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Two Indian Artists participating in Painting Symposium celebrating Rothko’s birth anniversary The Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia celebrates September as \’The Rothko Month\’. The artist\’s birthday is commemorated annually in his city of birth and early upbringing, through an international symposium that draws painters and Rothko fans from all over the world. The […]
By Vinay Seth Since 2016, Abir has been annually inviting artwork entries from emerging artists from all over India, whereafter the entrants are shortlisted for displaying their works in a group show. From these shortlisted exhibition finalists, the top few — 10 this year — are selected for the First Take award, carrying an honorarium.
First Take Update, 2022: Eminent Jury expediently selects Finalists for exhibition Read More »
On this day, 9th of September in 1899, Gyula Halasz was born in Brasso (Brasov), Austria-Hungary (now Romania) to a Hungarian father and Armenian mother. When he was three his family relocated to Paris, where his father worked as a French literature professor at the Sorbonne university. Gyula later went on to attend the Hungarian
By Rajesh Kumar Black and white photographs dating back to the 1980s, colour photographs shot in front of historical sites of Delhi, and portraits showcasing behavioural identities of queers from different regions — these comprise the collection that adorns the walls of the Vadehra Art Gallery for the ongoing solo exhibition of Sunil Gupta. The
Cruising through the world of the queer community Read More »
AI-generated prize-winning artwork puts award to question Jason M. Allen of Pueblo West, Colorado, took home the first place blue ribbon in the Colorado State Fair\’s contest for emerging digital artists. What is of exceptional note is that he ‘created’ his entry with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that turns lines of text into hyper-realistic
On this day, 7th of September, 1860, Anna Mary Robertson Moses was born in Greenwich, New York, US. She was the third of ten children born to Russell King Robertson, a farmer, and Margaret Shannahan. Due to lack of warm cloths, Anna Moses attended school only in the summer. At the age of 12 she
The Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) 2022 has been showcasing a large number of artworks by diverse artists selected by 7 eminent art galleries of the city. While the exhibiting space of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) at the Bikaner House has been used in an interesting manner. But what is equally interesting is
Exhibit focusing on Alienation, curated by Meera Menezes (Part of DCAW 2022) Read More »
By Vinay Seth and Abhishek Kumar To view in an enlarged, slideshow format, click on the image. [ngg src=\”galleries\” ids=\”7\” display=\”basic_slideshow\”] Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) 2022 is showing at the Bikaner House, New Delhi. It ends on Wednesday, 7th September 2022.
11 Fresh Faces at DCAW 2022 Read More »
By Rajesh Kumar “A persistent memory shapes our future. Attempting to arrive at some clarity, by reiterating the one memory with the multiples of what seems like the same work, persistence has created its own rhythm and cadence”, states Jahangir Asgar Jani in his artist statement for his solo show titled ‘Pareidolia: Songs of (Dis)Belief’.
An exhibition of watercolours reflecting the viewer’s own perception Read More »
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7 Indian Artist-Teachers who moulded future generations Read More »