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Young Santiniketan: Learning and unlearning in a pristine mecca of arts and culture

Young India /

One of the most prestigious universities of India, Viswa Bharati University better known as Santiniketan, was founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921. It has produced talented artists who have gone on to redefine as well as pioneer varied art practices. The village itself has become synonymous with arts practice and several artists and intellectuals have […]

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Exploring how art gives depth to design: Room For More Art with Sanjana Samel and Sachin Ambekar

Room For More Art /

Abir Pothi presents Room For More Art — a series of features on interior designers across geographic boundaries, discussing with them the nuances of their profession, their methods of sourcing and projecting art into their work, the challenges they face, and a whole lot more perspective. Sachin Ambekar and Sanjana Samel: \’Art adds a narrative

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Abstracts, layers, stone and spectres — these are the themes with our Artists Of The Week

Artists of the Week /

Ankita Daulatabadkar: Capturing a haunting muse Each incident we experience creates a form that leaves an impression on us, believes artist Ankita Daulatabadkar, and her art is one such manifestation that explores human behaviour and its effects. Using etching, aquatint, collography, lithography, Ankita has depicted some esoteric, symbolic and somewhat haunting themes in her artworks.

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Comparing cultural disparities, FIRST TAKE 2019 winner probes ethics and identity through art in NYC

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Abir FIRST TAKE 2019 winner Abhishek Tuiwala has gone places. Today, he is pursuing an MFA in Sculpture from Pratt Institution, Brooklyn. He believes the essence of humanity is all about culture, ethics and identity and this philosophy translates into his research. He says his research study\’s primary objective is to investigate the effect of

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Art, design are integrated, as the psyche behind both is the same: Kanika Agarwal Mahadevwala in Room For More Art

Room For More Art /

Abir Pothi presents Room For More Art — a series of features on interior designers across geographic boundaries, discussing with them the nuances of their profession, their methods of sourcing and projecting art into their work, the challenges they face, and a whole lot more perspective. Kanika Agarwal Mahadevwala: Designing processes that lead to ‘solutions’

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\”Got an invite to create for a top-notch artist!\” Winners share FIRST TAKE highlights

News, Young India /

Through its last four editions, Abir India has received over 8000 entries out of which works of 500 artists have been chosen and 32 artists have been awarded. As Abir India presents FIRST TAKE 2021, Gauri Gharpure talks to past winners about their experience of participating in the event. Souvik Das: An amazing panel of

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Our artists this week explore universal questions, village life, pareidolia and chillies!

Artists of the Week /

Gopal Parmar: Putting questions forth to the universe Themes of divinity juxtaposed with earthly life find an enchanting balance in the art put forth by artist Gopal Parmar. He professes to his attempts to comprehend the unending conundrums of the universe in his oeuvre, in what could be deemed more familiar settings. With this quest,

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Say \”Happy birthday\” to David Hockney as the iconic British artist turns 84

On This Day /

July 9, On This Day One of Britain\’s most influential artists turns 84 Considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, David Hockney celebrates his 84th birthday today. Born on July 9, 1937, the Englishman has been a painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer, and used many other media including

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