Ashok Vajpeyi in conversation with Piyush Daiya Editor’s Note Poet and cultural cognoscenti Ashok Vajpeyi turns 85 today and is documenting his memoirs with writer Piyush Daiya. As part of the memory project, we publish his detailed impressions of four women artists. This is the fourth of a four-part series. Read the first part (Nilima […]
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Among the many hats Ashok Vajpeyi wears besides being a poet, a columnist, critic and a cultural connoisseur, is running the foundation eminent artist Syed Haidar Raza left behind. Vajpeyi is credited as the moving force behind setting up of Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, Mahatma Gandhi Hindi University in Wardha, Maharashtra and has also been
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Ashok Vajpeyi in conversation with Piyush Daiya Editor’s Note Poet and cultural cognoscenti Ashok Vajpeyi is turning 85 this 16th and is documenting his memoirs with writer Piyush Daiya. As part of the memory project, we are publishing his detailed impressions of four women artists. This is the second of the four-part series. Read the
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Seema Kohli’s Newest Solo Show Curated by Adwait, Seema Kohli is set to present a new solo, Khula Aasman. The show is set to premiere at the Partition Museum at Dara Shikoh Library, Ambedkar University from 16 January to 15 February 2025. The show can also be seen at Seema Kohli Studio, Okhla Phase II
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A Comprehensive Rabindranath Tagore Biography I don’t know who paints the picture of life into our embedded memories, but whoever it is, only paints. He is ready with a brush to reprint every incident that happens in life, of course, opting for what to keep and what not to. Rabindranath Tagore This is how Tagore
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Learn Lesser-Known Pablo Picasso Facts Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present the lesser-known Pablo Picasso facts. “For being a bad student I was banished to the ‘calaboose’ – a bare cell with whitewashed walls and a
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Sally Mann’s Photographs Seized Texan authorities have confiscated multiple works by photographer Sally Mann from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, following allegations that her images featuring nude children might be considered pornographic. The photographs in question include The Perfect Tomato, Popsicle Drips, The Wet Bed, Another Cracker, and Cereus. What Were the Photographs
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Kansas City International Airport’s Artwork Destroyed An expensive and beautiful art installation by artist Nick Cave, titled, ‘The Air Up There,’ featuring nearly 3,000 metal wind spinners in the check-in hall of Kansas City International Airport is currently being evaluated for safety standards following the fall of a wind spinner. On October 6, 2024, the
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Meet Satyendra Kumar Satyendra Kumar is an artist from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. Despite hailing from a backward family, with no educational environment, he cultivated a passion for art. After graduating 12th grade, he enrolled in the Fine Arts Department of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He developed the nuances of sculpting simultaneously completing his BFA, MFA
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Meet Artist of the Week – Rasana Bhardwaj Rasana Aashish Bhardwaj is our Artist of the Week. She completed her Master’s in Fine Arts from JJ School of Arts in 2021. She was also a gold medalist, won during her Bachelor of Visual Art from SNDT University in 2017. She received her G.D. in Fine
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