Share: A new art exhibition in Chennai is exploring the effects of climate change on livelihoods. The exhibition, titled “Bhin Bhini,” features a variety of artworks, including photographs, sculptures, graphic novels, and videos. The artworks depict the ways in which climate change is impacting people’s lives, from the loss of agricultural land to the displacement […]
Share:The monsoons have arrived in the city, and let’s admit it — everything is a mess. From everyday red alerts to weak wifi signals, there’s very less one can do to take a break. However, a new installation at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) called the Infinity Mirrored Room by Yayoi Kusama is […]
Share:A new art exhibition chronicles Indian textiles, which are known to be sustainable. Called Karkhana Chronicles II, the online textile exhibit celebrates sustainability through heritage craft and opens a conversation on the revival of traditional knowledge and practices in the Indian fashion industry; Boutet de Monvel portraits of HH Maharaja Yeshwantrao II
Share:Sotheby’s is proposing to give greater market visibility to female artists by organising an online session entitled (Women) artists, from 20 to 27 May 2021. But some see this initiative as a form of discrimination. The initiative, which claims to celebrate “contributions by women to art history across 400 years”, risks further consolidating the gender gap difference, or even worse, reducing women’s place in […]
Share:The nearly two-and-a-half-month-long event is spread across five heritage venues in Alappuzha — The Kerala State Coir Corporation, New Model Society Building, Port Museum, Eastern Produce Company Ltd and William Goodacre & Sons Pvt Ltd and one in Ernakulam, The Durbar Hall Art Gallery More than a year after the pandemic crippled the art sector,a contemporary art […]
Share:NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens are touted to be the digital route of acquiring collectible, similar to how Bitcoin was to currency. Now, the introduction of NFTs has been massive for artists as its made it far more inclusive than it ever was since art (in any form) is no longer restricted by medium. The onset […]
Share:The last several quarters have seen the art world record astronomical auction prices for pieces by masters. Galleries such as Saffronart, Pundoles and others have seen collectors pay unprecedented prices for works.Ashvin Rajagopalan, director of the Piramal Foundation of Art, says that “Production of artworks was initially limited. But now artists are working on paintings in small […]
Share:Artist and the President of Kochi Biennale Foundation brings together a larger-than-life show titled Lokame Tharavadu that poses questions about our ideas of home, surroundings and the world Art can inspire, it can uplift and can surely bring a community together. With this thought in mind, Bose Krishnamachari of the Kochi Biennale Foundation set out […]
Share: A generous teacher and influential artist, Alphonso Arul Doss who just passed away, had a mastery over oils, defining his own ‘line’ with light, time and space With the passing of veteran artist, Alphonso Arul Doss (1939-2021) yet another star of the Madras Movement passed into the night sky. Through his lustrous paintings with […]
