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Of Demons and Russian Symbolist Folktales: Mikhail Vrubel’s Paintings

Mikhail Vrubel Art - Flying Demon (1899)

Why Are Mikhail Vrubel Paintings Still Discussed Worldwide Mikhail Vrubel’s art employs a sensitive palette of colours and symbols, and as the artist lays down the wide strokes of the palette knife on the canvas– the painting seems to come to completion. There is a sense of passionate despair one feels after looking at Vrubel’s […]

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Inside the Photographic World of Fabien Charuau

Rhetoric of the JPEG - # 3 (2024)

Getting To Know Fabien Charuau Fabien Charuau is a French-born artist and architectural photographer living in Mumbai. He is known for his thoughtful approach to architectural photography and his innovative digital artworks. Fabien Charuau’s Photographic Style As an architectural photographer, He captures more than just buildings—he reveals the emotional and cultural stories behind them. His

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The Economy of the Art Market Threatened by Trump’s Tariff Revival

Trump's Tariff

Artists and the Art makers across U.S, Canada, China and Mexico face potential changes in their practice due to trade wars.  President Donald Trump’s recent move of tariff increase has majorly impacted multiple sectors, including the art market. These trade policies introduce challenges for artists, collectors, galleries, and art suppliers, and have economic effects on

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India through the eyes of a Russian Polymath, 150 years of Roerich.

Art enthusiasts, scholars, and cultural connoisseurs gathered on 4 March 2025 to witness something extraordinary—the unveiling of “Nicholas Roerich: The Eternal,” a landmark exhibition commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of one of history’s most enigmatic artists at The National Gallery of Modern Art. The exhibition, painstakingly curated over many months, brought together pieces from across

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Revisiting the Guerrilla Girls’ Feminist Art Crusade and the Met’s Gender Bias

Metropolitan Museum of Art exterior and gender representation in female artists

From Provocation to Progress: Has the Art World Evolved Since 1989? In 1989, the Guerrilla Girls—an anonymous collective of feminist artists—put up a billboard asking a relevant (yet biting) question: “Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum?” Originally supposed to be a billboard, commissioned by the Public Art Fund in

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Cartoonists React to Zelensky-Trump Feud in the Oval Office

The typically stoic diplomatic process was a session of finger-pointing, metaphorical fists in the air, making the abrupt outburst the most intense public spat between foreign leaders in the Oval Office of the United States. The two leaders were meeting to strike a deal but what ended up happening was the deal itself got striked.

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Jeff Koons’ Made in Heaven is the Public’s Best-Kept Secret

The Beginning of Jeff Koons’ Art Controversy It all began in 1989, when via an invitation by the Whitney Museum, and guest curator Marvin Heiferman, Jeff Koons created a piece focused on media for a billboard for the exhibition “Image World: Art and Media Culture.” Koons’ billboard promoted a fictional film named Made in Heaven.

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Luigi Mangione is “kind of pretty” in his New Courtroom Sketches: Christine Cornell

Luigi Mangione Court Sketcg by Artist Christine Cornell

Luigi Mangione is NOW Among the Famous Courtroom Drawings The New York City courtroom was surrounded by Luigi Mangione’s fandom rallying in his support. Tried for the murder of United Health Care CEO, Brian Thompson, Mangione appeared in front of a judge and pled not guilty, sending the courtroom sketch artists into a frenzy. Suffice

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Framing The Black History Month With An Ambedkarite Vision.

Bakery Prasad Illustrates a Shared Space Between Black History Legends and Dalit Community Icons. In the United States of America, February is celebrated as Black history month. To commemorate the long struggle of the African-American community in the states, the annual remembrance helps in keeping history alive and thriving and celebrating Black art and culture. 

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