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It was a moment of pride for 10 young artists, handpicked from across India, as winners of Abir India’s FIRST TAKE 2021 competition. Chosen out of 122 artists and with their works standing out from over 2500 submissions, the emerging talents gained a lot to look forward to from this platform. Selected for their excellence, […]
Full of joy and surprise: Listen to what FIRST TAKE 2021 winners have to say! Read More »
Abir India received a whopping response for the fifth edition of FIRST TAKE art festival with over 2500 submissions from over 250 pin codes. Out of 122 artists, 10 winners – Shubhanker Suresh Chandere from Pune, Kinnari Jitendra Tondlekar from Thane, Sriparna Dutta from Hyderabad, Jintu Mohan Kalita from Barama, Assam, Priya Ranjan Purkait from
November 19, On This Day A Belgian painter and printmaker who had a tremendous influence on expressionism and surrealism, James Ensor, born in April 1860, passed away today, 72 years ago, on November 19, 1949. He was famously associated with the artistic group Les XX, a group of 20 Belgian painters, designers and sculptors, formed
Colour, drama and rebellion: Commemorating James Ensor Read More »
November 19, On This Day It was built over two centuries ago following the French example of The Louvre, and still stands in testament to the works of some of history’s most consummate artists. The Rijksmuseum (or Dutch national museum) — the largest art museum in The Netherlands —was founded in The Hague on November
Mark your calendars (and passports) for this 223-year-old museum\’s birthday 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
Kahlo smashes records; elsewhere, a royal gallerist makes millions off NFTs Read More »
In the international art world, one artist who is nothing short of mythical is Frida Kahlo. The anecdotes surrounding her, the mercurial relationship she had with her partner, Deigo Riviera, her incessant battle with various ailments (she caught polio at age six), her obsession to paint even when her hands didn’t permit (she painted with
Recounting the legend (and the pain) of being Frida Kahlo 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
The sprawling museum has been years in the making and is touted as just the thing to catapult HK into the cultural big leagues of the art world — but the mainland\’s new national security law has long cast a pall over this vision As if the prolonged global crisis faced by varied institutions in
The much-touted M+ opens cautiously in Hong Kong — even as Beijing tightens its grip Read More »
Growing up in Germany and going on to spend 11 fruitful years in India as an enthusiast and purveyor of art has lent a unique perspective on all things aesthetic to Hartmut Wurster. The aficionado of art, an esteemed jury member of Abir First Take 2021, brings to the table a twin perspective from the
In his weekly column, Santanu Borah reflects on art, creativity, and the worlds that arise out of, and beyond, imagination When you look deep into the soul of the known universe, into the abyss of dark matter that has no bottom or top, beyond the clutches of dimension, you will find a poem that is
Art beyond the realm of imagination Read More »