coubertin. These events celebrated the ancient Greek ideal of harmony between body and mind, drawing thousands of entries until professionals’ dominance led to their discontinuation. Historical Origins Baron Pierre de Coubertin

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