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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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Abir rewind on most-read profiles (Part 1) #ArtWorld2021 #YearEnders2021

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 Manjunath Kamath, Vasudevan Akkitham, Rajen, and Lalitha Lajmi Manjunath Kamath Temple sculptures and paintings, churches, and Jain temples were his initial museums from which he derived

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Is making art the flair and the sensibility to see beyond the tyranny of social constructs?

Columns /

By drawing references to a host of creative masters, who saw art through their unique lens, as well as through his own experiences that were to impact his thoughts on creating art – and of finding meaning therein – Santanu Borah takes us through a fascinating journey that questions the activity, and possible futility, of

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Remembering Satyajit Ray\’s grandfather, who pioneered engraving, colour printing in India

On This Day /

December 20, On This Day Did you know famous auteur Satyajit Ray\’s grandfather was a pioneer of engraving and colour printing in India? Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was born in May 1863 and has his death anniversary today, on December 20 (1915 was the year of his demise aged only 52). He is the father of

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Wikipedia\’s first edit sells as NFT, bacteria make a Van Gogh, and meet… Pigcasso!

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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

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Artists thrive through creative collaboration in Odisha! Check out our report on the Barbil Art Project

News, Special Story /

An inside report by Georgina Maddox of the Barbil Art Project Rûpa-loka: Incarnation of Ideas in Odisha, conceptualized by Jagannath Panda and organized by the Utsha and Arya Foundation  Art can be an amazing uniting force in the world. In the context of India, the demarcation between art and craft is really a post-colonial phenomenon

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Let’s decode this mysterious creature called an “Artist” 

Columns /

Recounting a chance meeting with an artist in rural India, and by tracing the life of Charles Biederman, Santanu Borah discusses the assumptions that cloud the recognition of an “Artist” The romance that seems to be wedded to the idea of the long-suffering artist keeps away important knowledge about our visual and cultural life. Most

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\’Colour creates harmony in art, just like counterpoint in music\’, said Georges Seurat

On This Day /

December 2, On This Day  Born 162 years ago today, on December 2, 1859, Georges Pierre Seurat is a French post-Impressionist artist with a unique legacy. He is best known for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism, and his conté crayon drawings have also garnered a great deal of critical appreciation. Seurat

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