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First Victor Brauner retrospective opens in Romania

February 27, 2023704 Views

The first Victor Brauner retrospective in Romania was opened recently at the same time as ‘Timisoara 2023, European Capital of Culture’. In the Baroque Palace of the National Museum of Art Timișoara, the exhibition proposes over 100 paintings, drawings, sculptures, book illustrations, and documents spanning Brauner's entire career as a surrealist artist of Romanian origin. “Timișoara 2023–European Capital of Culture” represents a complex cultural program that aims to transform citizens, artists, and cultural operators into relevant actors in its implementation and the city’s long-term development. Thus marking 2023 as a truly remarkable year for the designated capital of culture and Romania, showcasing more than 2,500 artists and about 30 events per week. The program was coordinated...

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South African company helps hang local art in virtual world

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June 2, 2022299 Views

As South African artist Fhatuwani Mukheli paints a portrait of a woman at his Johannesburg studio, he is creating not only the work before him but also a digital asset destined to adorn a virtual world. Mukheli uses The Tree, an online marketplace for South African artists to promote and sell their art as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). "There's a virtual world where people are buying land in it," said Mukheli, referring to the metaverse, a three-dimensional digital reality that tech giants like Microsoft and Facebook say is the future of the internet. A view of few exhibits at Trevor Stuurman's art exhibition titled " A Place Called Home" in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko "People have properties there ... and your art can b...

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Gaza war survivor commemorates victims in paintings

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May 26, 2022733 Views

A Palestinian woman artist who lost 22 of her extended family in an Israeli air strike in last year's war, has used art to release sorrow and despair at her loss, drawing paintings to commemorate the victims' first anniversary. Among those Zainab Al-Qolaq lost when a series of Israeli airstrikes destroyed buildings and roads in Gaza City on May 16, 2021, were her mother and three siblings. Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed 42 Gaza civilians, including 10 children in Qolaq's neighbourhood that day. Zainab al-Qolaq, 22-year-old Gazan artist, exhibits her paintings in in Gaza City May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem The Israeli military said the civilian casualties were unintentional. It said its jets attacked a tunnel system used by militants, which colla...

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Art Centrix Space opens BRINK on March 10

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February 24, 2022736 Views

24 works by 7 contemporary Indian artists will be on display Art Centrix Space is delighted to be launching BRINK curated by Monica Jain, their first exhibition of the season, on 10th March 2022. The exhibition features 24 works by 7 contemporary Indian artists including Bhargav Barla, Bholanath Rudra, Ganesh Gohain, KP Pradeepkumar, Neeraj Patel, Shalina Vichitra and Tom Vattakuzhy. Monica Jain, the curator-director of Art Centrix Space explains,”The curatorial premise -BRINK, primarily foregrounds the idea of the artist being a harbinger of change - one who is painfully aware that life has presented an unprecedented opportunity for the world to come together with urgency in order to achieve something that has been never possible singularly so far.” Tom Vattakhuzhy, Slumber, 202...

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An art exhibition amidst the supercars

UPENDRA SWAMI

February 15, 20221214 Views

Michelle Poonawalla to showcase graffiti during inaugural Women’s Super Car Club of India drive In the middle of a unique setup of super cars, famous artist Michelle Poonawalla will be showcasing works from her latest graffiti series with all types of BMW, Ferrari and Rolls Royce around. Michelle will be partnering with the inaugural Women’s Super Car Club of India drive. Her exhibition will include Cosmos, Desert Rose I, Autumn Graffiti Flutters, Graffiti Water Reflections, Multi-Colour Graffiti Splash, and Raining Butterflies at Big Boy Toyz, in Gurgaon on the 20 February 2022. Graffiti Water Reflections. Michelle Poonawalla, 2021. The inauguration of the first drive held by the Women’s Super Car Club of India hopes to be the first of many women-led events and organisations....

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Exploring animal instincts of Francis Bacon

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January 27, 2022989 Views

A new exhibition opening in London explores how Francis Bacon drew on photographs of animals, such as the scream of a chimpanzee, for his sometimes unsettling depictions of people. Irish-born Bacon was one of the most acclaimed artists of the 20th century, known for his idiosyncratic approach to the human figure. Staff members from the Royal Academy of Arts pose with “Triptych August”, 1972, and “Three Figures in a Room”, 1964 by Francis Bacon in London, Britain, January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra The exhibition, at the Royal Academy of Arts, aims to show how he believed the line between humans and animals and their forms and instincts could be blurred. "He really fundamentally believed that beneath the very thin veneer of civilisation, we are ultimately all animals, we ...

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Filipino artist fears longer struggle as Omicron stalls tourism pickup

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December 1, 2021670 Views

Struggling Filipino artist Alberto Nunez was looking for a change in fortunes this week, until news broke of a new COVID-19 variant, which scuppered government plans to loosen restrictions and dashed his hopes for a long-awaited boost in business. Artists paint customized designs on t-shirts at a shop in Boracay Island, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Aklan province, Philippines, November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez The Philippines on Sunday backed out of a planned reopening to foreign tourists after 21 months of border restrictions, citing uncertainty over the risks posed by the new Omicron COVID-19 variant that has triggered global concern. Nunez had sold paintings to tourists on the island of Boracay for over 17 years, typically earning $600 a week befo...

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AWA preserves earliest surviving paintings from Badami caves in its vault

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 23, 2021528 Views

After the initiation of preservation of paintings on the Ajanta Caves, more restored artworks from ancient India, signifying a new tradition of art that gave birth to modern beliefs, are being preserved. The earliest surviving paintings of the Hindu faith, restored from Badami Caves in Karnataka (India), and ancient paintings from the mysterious and elegant Brihadeesvara temple, along with artificial intelligence driven catalogues of ancient artworks and white papers signifying India’s cultural legacy in different parts of the world, were included on Thursday in the Arctic World Archive in a physical as well as virtual ceremony AWA, on the remote Norwegian Island of Svalbard. Also presented to the vault was the copy of Durgasaptashati by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, u...

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Paintings that transcend our vision of increasingly uniform world

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September 10, 2021736 Views

Galerie Templon has kicked off the new season in Brussels with the return of Philippe Cognée for his newest series, Eye of the Storm The French painter Philippe Cognée, famous for his inimitable blurred wax technique, unveils a series of fifteen canvases flirting with abstraction. Created over the last year during the pandemic and keeping pace with the successive waves of lockdown, these new series alternate indoor and outdoor scenes. Views of a deserted but strangely serene studio contrast with a number of large impetuous landscapes, drenched in a nature bubbling over with life. Philippe Cognée has long used his painting to explore the shifting contemporary perception of the most ordinary features of our environment, from motorways and supermarkets to anonymous hotel rooms and ...

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Earliest surviving painting from Badami Caves to be revealed to the world

UPENDRA SWAMI

May 25, 20211906 Views

This Friday, 28 May 2021 an image of the earliest-surviving painting of the Hindu tradition will be revealed to the world. This will also showcase the significance of the forgotten tradition of ancient Indian painting to the world for the first time. It would mark another important milestone in painstaking efforts to conserve and restore—almost lost—ancient art and heritage. Cave No 3 of Badami Caves The painting to be released- ‘Queen and Attendants’ is from cave no 3 of Badami Caves. This 6th century cave is located in Bagalkote district of Karnataka. Painting was photographed and then digitally restored by well known photographer and documentary film maker Benoy K Behl in 2001. It will later be preserved in Arctic World Archives by Sapio Analytics. Sapio Analytics is a promine...