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With rapid urbanisation, a similar skyline is seen everywhere. This pattern must end, says architect Alfredo Caraballo. By Nandhini Sundar While viewing the urban landscape, the individual structures built need to conform, fuse in harmony with the already existing buildings and the language of the urban space. Structuring to be iconic, never mind if the building is completely out of

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Why you must visit the Kochi Muziris Biennale PRIYADARSHINI S Updated: November 30, 2018 17:26 IST The fourth edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale has had plenty of challenges — from the floods to a #MeToo controversy. But with government support and a strong community spirit as its cornerstones, India’s biggest international art exhibition has us rooting for it It

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Late sculptor K.P. Krishnakumar to top list of seven artists to be featured Deceased maverick sculptor K.P. Krishnakumar will top a list of seven Keralite artists featured in the upcoming edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale. An assemblage of masterpieces by Krishnakumar (1958-89), who led the pan-Indian radical art movement, will be on show in the fourth edition of the

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India Art Festival celebrated artistic impressions of contemporary artists, both young and established, to create a platform of equality We keep speaking of art for everyone but, the reality remains that we fail to represent more than half of the real scenes. Be it artists or their causes, there is a certain amount of lobbying one cannot escape. And so

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Archit mehta-Article On a transparent canvas “One of the proudest moment in my life was when I shared the stage alongside MF Hussian in Hyderabad,” says Sayeeda Ali, a city-based 51-year-old artist who specialises in reverse acrylic painting. Recently she exhibited her paintings at Visakha Museum in remembrance of MVVS Murthy, the founder of GITAM University. Reverse painting is an

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29/11/2018 Born with a hearing disablity, artist Godavarthi Venkatesh presents his views and expressions on different manifestations of nature in canvas. Secret Melody @ Chitramayee, State Art Gallery Till November 29; 11 pm to 7 pm

29/11/2018 A series of talks on art conservation, ‘Breathing life into damaged artefacts’ by Aparajitha VR, is being held. @ Cholamandal Artists’ Village,Chennai. December 1, 6 pm 24490092

Art everywhere: With the biennale just a fortnight away, the streets of West Kochi have begun to look festive, with graffiti adorning the walls of buildings. Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran believes that the forthcoming edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) will boost the tourism sector, which has been in the doldrums ever since the floods hit the State in August

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Shapes of the elephant god appear in the form of sculptures, mixed media, and collage in artist Sujata Bajaj’s ongoing exhibition “I am a person of colours and lines. I feel like I can convince anyone through them,” says Sujata Bajaj. The overpowering hue of red, geometric contours in sculptures, and line drawings in the Paris-based Indian artist’s works struck

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27/11/2018 Born with a hearing disablity, artist Godavarthi Venkatesh presents his views and expressions on different manifestations of nature on canvas. @ Chitramayee, State Art Gallery Till November 29; 11 pm to 7 pm