Why is artwork treated as a mirror, more than a reflection of time, and a cultural product of an artist? A subjective narration transformed into the cultural artefacts of the inner worlds of human interactions happening in a specific time and space. We can answer the question of what art is in this manner. An […]
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The hands that embroider the Indian textiles are artists of the greatest degree. One such embroidery tradition from Karnataka is Kasuti embroidery. It is a popular art form in northern Karnataka that is practised by women of the region, India, rooted in the region’s villages. It is one of the oldest Indian practices, dating back
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Artists from Dahanu in the Palghar district have been given the esteemed opportunity to showcase their talent by painting the walls of the marble museum at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi with captivating Warli art. Through the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), disciples of the renowned Warli artist Padmashree Jivya Soma Mahse
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A groundbreaking new art book titled “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India” is set to be released, providing a pioneering study on the emergence of Buddhist art in southern India. The book, published by Mapin in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York, sheds light on the vibrant and
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Kintsugi is a Japanese way of repairing wounds in ceramics or pottery. As a philosophy, Japanese belief brings back beauty from the broken; experts use lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum to do this. The Kintsugi technique aims to bring damaged things back to life and use; it’s the art of
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The Realm of Indian Miniature Paintings visually narrates the treasures of the ancient past. It dwells as an embodiment of stories, poetries, myths and legends transcending through the canvases of miniature painters that weave these diverse narratives in an enchanting classical composition. Spread across India’s various, vast lands, several Miniature Painting Ateliers hold a distinctive
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India recently carried out its highly anticipated lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, on July 14 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh. While the country’s ‘Bahubali’ rocket successfully placed the moon spacecraft, Chandrayaan-3, into orbit, India eagerly awaits the lander’s soft landing on the moon’s surface, scheduled for August 23. Spanning from July 14 to
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According to a report on Tuesday by the Swiss Public Radio SRF, the art group KKKK broke into the website of a contentious show at the Kunsthaus Zurich in Switzerland. To replace the four QR codes with its own biography of the collector Emil Georg Bührle, whose collections are the focus of the exhibition, the
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A long-lost portrait by renowned artist Arshile Gorky, depicting fellow artist Anna Walinska, has resurfaced in Rhode Island after decades of obscurity. The discovery of this significant artwork, which had eluded art experts and enthusiasts for years, is a testament to the power of digital catalogue raisonné and the determination of those involved in preserving
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