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Kolkata’s Yellow Taxis Transform into Moving Canvases for Durga Puja’s 40-Year Journey

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Kolkata’s streets are witnessing a remarkable fusion of heritage and art this Durga Puja season, as the city’s iconic yellow Ambassador taxis have been transformed into vibrant moving canvases. The innovative “Cholte Cholte 40” initiative showcases forty meticulously crafted taxis, each artistically portraying the evolution of Durga Puja celebrations across four transformative decades. A Tribute […]

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The Inaugural Bukhara Biennial: Reviving an Ancient City’s Role in Global Cultural Exchange

Biennales, Exhibitions /

The ancient city of Bukhara, once a flourishing intellectual and trading hub along the Silk Road, has emerged as Central Asia’s newest cultural destination with the launch of its inaugural biennial in September 2025. The Bukhara Biennial, titled “Recipes for Broken Hearts,”is Uzbekistan’s first major international contemporary art event and, one of the most ambitious cultural initiatives

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LIMINAL LINES: Ashok Bhowmick’s Retrospective Exhibition by Dhoomimal Gallery

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Dhoomimal Gallery celebrates five decades of artistic excellence with LIMINAL LINES: Ashok Bhowmick – Celebrating 50 Years of Artistic Inquiry and Human Reflection, a comprehensive retrospective showcasing the master’s journey from his early black-and-white drawings of the 1970s to his recent large-format canvases and sculptural works. Exhibition Overview Curated by Professor Rajan Shripad Fulari , Dean of the School

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21 Female Architects Who Shaped Modern Architecture

Architecture /

Celebrating Female Architects Architecture has been blessed with the vision and creativity of exceptional human beings, of which female architects are one. By expanding the status quo from early pioneers of modernist styles to incorporating tradition in contemporary design, these women have altered the course of architecture. Here are some of the achievements shaped by

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India Design ID Mumbai 2025: Celebrating The Age of Design Syncretism

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India Design ID Mumbai returns from September 26-28, 2025, at Jio World Garden, BKC, showcasing the confluence of heritage, innovation, and contemporary creativity under the compelling theme of “The Age of Design Syncretism.” India Design ID (ID) Mumbai 2025 marks a significant moment in the country’s design calendar, as the second edition of this prestigious

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Veer Munshi & Manjunath Kamath: The Meeting of Two Practices

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Ojas Art Gallery presents Ascending Roots, an exhibition of artworks by Manjunath Kamath and Veer Munshi, previously presented at the Jaipur Literature Festival from October 5th – November 1, 2025 at Ojas Art, Mehrauli, Delhi. The purpose of any art is to express, to tell a story. Art today is multidimensional, derived from themes that are urban or global.

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Manish Mundra Launches Book “Wild Africa: Through My Lens” in Delhi

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National Award-winning filmmaker and founder of Drishyam Films, Manish Mundra, unveiled his latest coffee table book, Wild Africa: Through My Lens. The event featured an engaging discussion with designer, filmmaker, and photographer Parthiv Shah, moderated by writer and TedX speaker Kena Shree. Mundra described the book as a project years in the making. “Wild Africa

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Bhunath Mukherjee: A Modernist Lineage of Bengali Portraiture

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Art Exposure is proud to present the first ever landmark exhibition of 10 portraits by Bengal’s most accomplished yet understated modernist painter Bhunath Mukherjee, The exhibition is titled as A Modernist Lineage of Bengali Portraiture, celebrating the practice of Bhunath Mukherjee. This exhibition brings together a rare body of works spanning the 1940s to the

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KNMA Festival makes its return this October, bringing “Voices of Diversity”

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New Delhi, 17 September 2025: The KNMA Festival returns to Sunder Nursery, this time with a focus on music, from October 9 to 12, 2025. Titled “Voices of Diversity”, the four-day festival celebrates the vast and varied sonic landscape of India. This year’s edition is curated by renowned musician and writer, T.M. Krishna, whose thought-provoking

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