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Claude Rutault, French Artist Who Rewrote the Rules of Painting, Dies at 80

Claude Rutault, a French artist whose paintings were made according to rigorous sets of rules, has died at 80, the ARTnews reports. Born in 1941 in Trois Moutiers, France, Rutault’s paintings had an intrinsic quality of departure from the traditional and were, he thought, often covert depictions of humour. Rutault’s paintings bridged the gap between […]

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As an artist, I am not subservient to anybody – Krishen Khanna Part 1

By Vandana Shukla The centrality of visual art is governed by geometrical considerations. But it is the discovery made in the process that underlines its longevity. Krishen Khanna, a self-taught artist, has been engaged in making these discoveries through his entire span of life. His art has come to be celebrated globally for the fresh

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The Mummy… returns! Sarcophagus unearthed below France’s Notre-Dame to be opened

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

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A unique visionary of still-life and nudes: The less-remembered Progressive Artist, KH Ara

April 16, On This Day   He was born into penury on April 16, 1914, and passed away at the age of 71 in June 1985, also in relative poverty.   But in between, artist Krishnaji Howlaji Ara or KH Ara, an integral member of the Progressive Artists’ Group (PAG) in Bombay, left behind a

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From Gujarat to New York and beyond, this abstract expressionist speaks the language of colour

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

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Deep Dialogues! Samvaad Flashback #ArtWorld2021 (Part 2)

Bringing to you our year-end series where we rewind to some of our most-read and most-viewed stories!  We are interested in delving deeper into the life and philosophy of eminent professionals that shapes their vision and drives them to take on one successful project after the other. In free-wheeling conversations with personalities over the course

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How #ArtWorld2021 stumbled upon the power of going virtual

In the wake of the global Pandemic the artworld discovered the power of the six-degrees-of-separation science that kept it afloat through troubled times. Georgina Maddox reports.  When the COVID 19 Pandemic hit the globe, in December 2019, we perhaps did not envision how it would impact our entire existence. Life came to a grinding halt

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Debut run of Kochi Art Week wraps up; some shows to extend for a month

For the last one week, the inaugural edition of the Kochi Art Week (KAW) was all abuzz in the Indian art world. Conceptualised by the Kochi Biennale Foundation to “activate audiences in the post-pandemic landscape”, this maiden run took place from December 12 to 19 at Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, and is now all slated

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