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When art is not restricted by medium: Exploring the oeuvre of interdisciplinary artist Amitesh Grover

Artist Profile /

Seamlessly melding theatre, performance and interactive art since 2009, 41-year-old artist Amitesh Grover has been described as to have “transcended the barriers of disciplines”, working with live acts, texts, objects, images, installations and films over more than a decade. As he navigates and investigates the overlaps between performance, digital technologies, game design and public intervention, […]

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Getting to know the \’joyous abstraction\’ and \’visual jazz\’ of Sophie Taeuber-Arp

On This Day /

January 13, On This Day There’s many an artist who has been overlooked, and even more so female artists in human history. And yet, Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp, who died tragically in an accident with a leaking gas stove on January 13, 1943 at just the age of 54, still managed to establish herself as

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Is there still hope for art in Afghanistan? The country\’s national museum is back open

News /

Is it a sign that the Taliban is ready to show greater tolerance toward art? Or is it just optics, asks the New York Times? Either way, the Afghan national museum in Kabul — ransacked and closed by the same extremist regime during its last stint in power from 1996-2001 — is back open. The

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Iconic art moves out of jail, while a mysterious artist gets a night club in his name…

News /

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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A recap of FIRST TAKE 2021: Emerging artists beat all odds amid a pandemic #ArtWorld2021 #YearEnder2021

First Take /

Nothing exemplifies the indomitable nature of art more than its ability to create beauty and inspire thought through every challenge thrown its way. And equally indefatigable is the artist, who forms the cusp between the art that nourishes souls and the society that experiences it wholeheartedly. Emerging as an established artist in this same society

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How #ArtWorld2021 stumbled upon the power of going virtual

Columns, News /

In the wake of the global Pandemic the artworld discovered the power of the six-degrees-of-separation science that kept it afloat through troubled times. Georgina Maddox reports.  When the COVID 19 Pandemic hit the globe, in December 2019, we perhaps did not envision how it would impact our entire existence. Life came to a grinding halt

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A throwback to our most-read profiles (Part 2) #ArtWorld2021 #YearEnder2021

Artist Profile /

Bringing to you our year-end series where we rewind to some of our most-read and most-viewed stories! In this article, we get you the excerpts of the profiles of Brinda Miller, Seema Kohli, Amit Ambalal, Jagannath Panda, and Veer Munshi  Brinda Miller Twenty years after it first began, one of the most well-known annual celebrations

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