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Krispin Joseph The birthplace of Raja Ravi Varma celebrated his 175th birth anniversary today morning in Kilimanoor Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Two rare original paintings by Raja Ravi Varma were unveiled at that function in Kilimanoor Palace, attended by distinguished guests from Kerala- Central government and art and culture, including the Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammad […]
Krispin Joseph What is the contemporary experience of Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings? Can anyone move without encountering Raja Ravi Varma’s artwork in public or private? You may not recognise the calender artwork as an image of Raja Ravi Varma for a long time. Some years ago, Mumbai-based ad agency, Taproot, created an ad campaign for
Contemporality of Raja Ravi Varma in Indian Art and Culture Read More »
Smriti Malhotra Raja Ravi Varma, was born on 29 April 1848 to an aristocratic family in Kilimanoor, Kerala and was a self-taught artist who was commissioned often to make portraits of Indian Royalty. He is known for his work portraits and depiction of Indian women and depiction of particularly poignant scenes from Indian mythology. He
11 Masterpieces of Raja Ravi Varma: Traversing through the Iconic Creations Read More »
Smriti Malhotra If the women painted by Raja Ravi Varma had their own Instagram handles now and posed photographs of themselves with mundane objects, dressed opulently, gazing lovingly at the views, it would leave their followers awe-struck. Raja Ravi Varma set the standards of Indian beauty through his artworks, the aesthetics of Raja Ravi Varma
Portraits of Indian Woman: Raja Ravi Varma Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir QBE is a global insurer and reinsurer, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with local operations in 27 countries. QBE has found itself in a cobweb of outcries from artists just recently, due to a revision in policy. The National Association for the Visual Arts has been providing thousands of Australian artists and curators with
QBE’s new change in policy left artists in dismay Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir The Japan Cultural Promotion Project based in Chou Ward, Tokyo, was established in the year 2020 in order to build and establish a new mechanism for sustainable growth of Japanese culture. In recent news, the JCPP launched “GREEN PHEASANT” in April 2023, an online platform for the purpose of showcasing and selling specially
Smriti Malhotra A Book Review of Raja Ravi Varma: Painter of Colonial India by Rupika Chawla Published by Mappin Publishing in the year 2010 Rupika Chawla is an art conservator, a profession that requires the utmost patience and dedication to work with paintings covered in soot and dust accumulated over time. It takes ages to
Raja Ravi Varma De-Constructed 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
Karin Hindsbo, Appointed as the New Director of Tate Modern in London Read More »
Vaishnavi Srivastava 28th April 2023, ON THIS DAY. “The imagination is the vehicle of sensibility. Transported by the imagination, we attain life, life itself, which is absolute art.” – Yves Klein On this day, April 28th, we remember and honour the life and work of Yves Klein, one of the most innovative and influential
Remembering Yves Klein: The Blue of Infinity and the Power of Imagination Read More »
Tsuktiben Jamir Established in the year 1959, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is one of the first Institutes of Technology in India; it is a public engineering institution which is funded by the government. The Office of the Dean of Students Affairs at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
APPROACH: IIT Kanpur’s Initiative to Promote Art, Culture and Heritage Read More »