Monday, September 16, 2024

Solitary Companions: A Critique of Naina Dalal’s Paintings

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   (Naina Dalal) The title ‘Solitary Companions’ tells it all; the mood of the retrospective of Naina Dalal, curated by Girish Shahane a...
Monday, April 22, 2024

DELHI COLLAGE OF ART: An Art Carnival that could Grow into An Art Fair

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  (Ashwani Kumar Prithviwasi: The Founder Director of Delhi Collage of Art. It is a portrait painted by Piyush Aswal, a first year student a...
Monday, February 5, 2024

White Cube Versus Colorful Walls: Galleries and Changing Visual Experiences

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  (Image courtesy: Net) White, as far as galleries are concerned, is not a racial index. Ironically, it stands for neutrality. It reflects a...
Friday, December 1, 2023

Blinding Visual Silence of Artists from Kerala and Elsewhere During the Gaza Crisis

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  (Work by Banksy in Gaza) Art is the child of its circumstances. Art could happen in isolation but the resultant work is always a product...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

When Someone Places Curio Shops over Art Galleries and Works of Art

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(Screenshot of a message sent to me by a senior woman artist) “Yesterday I was asked by a visitor to the exhibition why should he pay so muc...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Prof.B.N.Goswamy No More: A Quick Portrait of the Art Historian

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  (Prof. B.N.Goswami 1933-2023) Prof.B.N.Goswamy, the renowned art historian is no more. He was ninety years old. A man who inherited his cl...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Do Not Mistake Sher-Gil’s Money as Indian Women Artists’ Gain

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  (Story Teller by Amrita Sher-Gil sold for Rs.61.8 Cr) Amrita Sher-Gil is in news again, obviously for monetary reasons only. Of late peo...