Christopher Charles Benninger On the morning of 24th January Balkrishna Doshi left his body and continued on his journey, leaving us both memories of a man and an IDEA. I believe very special people are implanted in our memories at birth. So even before the first time we meet them it is a kind of […]
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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
Rajesh Kumar Born into a family of furniture makers in Pune on August 26, 1927, well-known architect and Padma Bhushan recipient Balkrishna Doshi died in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, January 24. Announcing the news, Architectural Digest India wrote on Instagram, “India’s greatest architect, Balkrishna Doshi (26th August 1927- 24th January 2023) has passed away at the
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Aarti Zaveri’s installation focused on the earth and the environment Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Whatever art may be, it has concerns related to private and public life. In the performing arts, these concerns sometimes come to the fore and sometimes they do not. In fine arts, there has been an increasing trend among artists towards such
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Krispin Joseph PX Toxicity is a TKM Warehouse installation in Kochi Muziris Biennale, an invitation program that fetches numerous things together to an Indian audience. We must keep the show in mind as some places in India are toxic because of illegal mining and multinational companies exploiting our natural resources with the help of our
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A recipient of numerous prestigious awards and honours like the Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri and Lalit Kala Akademi Award for his artistry, Goan artist Laxman Pai lived to the ripe old age of 95 before his demise just last year in March, at his home in Goa’s Dona Paula. He was born on January 21,
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JANUARY 20, ON THIS DAY Known as “one of India’s most acclaimed postcolonial artists” and a “leader of the younger generation of artists”, Atul Dodiya is one of the most sought-after contemporary Indian artists today. Married to fellow painter Anju Dodiya, he and lives and works in Mumbai — the city he was born in,
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Krispin Joseph PX We may not know anything about the dictatorship, or we know it very well; have we gone through it silently? Our understanding of General Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile is insufficient to define or identify the artwork related to that subject. We all are far away from the horrors of the Pinochet
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Abhishek Kumar JANUARY 18, ON THIS DAY “Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative… I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.” Kiki Smith Kiki Smith is a renowned contemporary artist best known for her work in minimalism. She is
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Krispin Joseph P.X. Indian politics went on fire in 2020-21 because of the farmer’s protests against the bill passed by the Parliament in September 2020. Farmers’ demonstrations, mainly from Punjab, raise the tagline “Dilli Chalo” to overwhelm the national capital for their rights. Continuing Indian farmers’ low income and suicides bring this strike to international
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