Urban Crowd Filled by Bhuwal Prasad on display at his solo show Whimsical Lines: Urban Refrain Through Tribal Abstraction at Gallerie Nvya in Delhi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bhuwal Prasad, who hails from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, brings a unique blend of tribal elements, urban clutter, and futuristic wonder to his canvases, challenging the […]
Artwork by Palestinian artist Sobhiya Hasan on display at the exhibition titled The Body Called Palestine in Delhi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The more things change the more they stay the same. More than 20 years ago, Palestinian author Rana Barakati was quoted in Seeking Palestine, “Palestine-in-exile is an idea, a love, a goal, […]
An artwork by Rajnish Channesh Founded in 2017, Mumbai-based Cultivate Art aims to bridge the gap between young art collectors and artists. Their latest art exhibition, Young Collectors Weekend Global, comes to Bengaluru for the first time ever. The show will be launched on May 22, and introduce the works of 18 emerging artists to […]
From Yamini Mohan’s show | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In a corner of the gallery space at Kashi Art Cafe in Fort Kochi, facing two paintings, sits a sculpture made of scrap metal, the torso of a man bent forward, as if curling inward. One can feel the weight on him, the burden could be […]
The research-based retrospective One Hundred Years and Counting at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP), features Indian artist and Padma Vibhushan awardee, KG Subramanyan’s wide collection of works. Curated by cultural theorist Nancy Adajania, the exhibition provides an insight not only into the artist’s life, but also the context of his works and philosophies. “KG Subramanyan […]
Singaporean Mimi Pang’s art celebrates cultures and cities Source link
Swathes of green and a peculiar script beckon you at Shared Echoes, and the longer you gaze on those fonts, the more certain you are of having seen them before. Familiar, and yet new, the raw and primal hand seems to be a cross between hieroglyphics, calligraphy and runes off an ancient manuscript. Shared Echoes, […]
April 15, the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci was chosen as World Art Day in 2012, by the International Association of Art to honour creativity. Perhaps best known for his paintings, Da Vinci was a polymath — prolific as an architect, engineer, theorist and scientist. A look at art galleries in Bengaluru that house permanent collections: […]
Amrish Malvankar and his works | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Being part of an international event always brings a sense of validation, no matter how nonchalant or jaded one may profess to be. For Bengaluru-based artist Amrish Malvankar, who exhibited his works for the second time at the recently concluded World Art Fair in Dubai, […]
Change is inevitable, and more often than not, unpredictable and unconforming. It is the only thing that can challenge the status quo, and enable transformation. In his latest exhibit titled Metamorphosis, Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi, 44, holds on to this idea of change and celebrates it through 59 pieces of carefully composed artworks. “For the last […]
