[ad_1] A couple of years ago, Laurence des Cars was named the head of Louvre. The importance sinks in when you realise it is the first time ever in the Parisian museum’s 230-year-history that a woman sits at the top. The same year, Rijksmuseum featured women artists in its ‘Gallery of Honour’ — the first […]
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[ad_1] Art work on display at Khoj exhibition on social art in Delhi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT It is not easy to break the cycle of gender violence and women cannot do it alone. While it requires immense courage and guts on part of the victim to come out with tales of sexual harassment […]
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[ad_1] Artists setting up at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale | Photo Credit: Madhu Krishnan One would expect hope to be the cornerstone of a biennale that’s opening after three demanding years of the pandemic. And while it is, the fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is a lot more — encompassing humour, satire, resilience, joy, protest. […]
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[ad_1] AF Weekender, India’s first pan-India art event, will have galleries staying open beyond working hours and special studio visits for young collectors AF Weekender, India’s first pan-India art event, will have galleries staying open beyond working hours and special studio visits for young collectors This weekend, art took to the streets in a big […]
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[ad_1] Surviving All Odds by Shirley Mathew is a celebration of Nature’s triumph despite rampant urbanisation Surviving All Odds by Shirley Mathew is a celebration of Nature’s triumph despite rampant urbanisation “The lockdown was a difficult phase for everyone, but with time Nature began surfacing,” says Bengaluru-based artist Shirley Mathew. “During this trying period, we […]
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[ad_1] A series of paintings by artist Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharjee zooms in on the characters of The Mahabharata, particularly their faces A series of paintings by artist Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharjee zooms in on the characters of The Mahabharata, particularly their faces The Mahabharata is an all-encompassing text. Stories that lay hidden in its vastness have come a […]
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[ad_1] Tom Vattakuzhy’s solo show ‘Song of the Dusk’ on at a gallery in New York captures the loneliness and uncertainty of the pandemic times Tom Vattakuzhy’s solo show ‘Song of the Dusk’ on at a gallery in New York captures the loneliness and uncertainty of the pandemic times A gradual sense of disquiet begins […]
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[ad_1] Group art exhibitions have a different vibe to them. ‘Outside the Window’, an ongoing art exhibition at Museum Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram, has nearly 100 works of six artists, part of an art collective, Colourbees. Formed over a year ago, Dipu Kalliyoor, Seema CR, Anila V, Suma SM, Nisha Anu and Nithin Thulaseedharan make up […]
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