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The 2022 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong concluded yesterday. As always, the event brought fresh works and concepts to the fore and proved to be a feast for the senses. This was the second year in a row that the show functioned in a hybrid model with both online and in-person viewing facilities available. […]
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022 concludes; robust participation from galleries this year Read More »
Engaged in many pursuits, young gun from Goa Sidharth Kerkar hails from a family of artists, including his grandfather Chandrakant Kerkar and father Sudobh Kerkar, installation artist, sculptor, and founder of an expansive art museum and gallery, Museum of Goa. Having had such exposure to art it is but obvious that Sidharth’s artistically inclined upbringing
Khanna’s deep commitment to the pictorial space was not to be confined by the limits of the easel. He got an opportunity to break free of this confinement. Sometime in the early 80s, the chairman of ITC showed him the blank, dome like space of about 4000 square feet on the ceiling of ITC Maurya,
Scaling up the canvas for public art – Krishen Khanna Part 3 Read More »
April 27, On This Day American inventor and painter Samuel Morse, born April 27, 1791, is best known for contributing to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, and being the co-developer of the Morse code that helped develop commercial use of telegraphy. But Morse was also a portrait painter,
Dots and dashes are not all Samuel Morse is associated with, he was a painter too Read More »
Lalit Kala Akademi’s 62nd National Exhibition of Art is back with a repertoire of young and emerging showstoppers in the art world. True to its mission of being a platform to spot and showcase young talent, the akademi has this time around put the spotlight on 20 young Indian artists who have contributed their artworks
Three Abir Artists Feature in Lalit Kala Akademi’s 62nd National Exhibition 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
Tipu Sultan battle victory artwork up for auction at estimated Rs 8 crore Read More »
World Art Dubai (WAD), the region\’s largest contemporary retail art fair, returns for its 8th edition from 16-19 March 2022 at Dubai World Trade Centre. WAD is hosting 4000+ artwork pieces from 300+ renowned galleries and solo artists, hailing from 50+ countries. It’s WAD’s largest and most diverse edition ever. WAD encourages inspired
By Deepan Joshi British painter Francis Bacon’s first image of a screaming Pope—never exhibited publicly—is due to go on show next week at Gagosian gallery in London. The papal image, known as Landscape with Pope/Dictator, will be displayed at Davies Street gallery in Mayfair from 15 March to 23 April. The work, made in Monaco
December 11, On This Day Artist Hema Upadhyay (born Hema Hirani), was snatched away quite young from the world of art, at the age of just 43. Her gruesome murder 6 years ago today, on December 11, 2015, had sent shockwaves through the world of art and society at large. Born in 1972, Hema was
Remembering Hema Upadhyay: A star that shone short and bright 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