July 7, 2025
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Vaanam Art Festival to kick off Dalit History Month with a celebration of Dalit aesthetic through films, literature and art

Years ago during a trip to the US, filmmaker Pa. Ranjith visited the The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and was stunned. Under one roof, the museum captured not just the racial injustice, but also documented and celebrated the culture, lifestyle, and journey of this population through centuries. Inspired, the filmmaker […]

Whitefield Art Collective showcases the future with eighth edition

The eighth edition of the Whitefield Art Collective will begin this weekend at VR Bengaluru, Whitefield Main Road. This year, the month-long event themed ‘Future is Now,’ will feature over a 100 installations as well as exhibitions, collaborations and more. According to Sumi Gupta, curator of the Whitefield Art Collective (WAC), the future is not […]

MF Husain painting fetches over ₹118 crore, becomes most expensive modern Indian art

‘Gram Yatra’, the 1954 paintingthat left India the same year, remained largely unseen since its acquisition by the Ukrainian-born Norway-based doctor Leon Elias Volodarsky, who was in Delhi to establish a thoracic surgery training centre for the WHO. Photo: Special Arrangement Legendary painter MF Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), billed as one of his most important […]