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...
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...