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For the 2022 edition of First Take, jury members kept all their patience for two long days, to finalise works of emerging artists from all over the country. Here\’s the eminent artist V. Ramesh, sharing his experience in judging the budding talents. We were delighted to have him on board, and listen to his feedback, […]
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Christopher Charles Benninger is a master architect and he has executed some great projects in India. He was part of CEPT, he set up Christopher Charles Benninger Architects (CCBA) in Pune, he also designed the campus for Suzlon, and now he is setting up the campus for IIT Hyderabad, Azim Premji University. He is also
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Vyoma Patwa Motiramani is the Principal Architect at her eponymous, Mumbai-based, multi-disciplinary architectural and interior designing firm —Design Lab Vyoma. She has previously worked on large-scale projects right from the micro to macro level in various sectors, such as a Symbiosis school building in Pune, CA institute in Nagpur, township projects, etc. She studied architecture
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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
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Noted painter Akhilesh comes from Madhya Pradesh and his works are admired internationally. He has prolifically written original books and also translated many books in Hindi. He is one of the rare artists who had the good fortune of being associated with the three great masters of Indian art; J Swaminathan, Maqbool Fida Husain and
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The founder and chief interior designer of The Auura Interior Design Studio in Rajkot, Gujarat, since 2017, along with co-founder and chief technical head Kalpesh Ganatra, her husband, Shaily Ganatra finds her cornerstones in innovation, creativity, and elegance. She believes that online galleries provide a lot of freedom and access to peruse art, and then
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The founder of young contemporary, multi-disciplinary design firm Kerning Design Co., Sanjana Shah is a forerunner in interior design, product design and visual identity creation. She loves to source her art on her travels as well as through visits to exhibitions and even antique outlets — today, she admits that the Covid-induced shift has both
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As the principal designer at Craft Madness in Rajkot, Uday Garala steers a ship that believes brings alive any space and is something we find everywhere, from our local streets to the internet, which has made a global platform accessible to all. For this, he says, online portals are a very good medium to represent
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With over 30 years of experience, architect Vivek Gupta, the founder and managing director of the New Delhi-based architecture and design firm Arvind Vivek and Associates (AVA), is quite the behemoth in his field. He leads sprawling projects in urban planning, architecture, and interiors, be it in the spheres of commercial, residential, retail, wellness and corporate spaces. The geographical footprint of these projects extends not only across India but also to Dubai, Turkey, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Germany, and Singapore.
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The founder and principal architect of Ahmedabad-based Butter Concepts, Dharal Surelia believes that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic may have stopped time for many, making them value the little things more rather than just hustling — the perfect time to put a twist on the way people think of art. She believes that educating the link
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