Indian Art

25 सालों से कला जगत अंधेरे में है कि वास्तव में ब्रिटिश स्ट्रीट आर्टिस्ट ‘बैंक्सी’ कौन है। कुछ लोग यह रहस्य सुलझाने के करीब होने का दावा करते हैं परंतु फिलहाल किसी के पास इस सवाल का निश्चित उत्तर नहीं है। दुनिया भर के कला प्रेमी ‘बैंक्सी’ की कला के प्रशंसक हैं परंतु विशेषज्ञ तथा जनता दो दशकों से अधिक समय …

दुनिया में यूँ तो हर तरह के संग्राहलय मोजूद हैं परन्तु इनमें से कुछ में इतिहास की कुछ सबसे बेहतरीन कलाकृतियों का खजाना तथा उनके साथ जुड़े इतिहास के सबसे बड़े रहस्य व् उनके जवाब हैं। आपको ऐसे ही कुछ संग्राहलयो के बारे में यहाँ बता रहे हैं – स्टेट हर्मिटेज म्यूजियम एंड विंटर पैलेस (सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग, रूस) यह विश्व …

There is no denying the fact that artists are sensitive souls. They feel more profoundly than the rest; seal a silent interaction with their palette as well as the canvas, which only admirers of creativity can decipher. According to Delhi-based artist Nidhi Rajput, “Artists are sensitive souls and art is a reflection of life. It thus becomes important for an …

Take a peep into the Bengali way of life and its culture, through the exhibition Rongobhoomi From thought-provoking paintings to abstract masterpieces, there is no possible limit to what art can express and how it expresses it. Much in the same fashion, artists take to the canvas for varied purposes. While some paint magical strokes with an intention of putting …

At the Sukhna Lake, besides the breathtaking view, there is something that draws immediate attention – a few artists sketching pencil portraits. They spend the entire day at the lake, sketching youngsters, sometimes newlyweds, sometimes even foreigners to provide them memoirs of their visit to City Beautiful. And what emerges is a clear proof that even in this day of …

Art is as simple and as complicated as you make it, quite literally. So, on our visit to Anu Singh’s art exhibition at the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh what stood out as a solitary overwhelming experience was the fact that Anu’s paintings were inspired by nature. Of course there are many artists who paint nature, but …

Each canvas draws a comparison between the simple life left behind in small towns and the urbanised, mechanical existence we’ve carved for ourselves. Nails of Time, the exhibition of paintings and installations by Ram Partap, is a walk down the memory lane only to come to terms with reality that surrounds us. Although captions would have helped, several symbolic elements …

Some choose their path and for the rest, it is the path that chooses them. For renowned stone sculptor Rajendar Tiku, who was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions in the field of art, stone sculpting is a choice he made when he could easily “let life take another course.”Chuffed with his achievement of receiving grants from reputed foundations, …

Sitting on a mat, Gond and Bhil artist Dinesh Shyam is focused on his art; a tiger it is this time that he is painting with little dots and smaller lines. Part of the ongoing exhibition, Aadi Chitra at Government Museum and Art Gallery-10, Dinesh is too happy to share his initiation into tribal art. This Madhya Pradesh tribal art …

Records tumbled at Christie’s auction held in Mumbai with an untitled work by India’s foremost abstract painter Vasudeo S Gaitonde fetching a jaw-dropping Rs.29.30 crore. Five bidders, on telephones and in the room, battled closely for Gaitonde’s work. Besides soaring above its pre-sale estimate, the work also broke the previous auction record of Rs.23.70 crore set by the artist at …