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Group show of 80 Artists “TIGER” 23rd Feb AT 6pm Till 1st March 2019 Between 11am – 7pm Chitramayee State Art Gallery, Hyderabad

Over the years: Baiju Parthan’s Yesterday’s Monument (City of Dreams); (right) Nilofer Suleman’s Bagh E Chaman Art Musings celebrates two decades of its existence with a year-long programme of shows It is widely known that the foundation of this pulsating city originated with the merging of seven islands. Colaba, Mazagaon, Mahim, Parel, Bombay Island, Worli, and Old Woman’s Island, were

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Sand art presented by students of Vidyodaya School, Thevakkal, at the Krithi International Book Festival in the city on Friday. Visual interpretation of poem on Jhansi Rani presented on sand As it is, creating an image on sand is a tough task. Setting it to the tune of poetry can be even a bigger challenge. Seven girls from Vidyodaya School,

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Each illustration offers glimpses of everyday rural life, which takes the viewers back to their younger days An alumnus of the Government College of Fine Arts, both at Kumbakonam and at Chennai, N. Kirubanandham moved to Chennai in 1997 to pursue painting as a profession. “When I conceived a series titled ‘Childhood Memories,’ my thoughts flew to the images imprinted

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Eighty-three-year-old Viswanatham Sita Mahalakshmi Sastry has opened the doors of her house to give space for art Enterprising and enthusiastic are words often used to describe young individuals charging ahead in life to make their dreams come true. Eighty-three-year-old Viswanatham Sita Mahalakshmi Sastry has just done that with the launch of a new art premises VSITA (Sita Sastry’s Premises) at

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Master painter: A cameraman takes a picture of Rembrandt’s ‘self-portrait as the Apostle Paul’ at the Rijksmuseum. 22 paintings, 60 drawings and 300 etchings on display For the first time, and likely the last, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is showing off most of its works by Rembrandt van Rijn in a single exhibition. From imposing portraits to intimate sketches and

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  Rhinos in South Africa have been given another shot at life through ‘The Rhinos Are Coming’, an initiative that brings together art, conservation and the travel industry If art has its reasons, the reason here is the rhino. In their fight for survival, the rhinos of South Africa have found allies in the artists. Last season, the famed Table

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  At Iconart, eight artists present a ringside view of displacement through their installations Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Hyderabad’s Iconart gallery asked eight artists to present their interpretation of displacement. ‘Displaced’ explores dimensions, from the physical migration to shift in identities, and is curated by the gallery’s founder Avani Rao Gandra. Over the years, Avani has interacted with art students

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   Tactility and green-ness are two things we’re looking forward to this year In its seventh edition, the annual India Design ID is a gathering of innovators and thinkers in Delhi. As spring sets in, urban planners, designers, decorators and conservationists, all come together to show and tell us about how utility and aesthetics come together. This year’s edition will

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The idyllic rural landscape in Haren Thakur’s works doesn’t just delight our visual senses but also quietly urges us to think about our way of living. His medium of rice paper drives the point home even more effectively When complexities of life leave you jaded and befuddled, simple encounters can uplift your spirits. That is what happens when you are

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