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...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Female Artists in the Land of Male Artists: The Curious Case of Kishori Kaul

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  While standing in front of the paintings of Kishori Kaul, a question flashes in my mind. Is her visual language male or female? Language i...
Monday, September 18, 2023

House of Memories and the Strange Pilgrimage of Objects: A Note on the Installation of Aakshat Sinha

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   (Yaad Ghar, Installation by Aakshat Sinha) Objects are the products of history. An object having an existence without history cannot be...
Thursday, September 14, 2023

Writing an Obituary about an Artist and it becomes the Writer’s Own Obituary in a Different Way

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     (K.P.Valsaraj) Artist K P Valsaraj is no more. Is it an obituary that I am going to write? Do I know him enough to write about his li...