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How Jangarh Singh Shyam Put the Gond Tribe and their Art on the World Map

Gond art consists of paintings of Pardhan Gond tribes that reside in Central India. Historically, the members of the community were bards who sang about devi devtas using a three-stringed instrument called Bana. Through their music and songs they educated the younger generations of their villages about Gond mythology, stories and culture.  The origin myth […]

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Artist Sujata Bajaj Wins the Prestigious Maharashtrian of the Year Award 2022

Artist Sujata Bajaj has won the prestigious ‘Lokmat Maharashtrian of the Year Award 2022’ for her excellent contribution to the field of Art. The Awards honour individuals who, through their outstanding work, have changed the shape of Maharashtra and the whole country. The ceremony was held on the 11th of October 2022 at The Dome,

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Depiction of gritty portrayals of war by Vasily Vereshchagin

OCTOBER 26, ON THIS DAY \’Observing life through all my various travels, I have been particularly struck by the fact that even in our time people kill one another under all possible pretexts, and by every possible means. Wholesale murder is still called war, while killing individuals is called execution. Everywhere the same worship of

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Late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen\’s collection of artworks at auction

‘I ask a lot of questions, because I’m always looking for connections between different topics that aren’t necessarily obvious, but that might help us see our world differently, or understand it better’ Paul G. Allen All of us are constrained by the passage of time and are affected by the rules of the day. But

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Manish Pushkale investigates the resonance of the Great Andamanese society

Artists are sensitive absorbers of the human body\’s automated process, forming their own linear odyssey that reflects chaos and order. Physicists attempt to formulate this inflow from the materiality of nature whereas philosophers intuit it from her intelligentsia. The body is a receptive instrument of this inflow and artists, physicists and philosophers trace this flow

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Stolen painting to allegations of sexual harassment: Some art news around the world

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

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Mimosa Echard wins France\’s top art award: Know what else is happening in the art world

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

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I see art like mithai, it is pure joy: Canna Patel

Architect and interior designer Canna Patel talks about how the lockdown changed her attitude to design and that the basics haven’t changed Much like the tumultuous advent of Covid-19 changed trajectories across the world 2020, life did alter for well-known architect-interior designer Canna Patel, too — allowing her to take an extra moment from her remarkably busy

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