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Digvijay Nikam To go to the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi on a weekend to engage in a contemplative appreciation of intricate paintings and sculptures might be one way of confronting art where the cackle of the street and the concerns of the crumbling everyday life may be kept at bay. One might […]
Tsuktiben Jamir TAKE on Art was founded in 2009; it is a premier English-language publication covering contemporary art and culture from and around South Asia. TAKE on Art magazine, which is published twice a year, commissions articles, profiles, extensive criticism, reviews, and photo studies from prominent critics both domestically and abroad. In regards to their
Tsuktiben Jamir Varunika Saraf’s installation views titled ‘We, The People’ is currently showing at the Sharjah Art Museum. Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, the Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, it is a part of the fifteenth edition of Sharjah Biennial, which started on the 7th of February 2023 and will be on display till the
We, the People: Tracing the country’s history through embroidery Read More »
To promote Indian ceramic art among the Indian art fraternity and around the world, the Indian Ceramic Art Foundation (ICAF) publishes a journal of Indian ceramic art titled ‘MRIN’. ICAF is the national, non-profit organisation aimed at promoting knowledge, engagement and appreciation of ceramic art through establishing networks among the artist community, educators, designers, collectors,
MRIN to serve as the catalyst for the recognition of Indian ceramic art Read More »
Saptarshi Ghosh From augmented reality (AR) to 3D scans of urban environments – Mira Felicia Malhotra, Gaurav Ogale and Varun Desai are three contemporary Indian artists whose practices harness latest developments in technology to critically reflect on contemporary concerns. They showed at the Digital Residency Hub at India Art Fair 2023, as part of the
Manjeera 23rd March, ON THIS DAY Cubism is not a manner but an aesthetic, and even a state of mind; it is therefore inevitably connected with every manifestation of contemporary thought. It is possible to invent a technique or a manner independently, but one cannot invent the whole complexity of a state of mind. –Juan
On the threshold of abstraction: Juan Gris’s meticulous Cubist paintings Read More »
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
Unknown Jackson Pollock painting found in Bulgaria police raid Read More »
Saptarshi Ghosh Robbie Barrat Twenty-two years old Robbie Barrat hardly comes across as an artist. For someone who can almost always be seen dabbling with artificial intelligence (AI), you might mistake him for a computer programmer. Yet, he is one of the youngest artists to have taken the machine learning (ML) art scene by storm.
Four AI Artists You Need to Know About ASAP Read More »
Manjeera 22 MARCH, ON THIS DAY Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos. Polka dots are a way to infinity. When we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots, we become part of the unity of our environment’. -Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama is a world-renowned contemporary Japanese
Princess of Polka dots: Exploring the infinity in Yayoi Kusama’s art Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir Something about Legos is so soothing and enjoyable; something about those little plastic bricks opens the door for our imagination to run wild and allows us to create anything that our imaginations can conjure up. We can say the same for Chinese artist Ai Weiwei who has taken the hobby a step further
Legos and Artmaking: Ai Weiwei’s recreation Claude Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ Read More »