The late artist Gogi Saroj Pal fused the female form with Kamdhenu, reimagined Pahari nayikas as self-adoring, not waiting for a lover. ‘Whether people like it or not, do what you want.’
Trouble began when a group of attackers attempted to force their way Friday night into the venue of James in Faridpur, pelting bricks and stones at the crowd.
There’s growing faith that the worth of historical artists is more robust. Last week, Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–1916) was sold for $236.4 million, the second-most-expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
At the panel discussion, Responsibility Response, artist Subodh Gupta said people in India often know art through celebrity and price tags, not through engagement or understanding.
The 18th edition of Goethe Darbaar kicked off with a musical performance by Afghan guitar player Abdullah Safa and Iranian artist Dr. Sina Fakhroodin Ghaffari.
Columbia Law School professor Timothy Wu, referring to a copyright dispute in the US, had said ‘if the underlying art is recognisable in the new art, then you have got a problem’.
Cartoonists’ Combine, founded by Bal Thackeray in 1983, held annual ‘Cartoon Mahotsav’ in Mumbai last week, putting on display 100 cartoons on burning issues of the day.
Aamir Aziz says his poem ‘Sab Yaad Rakha Jaayega’ was used without consent in a velvet artwork and has sent a notice to artist Anita Dube. It’s started a conversation on artistic boundaries.
Sea of people greeted stand-up comic who's seen many high & lows with big success in reality tv, cancelled shows & an arrest over allegedly controversial remarks.
An exhibition titled ‘Flower of Fire: The Life and Art of Gopal Ghose’s was unveiled at the DAG gallery in New Delhi to showcase the artist's work from the 1930s till his final days.
Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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