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The 1940s saw the emergence of the post-World War II American art movement known as abstract expressionism. It is distinguished by its importance on the dynamic and improvised application of paint on the canvas, frequently employing broad brushstrokes to portray the subconscious and emotional components of the artist’s experience. This movement greatly influenced the mid-20th-century […]
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In the revolutionary ferment of early 20th-century Russian art, few figures proved as transformative as Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov. Born in Tiraspol, a city near Odessa, Russia (now Odesa, Ukraine), on June 3rd, 1881 on the periphery of the Russian Empire and dying in Parisian exile, Larionov’s artistic journey embodied the tumultuous cultural shifts of his
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Who was Ellsworth Kelly? Ellsworth Kelly, an iconic figure in American minimalist art, was born in 1923 in Newburgh, New York. As the second eldest of three brothers, Kelly spent much of his childhood in northern New Jersey, immersed in solitude and the natural world. Observing birds and insects, he cultivated a sensitivity to form,
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A solo exhibition celebrating playful visual language, folk roots, and contemporary expression runs from May 30 to June 28, 2025 Gallerie Nvya proudly presents ‘Whimsical Lines: Urban refrain through tribal abstraction’, a solo exhibition by acclaimed contemporary Indian artist Bhuwal Prasad. Open from 30th May to 28th June 2025 at Square One Designer Arcade, Saket, New Delhi, the show brings
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Meet Our Artist of the Week – Ranjit Balmuchu Ranjit Balmuchu is our Artist of the Week. He is an illustrator, comic artist, animator, and creative designer whose prospect lies in abstract landscape art. Balmuchu studied at the School of Architecture at CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Ranjit Balmuchu’s Art Style Ranjit Balmuchu’s art style chronicles the
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Meet Radhesham Dhamal Radhesham Diliprao Dhamal is our Artist of the Week. Born in 1985 in Pune, he is a maestro with colours. His skills, albeit innate found a cultivating environment in B.V.P College of Fine Arts, Pune, from where he graduated in 2010 with a Bachelors in Painting. Since then, he has worked tirelessly
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Gallery Art Positive puts up a group exhibition on abstract art. Gallery Art Positive is proud to present its latest exhibition, An Abstract Pause, premiering on 31st January 2025, at Lado Sarai as part of the India Art Fair 2025 Parallel Event.The exhibition curated by Georgina Maddox and presented by Anuj Bajaj features 13 Artists-
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In Sparsh Rekha (The Tangent Line), Manish Pushkale presents a series of works that play with notions of the tangible and intangible, the remembered and imagined. Pushkale, known for his meditative abstractions, zeroes in on the “in-between” spaces captured in the exhibition title, one where a straight line touches yet never fully meets a curve.
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Shweta Naina is a highly skilled artist currently based in Jaipur with a strong academic background in Drawing and Painting, which includes a master’s degree from the University of Rajasthan. Her artistic journey, spanning nearly 10 years of professional involvement, is characterised by a fluid exploration of mediums and styles that probe the intricacies of
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Shruuti Kapoor is a multidisciplinary artist who journeys through 25 years of artistic pursuit in her work; a practice that is not in a singular box. Shruuti, known for her prowess with black-and-white media, explores the emotional and philosophical aspects of human experience through ink, charcoal, and watercolours. Her abstract works are a meditative study
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