December 2018

Shobana Udayasankar’s exhibition of Mysore art paintings demonstrates how experiments can be done without deviating from tradition Shobana Udayasankar’s deep engagement with Mysore art is commendable but what’s even more striking is her reinvention of the tradition. At her ongoing exhibition in Bengaluru, the first one in the city, this aspect is hard to miss. The art form which once

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 London, December 20, 2018 22:19 IST Updated: December 20, 2018 22:19 IST Snow of ash: A man looking at Banksy’s graffiti in Port Talbot, Wales.  The graffiti on a garage in Port Talbot refers to the town’s air pollution Street artist and social commentator Banksy has apparently popped up in Wales, leaving a new artwork on a garage in Port

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Chiselling masterpieces: Latika Katt with bust of N.S. Bendre   Latika Katt’s three bronzes at “Chehre” convey the nuances of the master sculptor’s touch and sensibility At the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi, “Chehre”, curated by Director General Adwaita Gadanayak and his in-house team, has a slew of heads that are riveting, a testimony to the history of

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1.An exhibition of paintings by Farhad Tamkanat will be held. State gallery Of Art , Madhapur. Dec 20 to Dec 24, 11 am to 7 pm.   2. The exhibition Sniffing Out The Differences with interactive installations maps into scents and visualizations will be held. Ongoing , till Dec 21, 11 am to 7 pm. 3.Sculptures by SrinivasaRao M will

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KR Santhana Krishnan’s art takes you through the streets of rural Tamil Nadu, peeking into sunlit verandahs and kolam-lined frontyards The simplistically carved mauve-coloured door opens to a trip down memory lane. Humble verandas with a brass container or two, and a backyard from which peeps a parked bicycle and a saree, hung out to dry — A sight so

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Omkar Kadu, Conservator- CSMVS, cleaning accretions from the surface of gilded bronze sculpture using Laser ablation.   If you ever wondered what happens to artefacts before they head to the showcase, check out a melding of humankind and machines to conserve the past Who says you can’t look cool while giving a piece of history a longer lease of life?

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  For her fourth solo show, artist Maïté Delteil goes back in time to reconnect with work more than three decades old To someone who has lived all their life in a city by the sea, the figures in artist Maïté Delteil’s pencil drawings might at once be reminiscent of the tetrapods that line promenades like Marine Drive. Chipped off

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Artist Nilima Sheikh, who will be in Chennai for Lit for Life 2019, speaks of all the ways in which she extends the scope of her art In her 50 years of work, Baroda-based artist Nilima Sheikh has created layered works that reject the framed canvas and extend the ambit of viewing — not just physically, as when she creates

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Parallel to Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the Hashtag# Collective collaborates with transgender models to create an installation that tells the story of transformation Framed glass panels arranged in a grid, don rainbow colours, bearing a narrative of transformation. Silhouettes of people, male, female; and of ambiguous gender too, are etched on the panels. As transgender models walk along the grid’s structure, the

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Pagal Canvas, an independent comic collective, is now working on a science fiction project that facilitates collaborations between artists and writers The independent comic scene is looking up in the city thanks to the efforts by artists. A slew of events, festivals and enterprising artists are providing a platform to those who want to connect with the audience. Mohit and

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