March 2019

  Calligraphy and poetry merged as Iqbal Patni recited couplets on Parameshwar Raju’s art works What happens when one form of art inspires another? Is synchronization between calligraphy and poetry possible? In a world where everything is connected, a unique event held on the occasion of Women’s Day at Alliance Francaise brought together the varied streams of art, demonstrating that

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As Gita Art Gallery gets a new avatar, the co-owners tell us what’s on the cards There is no denying that now is the time for experimental art. As much as we cherish our traditions, the new wave is here to swipe us and it demands stepping out of comfort zones to explore as well as confront newer methods of

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  How the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur was put on the cultural map of Rajasthan and why you should visit right now On February 15, a large photography exhibition opened at Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK), Jaipur. ‘Ellipses: Between Word and Image’ dives into the archives of Jaipur’s photographer-ruler Sawai Ram Singh II. It also celebrates 10 years of the

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An initiative by Nihaal Faisal experiments with the idea of publishing and finds ways to circulate artists’ work to a mass audience When Nihaal Faisal closed down G-159, a gallery for young artists operating out of his house in Yelahanka, in April 2016, he started to feel a big vacuum. Also an artist, Nihaal went on a residency to Beirut,

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In its 14th year, Werner Dornik’s Bindu-Art-School showcases artworks by its students with leprosy The year was 1977. Austrian multimedia artist and curator, Werner Dornik was 18 years old and on one of his ‘hippie’ adventures in Varanasi. There, for the first time in his life, he met people with leprosy — back then, he had no idea what leprosy

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Architect Arata Isozaki is credited with bringing together the East and West in his innovative designs. He has been awarded this year’s Pritzker Architecture Prize, known internationally as the highest honor in the field. (Photo taken in 2013) Isozaki’s first international commission was the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, which he worked on from 1981 through 1986. Japanese

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Utsavam 2019 will use cultural heritage and performance arts to unravel newer realities     “In our State, Sakthi or Amman is the dominating Goddess of the masses. Amman is known by many names — Angalamman, Nagathamman, Mundakanniamman, Maariamman and so on. At Utsavam 2019, we make an attempt to understand the reasons for her mass appeal and explore the

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  A stolen painting of Van Gogh is the bone of contention in Vish Dhamija’s thriller ‘The Heist Artist’. The author discusses the book A master of guises who has pulled off seemingly petty crimes is hibernating in Varanasi, until he’s summoned for an art heist. Vagh Pratap Singh, also referred to as Captain, is commissioned to find ‘Poppy Flowers’,

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