Om Prakash Jain, born in 1929, is an Indian art curator, collector, patron, and philanthropist. He founded the Sanskriti Pratishthan (Sankriti Foundation) in 1979, widely regarded as one of the foremost organisations committed to cultural preservation and advancement of arts; as well as runs the Sanskriti Kendra Museums in Anandagram, Delhi. He was chairman of […]
Introduction: Dr. Jyotindra Jain is a renowned Indian scholar, who has authored several articles, books and staged exhibitions on traditional Indian folk arts and cultures as well as popular visual cultures. His interest in Indian art and culture identified him as a potential and pioneering academic scholar. Dr. Jyotindra Jain, born on June 5th, 1943,
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India’s handloom sector stands as a cherished symbol of the country’s rich cultural heritage and plays a crucial role in providing livelihoods to people in rural and semi-rural regions. With over 70% of all weavers and allied workers being women, the handloom industry also directly contributes to women’s empowerment. Rooted in nature, the handloom sector
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August 6, On This Day Andrew Warhola — more popularly known as Andy Warhol — has an artistic legacy that seems almost too vast to describe. Born on August 6, 1928, Warhol was a pop art pioneer (mass-produced art that apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the US), visual artist, film director,
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August 7, On This Day The name Rabindranath Tagore is etched deep in Indian history, not in small part because he is the man who wrote the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana. But another memorable part of the Nobel Laureate’s contribution to literature and music is to Indian art, bringing in Contextual Modernism in the
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5th August, ON THIS DAY The sixth of seven siblings, Gabo was born Naum Pevsner in the tiny Russian town of Bryansk. The Pevsners were a sizable, close-knit, patriarchal middle-class family led by the charismatic and imposing Boris and Fanny. Despite the fact that Boris was Jewish, the siblings were raised as Christians thanks to
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It was in 1894 when famous Indian painter and artist Raja Ravi Verma, also regarded as the father of modern art in India, established his lithographic press in Girgaum, Bombay. In September of the same year, the chromolithographs of goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati were launched. Expensive and exclusive pieces of Verma’s art started to circulate
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INTRODUCTION The world of comics is captivating where artistic expression and storytelling converge to create vibrant narratives that captivate readers across the globe. Within this realm, two distinct traditions, American comics and English comics, stand as pillars of creativity and innovation. While they share the common medium of sequential art, these traditions exhibit remarkable differences
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Ever since individuals began cohabitating, political tensions have persistently plagued societies. One event that profoundly impacted humanity and affected the entire world was the world war, considered one of the worst events in history. The Nazis, a faction of fascists, disregarded fundamental human ethics and resulted in extensive devastation across various regions. Art was not
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‘It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and distance, Gabriel García Márquez wrote in his celebrated novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. It was Love; nothing else makes humans to be crazy. People start to do anything; for Love, people die and start
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