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Californian Woman Buys 3 Houses for $3.30 in Italy and Turned One of them into a Museum

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Tsuktiben Jamir Buying a house in this economy is a scary prospect to imagine. But imagine buying 3 houses for a meagre $3.30, which is roughly Rs. 270! A Californian lady left everyone in shock when she seized the chance to pay just $3.30 for three deserted homes in Sicily, Italy. 49-year-old Brazilian expat Rubia […]

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Art Dubai 2023: A Resounding Success

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Tsuktiben Jamir The biggest and most ambitious edition of Art Dubai, the largest international art fair in the Middle East, ended its 2023 edition with a boom. Over 130 contemporary, modern, and digital gallery presentations from six continents were on display during the event, which was held between 3rd– 5th March 2023 at Madinat Jumeirah

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Archaeological Collections in Berlin Museums to be Traced Back to Their Origins

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A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends

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Covid Impact and Social Consequences: Daniel Lind-Ramos’s Survey (Exhibition) 

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Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Covid 19 has been the biggest pandemic of this century which shook the whole world, and its tremors are being felt even today. In 2019-20, when life came to a standstill due to the lockdown all over the world, America did not implement such restrictions. So as an artist who immigrated from

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International Museum Expo at New Delhi in Celebration of International Museum Day

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Tsuktiben Jamir In a gesture to commemorate the International Museum Day which is celebrated on the 18th of May, the Ministry of Culture is organising a three-day event. The International Museum Expo will be held from the 18th– 20th May 2023 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will officially inaugurate

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Documenting Indian Women: The Introspective Paintings of B. Prabha 

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Digvijay Nikam  One of India’s most important art collections was put together by the Indian airline company Air India. The ‘Maharaja Collection’ as it came to be called comprises over 4000 works of art including paintings, sculptures, and sketches by stalwarts of the Indian art scene post-independence like M. F. Hussain, V. S. Gaitonde, Anjolie

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The business may change but the relationship with the people will continue: Monica Jain

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Monica Jain, the Curator-Director of Art Centrix Space discusses about the art world, her way of selecting artists and why she chose contemporary art over traditional art to promote, in this free-flow interview with Abhishek Dixit from Abir Pothi. She has been a student of renowned sculptor KS Radhakrishnan and has curated more than 30

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From Throw-Ups to Activism: A Brief History of New York City Street Art

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Niveditha Ajay The city of New York is iconic for its history, legacy, and sheer diversity. When imagining the bustling metropolis with its magnificent skyscrapers and crowded subway, one cannot forget the irreplaceable role street art has had in the making of its exterior. With graffiti, murals and blatant political imagery all meshed together- this

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