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Everything you didn't know about the craft of Bhujodi
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (214+ words) Tucked away in the Kutch district of Gujarat, Bhujodi is much more than a picturesque village. Known as a living hub of textile traditions, it has preserved centuries old weaving techniques while adapting to modern markets. Here's what makes Bhujodi…...
4 Gujarat artists chosen for Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar: Sangeet Natak Akademi
9+ hour, 25+ min ago (28+ words) The award, instituted by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2006, is conferred annually on outstanding young performers under 40 years of age across the country's performing arts disciplines...
I don't have a TV connection': Inside Vishal Dadlani's minimalist Mumbai home
19+ hour, 23+ min ago (55+ words) Picking up a cube off the coffee table, Dadlani explains that it's a weather satellite. "This has gone to space and come back."...
Why the Christie's South Asian Auction in London is significant for Indian art beyond the sales figures | Explained News
19+ hour, 28+ min ago (264+ words) The significance of this sale lies in the understanding that this was not an Indian entity liquidating Indian assets but a premier Western institution perceiving Indian art as a high-profit-yielding asset, solidifying the dependability of Indian art in an otherwise…...
Contemporary Indian Artists Feature at Russia's Hermitage Museum
1+ day, 38+ min ago (87+ words) The exhibition "Sediments of Becoming" pairs Indian contemporary works with centuries-old Russian icons and artefacts, creating a cross-cultural dialogue on memory, history and apocalypse....
The genius of David Hockney, and the Mughal lens that helped build it
3+ day, 37+ min ago (28+ words) The British pop icon rejected the linear perspective of Renaissance masters and traditional photography and embraced the reverse perspective of Mughal miniatures to make his art more inclusive...
David Hockney dies at 88: 5 things to know about the artist who made pools iconic
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (434+ words) Growing up in the industrial city of Bradford in northern England, Hockney became fascinated by the sharp shadows he saw in Laurel and Hardy films. To him, they suggested a place where the sun always shone. He found that world…...
FN Souza's Easel, Palettes and Memorabilia to be auctioned
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (506+ words) Coming on sale more than 20 years after the modernist's demise, the personal belongings from Souza's New York studio offer a rare glimpse into the artist's life and creative process...
Bharathiraja, the Monet of Tamil cinema
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (27+ words) His sugarcane fields are not backdrops. His whitewashed walls, crossed by that thick afternoon light that only the South knows, are not props. They are the story...
David Hockney, the British artist who went in search of Californian colour, dies at 88
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (546+ words) One of his most famous paintings, "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" " showing a figure swimming underwater and a man gazing into the pool " sold for $90. 3 million in 2018, the most expensive "work by a living artist sold at…...