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Khurana’s approach to performance art as a means of social and political transformation

Abhishek Kumar ‘Anyone to whom equality is integral is feminist’ — Sonia Khurana Sonia Khurana is a contemporary Indian artist who works across various mediums including video, photography, performance, and installation. Khurana is regarded as one of the leading contemporary artists in India and her work continues to push boundaries and challenge the status quo.

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Anecdotal Humour in plastic arts

Vandana Shukla Laughter comes as naturally to humans, as does anger or pathos. All human expressions have occasional humorous anecdotes; to kill monotony. In art, though humour is inexplicable. It can be decipherable; subject to perceptibility. Long before Indian art acquired the stiff- upper- lip stance of modernism; it was already defined by the principles

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$42K Jeff Koons ‘Balloon Dog’ accidentally broken by an art collector in Miami

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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New Gallery Opens in Manchester Museum Celebrating South Asian Art and Culture

Abhishek Kumar The University of Manchester’s Manchester Museum will reopen to the public on February 18, 2023, following a major capital makeover. In addition to providing fresh viewpoints on British Asian and South Asian culture and innovation, this new multilingual museum will explore the connection between South Asia and Britain’s imperial heritage.  The new South

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100-Year-Old Dalí drawings recovered which was stolen in Barcelona art heist

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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Michelangelo’s Painting, Sculpting, and Architecture

Abhishek Kumar February 18, ON THIS DAY “The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.” Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance artist. He is

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