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Aditya Sisodia In a time marked by heightened nationalist politics, the forthcoming Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in Delhi stands as a testament to India’s diverse cultures and religions. Scheduled to open in 2026, the museum represents a monumental project that aims to become the nation’s premier modern and contemporary art institution. Its visionary […]
Vaishnavi Srivastava 21st June 2023. ON THIS DAY. “Art, must be nothing else than the expression of some sudden sensation given to us by light. There are no such things as painting or sculpture. There exists only but life.” – Medardo Rosso Growing up a rebel, Medardo Rosso couldn’t possibly digest the idea of someone
Medardo Rosso and His Mission to Refute the Boredom of Sculptures. Read More »
Pratiksha Shome Painter Georg Baselitz described his current exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he engages in a visual dialogue with artists like Lucas Cranach, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, and the Mannerists (who painted at the court of Emperor Rudolph II, focusing on the nude figure), as “like wallpaper for the Old Masters.”
Niveditha Ajay The Climate Crisis is an undeniable reality, but are we willing to face the fact? With reports that talk of melting ice and burning forests, the real anxiety of reconciling with drastic environmental changes looms large. Also, there is the portion of the population that simply refuses to admit the phenomena exists or
Melting Ice Caps and Burning Forests: Climate Crisis As Artistic Expression Read More »
Pratiksha Shome Californian man on suspicion of unlawfully importing a Roman mosaic that had been taken from Syria during the civil war. The collector, 56-year-old Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi, is charged by the Justice Department for declaring on import papers that an ancient work of art valued hundreds of thousands of dollars was only worth $587.
For Smuggling Art from War torn Syria, Punished in US Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX What do we do when engaging with Food and Art on Food? Is Art of Food tasteful or evokes taste buds? What does the Western give us as an experience of Art? What do we get from the documentation of Picasso, Van Gough, and Vermeer, Art as Food culture? Are they bring
How about eating a Picasso or a Van Gaugh? How will they taste? Read More »
Pratiksha Shome Yesterday was the artist Magdalena Abakanowicz‘s 93rd birthday. Google sent the artist a “doodle” in honour of her birthday, an image that appears in the search browser’s place of the company’s name. Several of Abakanowicz’s well-known pieces are included in the picture, including pieces from her bigger series like “Abakans” (1970–78) and “Agora”
Google Doodle Celebrates the 93rd Birthday of Polish Sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir In the bustling alleyways of Patan, an ancient city in Nepal, Laxmi Nakarmi and her sisters have embarked on a creative journey, transforming corn husks into stunning works of art. What began as a simple hobby inspired by an article about corn husk decorations in the United States has now blossomed into a
Inspired from America, Nepalese women making art from corn husk Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir The intriguing exhibition “Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection” at the London Courtauld Gallery reveals a series of fantastic art forgeries, illuminating art’s misleading nature. This exhibition explores purposeful fabrication to question the idea of accidental forgery. Through the exhibition, the Courtauld Gallery, which is associated with a prestigious postgraduate school of
Curating an exhibition of the fake and the forged art! Read More »
Vaishnavi Srivastava 20th June 2023. ON THIS DAY. One could call Salvatore Rosa a painter turned hipster. Famous for his satiric nature and flamboyance, the artist was known to land himself in bad blood with the artistic and intellectual communities in each city he set foot in. This nature in particular led him to move
Salvatore Rosa and His Obsession with Dark Aesthetics & Witchcraft. Read More »