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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 […]
April 7, On This Day Born in a village in Gujarat today (April 7) in 1934, artist Natvar Bhavsar is today a well-known Indian-American abstract expressionist and color field artist, who has been based out of New York City for half a century. Today 88, Bhavsar had already attained prominence as an artist in India
Abir Pothi explores the seamless ‘everywhereness’ and dreamlike quality of Kerala-based contemporary artist Sosa Joseph Indian contemporary artist Sosa Joseph was born on December 23, 1971, in Parumala, a small village in southern Kerala, where she was raised in a house right by the river. “For us, it all began with the river. It flowed through
Between reality and fantasy: The magic of the mundane on Sosa Joseph\’s canvases Read More »
Ina Puri is a writer, biographer, art curator and collector. She is the author of several books, including Faces of Indian Art and Journey with a Hundred Strings. She produced Meeting Manjit, a film on Bawa, which won the National Award. She currently occupies the position of editor at Art Varta and has recently published
Samwad with Ina Puri Read More »
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
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
A \’Pirate Bay\’ for NFTs and a Tinder for museums? Read More »
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
Kahlo smashes records; elsewhere, a royal gallerist makes millions off NFTs Read More »
The sprawling museum has been years in the making and is touted as just the thing to catapult HK into the cultural big leagues of the art world — but the mainland\’s new national security law has long cast a pall over this vision As if the prolonged global crisis faced by varied institutions in
The much-touted M+ opens cautiously in Hong Kong — even as Beijing tightens its grip Read More »
As part of a series on textile murals, Abir Pothi conducted an email interview with acclaimed artist Shelly Jyoti and gained many insights into the world of textile art as well as her practice. Below are the in-depth answers that we got in response to our questions. What draws you to textiles in particular?
In July this year, Abir India Foundation invited young Indian artists to send in their entries for their annual show First Take 2021, their fifth edition. Selected by an eminent jury panel, the best 10 of the selected entries will soon be selected through an in-person jury and will be later awarded in a show.
Jury members who spotted talent for FIRST TAKE 2021 from all corners of India! Read More »