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Abir Pothi has turned one and we are more than excited to share the highlights of our incredible, fast-paced upward curve in the arts magazine domain of India. Despite starting off in the deep-end of the havoc caused by the pandemic, we held on our own and went from strength to strength even during a […]
Abir Pothi is ONE! Delineating our upwards trajectory with gratitude! Read More »
For Valentine\’s Day, Abir Pothi compiles some artworks from around the globe and India, that manifest love in its varied, many, fascinating forms Probably the first thing that comes to mind when one speaks of a romantic artwork is The Kiss (Der Kuss in German) painted between 1907 and 1908 by Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav
February 12, On This Day The immensely popular composition dubbed The Scream, created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, is one of the most iconic images of art, seen as “symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition”. Munch created four versions of the painting and a lithograph stone, from which several prints survive. Here’s a
Scream! One of history\’s most infamous art heists was pulled off today Read More »
February 10, On This Day A distinguished Indian Carnatic musician and painter from the state of Tamil Nadu was born on February 10, 1919. S. Rajam is celebrated as a rare and gifted artist and performer. He is known for his series of portraits of the Trinity of Carnatic music — Tyagaraja, Muttuswami Dikshitar and
This distinguished Carnatic musician and painter was born today, 103 years ago 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
\’Bored\’ security guard doodles with ballpoint pen on art at Russian gallery Read More »
Aparna Roy Baliga writes about the creative vibes that filled up the atmosphere for a group show organized in the memory of the late ceramic artist Jyostna Bhatt. ‘Chalo kam karie’ was a group show which came forth from the workshop remembering Jyotsna Bhatt. This exhibition was held in ‘The space studio’ in Vadodara. All
Walking through Chalo Kam Karie: A group show of ceramics remembering Jyotsna Bhatt Read More »
The National Museum of Finland has returned thousands of artifacts to the Sámi Homeland in Lapland over the last year, and this ongoing exhibit celebrates the fact The trend of repatriation and restoration of cultural property to indigenous communities/nations from erstwhile colonial powers / other has been catching on for some decades now, and may
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
As suddenly as it disappeared, the Guernica is back at the UN Read More »
February 8, On This Day Frau power in German art One of the most important representatives of early expressionism, German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker was born on February 8, 1876, and died very young at the age of 31 from a postpartum embolism (in 1907). Until the years when Becker began the practice, women painters had
She is the first known female artist to paint nude self-portraits Read More »
It was a fascinating amalgamation of fashion Chanakya and its Creative Director Karishma Swali collaborated with Dior for the commission of a series of monumental textile artworks by award-winning contemporary Indian Artists Madhvi and Manu Parekh, to be unveiled at the spring-summer 2022 Dior haute couture presentation in Paris. The works depicted traditional Indian motifs