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Bangalore to Bengaluru: Shanthamani M’s online exhibition, ‘Past Continuous’, portrays a city in flux

A series of photomontages attempts to capture the cultural transformation of Karnataka’s capital

Raza centenary: The artist who brought literature, music and painting together

As poet Ashok Vajpeyi says, ‘Raza was always in love, with the world, with colours, with art, with poetry, with friends’

Coimbatore-based school teacher builds miniature models of a Naval ship, sailing boats

Queenthunk Amalanathan has hand-crafted scale models of iconic ships and sailing boats during the lockdown

Years of bloody conflict and unending uncertainty have shaped the sensibilities of Kashmir’s young artists

Though it is the suffering around them that spurs their creativity, the end result is a vehicle or outlet for pent-up feelings

Suresh’s tryst with miniature art

Kerala-based Suresh K. Nair created 4,500 miniature paintings during the lockdown

How art therapy can help kids through trauma

Art opens up a non-verbal form of communication for children having a tough time expressing their thoughts and feelings. Often, it can also point towards the source of trauma, say therapists

Where Jimi Hendrix and Lewis Caroll inspire digital art

Hyderabad artist Vijit Pillai’s virtual exhibition 'The Essential Romantic' is an ode to celebrated music tracks and literary works

Young at heart because of my love for art, says octogenarian DP Sibal

The artist shares how Nature played a significant role in his journey of art

Carving records on pencil lead in pandemic times

Rajesh started chiselling names on pencil graphite when the nationwide lockdown was in force a year ago

London Design Biennale 2021: Bamboo toilet in Somerset House

Architect Nisha Mathew Ghosh showcases indigenous ideas at London Design Biennale’s India Pavilion, to spur divergent approaches to sustainability

Where winged women fly away: The art of Rithika Merchant

Artist Rithika Merchant, who won this year’s Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize, dabbles in myths, nostalgia and apocalyptic climate change

Visakhapatnam artist Ravi Kattakuri’s new works to be showcased in Spain

The artist will be showcasing nine of his works alongside 325 artists from 83 countries

Artist Bala Govind Kumar documents his days of isolation through art

Chennai-based art director Bala Govind Kumar’s digital art series, ‘Quarantine Days’, is a visual diary of his emotions

How the Covid Art Museum conveys the emotive consequences of the pandemic

Spanish-made online collective Covid Art Museum has been documenting the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown through art works from around the world

Photographer Amita Talwar’s virtual fundraiser exhibition for COVID-19

‘Between Darkness and Light’ is a collection of Hyderabad-based Amita Talwar’s photographs, aimed at raising funds for those affected by the pandemic

Making art with Rubik’s Cubes

Kerala-based cuber Hariprasad CM uses technology, artistic ability and his core solving skills to make three-dimensional portraits with cubes

Artist and architect Meera Chandran makes her face the canvas for her social messages

Meera Chandran has been highlighting current social, political and gender issues through face art

Artist Bhavya Desai’s latest illustrations delve into the chaotic energy of the Indian Railways

Digital illustrator Bhavya Desai’s latest series is an ode to train journeys and their chaotic energy — a warm reminder of life before the pandemic

How art therapy can help children cope during a pandemic

Special educators explain how engaging young children in Art can help them become emotionally stronger

Photo exhibition showcasing plastic pollution on in France

A series of photographs by Kochi-based eco-tourism entrepreneur and photographer Praveen Muraleedharan that depicts plastic pollution in India is on show at Sainte-Thorette till July 4

Meet Shaurya Mehrotra, the Gurugram-based potter with Down Syndrome

He builds platters, cups and bowls in his studio with the help of his mother, Nina Mehrotra

A look at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021

The pandemic edition of the biennale is designed around the curatorial question ‘How will we live together?’

French artist Anais Tondeur’s latest work explores the contagious power of laughter

‘When the World was a Laugh’, an exhibit showcased at Science Gallery Bengaluru’s online exhibition ‘Contagion, assigns a cosmic significance to laughter

Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: Lost in tokenism

The pandemic edition of the biennale is designed around the curatorial question ‘How will we live together?’ yet offers visitors few practical solutions

This virtual art show unites 24 Indian artists in support of Cancer Patients Aid Association

Mumbai’s popular ‘Colours of Life’, which has been virtual since 2020, features a visual narrative with the theme: Art Brings Hope

Shilpa Gupta opens at Antwerp’s M HKA

Antwerp’s Museum of Contemporary Art presents Today Will End, the first mid-career survey exhibition of Mumbai artist Shilpa Gupta

Actor-dancer Rima Kallingal’s new piece captures the spirit of Maya Angelou’s poem ‘And Still I Rise’

Rima talks about experimenting with music, make-up, costume, space and movement in her productions

Decorating your walls with art could raise money for COVID-19 relief

Artist-led fundraisers use special edition photographs, postcards, and portraits as incentives to encourage people to donate to COVID-19 relief campaigns

Designer Suket Dhir and others explore the plate as canvas for Art Basel Hong Kong 2021

Marriott Bonvoy, the travel programme of hotel chain Marriott International, is spearheading the project to spotlight the region as an arts and culture destination, in collaboration with charitable organisation, The Plated Project

A tribute to artist-sculptor-writer Shakti Maira

Shakti Maira, who passed away in Delhi, lived a full life of an artist, writer, and thinker

Speaking up with internet art

From cartoons to digital art, India’s young are expressing their anger and anguish on social media — and are finding resonance

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