A Tyeb Mehta might fetch 3 million dollars; Lalu Prasad Shaw Retrospective opens today; and Picasso’s 50th death anniversary to be commemorated
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Ina Puri on Lalu Prasad Shaw: “You will be surprised”
By Vinay Seth I had the privilege of having a heart-to-heart conversation with Ina Puri on her upcoming retrospective on the Bengal master Lalu Prasad Shaw. The show is subtitled \’Early and Recent Works\’. The \’Early\’ part largely comprises Lalu\’s prints from the 70s and 80s, and the \’Recent\’ works mostly consist of works done
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Two Indian Artists participating in “Rothko 2022”; Series of Mithila Art exhibitions ongoing in the US
Two Indian Artists participating in Painting Symposium celebrating Rothko’s birth anniversary The Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia celebrates September as \’The Rothko Month\’. The artist\’s birthday is commemorated annually in his city of birth and early upbringing, through an international symposium that draws painters and Rothko fans from all over the world. The
First Take Update, 2022: Eminent Jury expediently selects Finalists for exhibition
By Vinay Seth Since 2016, Abir has been annually inviting artwork entries from emerging artists from all over India, whereafter the entrants are shortlisted for displaying their works in a group show. From these shortlisted exhibition finalists, the top few — 10 this year — are selected for the First Take award, carrying an honorarium.
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Cruising through the world of the queer community
By Rajesh Kumar Black and white photographs dating back to the 1980s, colour photographs shot in front of historical sites of Delhi, and portraits showcasing behavioural identities of queers from different regions — these comprise the collection that adorns the walls of the Vadehra Art Gallery for the ongoing solo exhibition of Sunil Gupta. The
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AI-generated painting creates furore as it bags first place; Promising young artists exhibit in Kolkata; and one more art news
AI-generated prize-winning artwork puts award to question Jason M. Allen of Pueblo West, Colorado, took home the first place blue ribbon in the Colorado State Fair\’s contest for emerging digital artists. What is of exceptional note is that he ‘created’ his entry with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that turns lines of text into hyper-realistic
Exhibit focusing on Alienation, curated by Meera Menezes (Part of DCAW 2022)
The Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) 2022 has been showcasing a large number of artworks by diverse artists selected by 7 eminent art galleries of the city. While the exhibiting space of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) at the Bikaner House has been used in an interesting manner. But what is equally interesting is
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An exhibition of watercolours reflecting the viewer’s own perception
By Rajesh Kumar “A persistent memory shapes our future. Attempting to arrive at some clarity, by reiterating the one memory with the multiples of what seems like the same work, persistence has created its own rhythm and cadence”, states Jahangir Asgar Jani in his artist statement for his solo show titled ‘Pareidolia: Songs of (Dis)Belief’.
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Threadsuns: An amalgamated juxtaposition of artists young and old
By Rajesh Kumar An ongoing group show at Gallerie Nvya titled ‘Threadsuns’ takes cues from the poetry of the Romanian-German writer and translator who went by the pseudonym ‘Paul Celan’. As per the show’s curator, “‘Threadsuns’ was a collection of poems by Paul Celan as well as an essential part of a larger scope of
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Anupam Sud: Human Puzzles on display at KNMA
By Rajesh Kumar ‘The Rear Window’ by Anupam Sud seems as an apt depiction of urban life that shows the public hush and rush in a city bus of Delhi, with emphasis on the human body. “Sinister and enigmatic, deceptive and irreal, these compositions also carry a subtle sense of humour, playfulness and even mischief.
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