Share:Filmmaker, art historian and photographer Benoy K Behl studies how the ancient murals at the Ajanta Caves still have the potential to lend a new perspective to Indian art India has one of the finest traditions of paintings in the world. This early tradition is not generally known, as many of these paintings are hidden […]
Share:Bengaluru is set to host south India’s first major private art museum which will have its digital launch with a week-long virtual festival from December 5 to 11 to celebrate various art forms. The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) was planned to be opened in December but the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the delay. […]
Share:Following virtual repatriation ceremony – Stolen Art A statue from the University of Regina’s collection at the MacKenzie Art Gallery began its journey home this morning with a virtual repatriation ceremony. The University of Regina’s Dr. Thomas Chase, Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, met with Mr. Ajay Bisaria, High Commissioner of India, over Zoom to officially […]
Share: How an online art exhibition, organised by an NGO based in Bengaluru, is restoring faith and confidence among artists with intellectual disabilities Akila Vaidyanathan from Coimbatore was misty-eyed when she saw her son Nishant Sriram’s paintings displayed at the second edition of eCAPA 2020 exhibition. He is one among the 59 participants with intellectual […]
Share:By DR. TOM MACK Art museum presents ‘Visions of India’, How do modern artists cope with the weight of history? This is a challenge particularly applicable to painters and sculptors who hail from countries with well-established and universally recognized artistic legacies. How, for example, do French painters emerge from the shadow of their Impressionist and […]
Share:omewhere close to the year 2000, as an informal consultant, renowned art historian B.N. Goswami was going over the San Diego Museum of Arts’ holdings of Indian paintings, nearly all of which came from the collection of American billionaire Edwin Binney III. Among the things he saw was the manuscript of the Mysore Bhagvata, the […]
Share:Review by Madelia Hickman Ring NEW YORK CITY – If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? It was that sort of existential crisis facing organizers and participants of Asia Week 2020, which proceeded to take place March 12-19 despite the COVID-19 prompted […]
Share: New Delhi: The inaugural Asia Society Triennial – a multi-venue festival in the United States devoted to celebrating Asian contemporary art, ideas, and innovation – will feature at least three Indian artists, it was announced. As per a partial list of artist commissions announced by the organisers, Delhi-based Vibha Galhotra, Vadodara-based Abir Karmakar and […]
Share:The project touches upon six art forms and engages with local artists from these art communities to curate a reflection of their version of what ‘goodness’ means to them. These six unique designs have been adorned on the Seagram’s 100 Pipers Limited Edition Pack for 2019 Scotch Whisky brand Seagram’s 100 Pipers has started a […]
Share:The #MeToo movement in the Indian art world asks the alpha male artist to step back and highlights an urgent need to dismantle existing notions of the female form, talent and power Picasso ‘Le Rêve’ (1932), the erotic content of which is evident in the woman’s face. It could have been the Indian […]
