[ad_1] A visitor lies in a stairwell with Scottish artist Jim Lambie’s artwork ‘Zobop’ at the 2023 Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kochi, India. The Kochi Muziris Biennale is one of Asia’s biggest contemporary art festivals on the island of Fort Kochi in Kerala. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images) | Photo Credit: Abhishek Chinnappa Curtains come down […]
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[ad_1] Bose Krishnamachari still recollects vividly the words of veteran artist Vivan Sundaram when he was stuck with the mounting challenges at the start of the first edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale in 2012. “He held me close and assured that he would take care of his installation titled Black Gold, which made up […]
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[ad_1] CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at Aspinwall House, the main venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale on Monday. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The Kochi-Muziris Biennale reflects the voice of those marginalised due to various reasons in various realms of life, said CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. “Artworks that bring new revelations deliver new enlightenment. […]
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[ad_1] Works on show at ‘Idam’ at the Durbar Art Gallery | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT A curious web of delicate objects stays suspended in the air. On closer inspection, one sees that they are stuck to the false wall of the gallery with slender, almost invisible needles. Abdulla PA’s strikingly fragile installation is born […]
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[ad_1] The film ‘Who put out the Fire’ | Photo Credit: TAOS Viji Ramesh, a homemaker, prepares crab roast in a film in a loop screened in the central hall of Devassy Jose and Sons Warehouse in Mattancherry. The Konkani woman takes viewers through the process as she talks about her kitchen, pounding masalas and […]
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[ad_1] Despite the delay in opening, over two lakh people have visited the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23 in the first month of the biannual contemporary art festival held at various venues in Fort Kochi and Mattancherry in Kochi. Curated by Singaporean artist Shubigi Rao, artworks by 90 artists from around world are featured this year in […]
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[ad_1] Tourism Minister Mohamed Riyas and artist Bose Krishnamachary at the unveiling of a new tail art developed at the Kochi Muziris Biennale painted on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft of Air India Express, at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPL Air India Express has unveiled a new tail art developed at […]
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[ad_1] After a long lull, on-ground festivals and art fairs are back. Last month, Bengaluru hosted the 11th edition of Bangalore Literature Festival to much fanfare. Further south, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale made a comeback after two years. And in Goa, at the Mandovi waterfront, a lively December mood returned as the Serendipity Arts Festival (December […]
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[ad_1] Bhumi, a community art project, initiated by the Gidree Bawlee Foundation of Arts and Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation (DBF) in collaboration with artist Kamruzzaman Shadhin, on display at TKM Warehouse at Mattancherry as part of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The community art project by the people of Balia village in Thakurgaon, […]
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[ad_1] The fifth edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB) may have been postponed but the mood in Fort Kochi, host to the art extravaganza, is upbeat, and it is not just from the art perspective. “Every business in the area is looking toward the Biennale with hope and optimism. We need to make up […]
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