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A narrow flight of stairs in an old building in Coimbatore’s Five Corner neighbourhood leads into a tiny studio stuffed with paints, brushes, bundles of canvas, a wooden easel and finished and unfinished portraits arranged in boxes along the wall. “I don’t like cleaning up,” mutters artist V Jeevananthan. The splotches of paint on drop…
Work by Anupama displayed at the gallery | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Artist Anupama, who goes by the name Anupama alias Anil as a tribute to her late husband and artist Anil Xavier, ushers in a new language of expression through her solo show A Room for Refuge at Kalakriti Art Gallery. The exhibition brings…
Art Blocks, a digital platform for generative art located in Marfa, Texas, the United States, has been holding the Art Blocks Marfa Weekend, every October, for the past four years. It has generative artists, who use algorithmic technology to create art, from across the world participate in the showcase of generative art. And this time…
What connects the domestic arrivals section at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), and the VIP lounge at Terminal 1 of Delhi Airport? All three feature a sculptural representation of a rustic Telangana woman by renowned artist Thota Vaikuntam. Thota Vaikuntam with one of his sculptures at the Hyderabad airport…
Drew Struzan among famous artworks | Photo Credit: Instagram/ @drewstruzanart Drew Struzan, the legendary artist whose cinematic posters became as iconic as the films themselves, has died at 78. The news was confirmed through his official Instagram account, which revealed that Struzan passed away on October 13 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. For…
Neeraj Gupta with his scuplture | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Artist Neeraj Gupta’s sculpture titled, As the wind rises, installed at the Bikaner House is carved out of a single stone, the timeless pink Makrana marble. At a glance it tells you how the sculptor has transcended conventional boundaries to give a new dimension to Indian…
From Vivi Jojo Vellukunnel’s ‘The Mind of Water’ series | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Water has been a constant source of inspiration for artist Vivi Jojo Vellukunnel. Having grown up watching the many moods of the Kodoor river in Kottayam, Vivi’s deepest creative impulses have been shaped by water. A series of 15 abstract paintings…
Haneen Almoosawi’s debut solo exhibition, The Wondering & Wandering Mind at Pristine Contemporary art gallery in Delhi is a reminder to slow down and observe the beauty in abstract art Source link
I have visited Italian painter Caravaggio in many cities — London, Florence, Rome, Venice, Paris. Now here he is, returning the visits, a guest in my hometown Bengaluru, where Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy is on display at the National Gallery of Modern Art. Caravaggio had carried the painting with him while escaping to Naples after…
From A Tryst With Nature by artist Bharati Sagar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement As much as she loves working with new media, Bengaluru-based artist, Bharati Sagar, is happy to return to her water colours, dry pastels, charcoal and oil to capture her heart’s delight — Nature and people. Her latest solo show, A Tryst…
