Valentino Garavani, the legendary Italian couturier known for his signature “Valentino Red” gowns and dressing royalty and celebrities, passed away on January 19, 2026, at his Rome residence surrounded by loved ones. He was 93 years old, with no official cause of death disclosed, though reports suggest natural causes given his age. Early Life and […]
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Antonio Paucar, a Peruvian artist born in 1973 in Huancayo, has been named the winner of the 11th Artes Mundi Prize, receiving £40,000 from the UK-based biennial contemporary art award. The announcement came on January 15, 2026, at the National Museum Cardiff, where Paucar’s works form part of a group exhibition running until March 1,
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In the context of the exhibition “പൊന്നുപോലെ/Like Gold”, curated by Meena Vari as a collateral event of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale, examines gold not merely as a mineral or currency, but as a site of intense emotional, material, and historical “transmutation.” ‘Like’ is an expression that can be attached to many things! A world created
Gallerie Nvya is presenting two concurrent exhibitions of works by contemporary artist Seema Kohli at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, in January 2026. Together, the shows offer an overview of Kohli’s multidisciplinary practice, highlighting her engagement with mythology, ecology, gender, and the body. The first exhibition, titled Bodies of Sky, Bodies of Earth, is on view
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Iranian advocacy and human rights groups say several Iranian artists have been killed in the latest wave of anti‑government protests that began late December 2025 and have since spread across the country. The incidents come amid a wider and exceptionally violent crackdown by security forces, who have used live ammunition, metal pellets, and mass arrests
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The 11th edition of Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography kicked off Friday with a vibrant opening rally and inauguration ceremony that set the tone for a festival conceived as “a movement, a resistance, an awakening,” in the words of founder Dr. Shahidul Alam. Running through January 31 across five venues in the capital, this
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The first solo exhibition in India of the renowned Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei at the Nature Morte gallery in Delhi presents a limited number of works that explore the diverse saturations and introspection of the artist’s three-decade-long art practice. Ai Weiwei, as we know, is the most celebrated and eminent for his giant installations,
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Helsinki Central Library Oodi, situated in front of the Finnish Parliament is a public “living room” whose architecture is choreographed around democracy, everyday life and the changing idea of what a library should be. ALA Architects have designed it in service of access, openness and shared civic life. Site, symbol and first impression Oodi occupies
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The installation “Parliament of Ghosts” by Ibrahim Mahama, displayed at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, offers reflections on the politics of space, with its colonial undertone. Mahama’s work, which uses stitched jute sacks and chairs, portrays hidden chronologies of trade, labour, and colonial power. At the Biennale, Mahama transforms a room at Anand Warehouse, a colonial-era godown,
The ninth edition of Colomboscope, Sri Lanka’s leading contemporary arts festival, returns this January with the pulsating theme “Rhythm Alliances.” Conceived and curated by Berlin- and Karachi-based guest curator Hajra Haider Karrar, in collaboration with artistic director Natasha Ginwala and the festival team, the ten-day event will unfold across multiple venues in Colombo from 21 to 31 January 2026. Far more than
