Migration and memories at the heart of artist Arjun Das’ works in Hyderabad

Migration and memories at the heart of artist Arjun Das’ works in Hyderabad

By Arjun Das | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Arjun Das draws from his own identity as a first-generation migrant from Jharkhand, to Kolkata. His solo show, Land of the Leal at Hyderabad’s Dhi Artspace provides glimpses of spaces inhabited by the migrant working class in cities. In search of a better life and livelihood, most […]

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Art | Agents of change: six women artists discuss their canvas and worldview

Art | Agents of change: six women artists discuss their canvas and worldview

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 time […]

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Jitish Kallat’s manual of instructions | The artist returns to Chemould with ‘Otherwhile’

Jitish Kallat’s manual of instructions | The artist returns to Chemould with ‘Otherwhile’

Jitish  Kallat’s ‘Epicycles’ at Chemould Prescott Road. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Weaving one’s way through a Jitish Kallat exhibition affords a staggering range of visuals: a mechanical engineering workshop replete with lathe machines and high-speed steel tools, wide canvases with in-line drawings reminiscent of a master of architecture studies, images collapsing into each other […]

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Artist Mario D’Souza’s new collection ‘Home away from home’ is an ode to tropical vegetation

Artist Mario D’Souza’s new collection ‘Home away from home’ is an ode to tropical vegetation

Indigo blue pepper vines wind along walls painted white, fruits of cashew, arecanut, water apple and mango peep from clusters of leaves, again all in indigo, while blue flowers bloom in this tropical Eden created by artist Mario D’Souza. As part of his project ‘Home away from home’, as artist in residency at the Alliance […]

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Columbian artist showcases her fascination for Indian rural life at an exhibition in Visakhapatnam

Columbian artist showcases her fascination for Indian rural life at an exhibition in Visakhapatnam

Columbian artist Lyda Ramirez completed her bachelors in Fine Arts at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam this year Columbian artist Lyda Ramirez completed her bachelors in Fine Arts at Andhra University in Visakhapatnam this year Artist Lyda Ramirez’s works tell stories of rural India: A woman sits with a basket of fruits and vegetables gazing ahead […]

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Visakhapatnam artist Srinivasa Rao Kanumuri wins international online competition

Visakhapatnam artist Srinivasa Rao Kanumuri wins international online competition

The Visakhapatnam artist’s latest work of Vignaharta bagged the first prize at an online art competition organised by Dubai-based organisation Artscraft The Visakhapatnam artist’s latest work of Vignaharta bagged the first prize at an online art competition organised by Dubai-based organisation Artscraft Visakhapatnam artist Srinivasa Rao Kanumuri’s latest work Vignaharta marks his foray into mythology, reinterpretation of an ideology and episodes from […]

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Malayalam short film ‘QuarantinE’ is on the life of an artist during the lockdown

Malayalam short film ‘QuarantinE’ is on the life of an artist during the lockdown

Directed by Kiran Sandhya, the short film has Thiruvananthapuram-based veteran artist George Fernandez as the protagonist Directed by Kiran Sandhya, the short film has Thiruvananthapuram-based veteran artist George Fernandez as the protagonist The lockdown saw the release of a spate of short films that reflected on the troubled times. Malayalam short film QuarantinE might be […]

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