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The Department Of Visual Arts, Assam University: Pride of North-East Dr. Ganesh Nandi As the chirpy birds wake to a clear golden sky, so do they. They feel the pulse of nature with their sixth sense, then invoke their aesthetic…
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Learning to Unlearn Lina Vincent Sunish It is common knowledge that there is something mortally wrong with the way in which majority of our Fine Arts institutions are functioning – those who are within the system, and those without, are…
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Jamil Naqsh – A Contemporary Classic Edward Lucie Smith Today Jamil Naqsh is one of the best-known artists of modern Pakistan – one who chooses to live in London as a recluse, paying occasional visits to relatives in Dubai. His…
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Venkatappa Museum: The Question of Artistic Self-Esteem & Corporat e Insults H. A. Anil Kumar When detrimental governance’s desire to prosper turns ambitious, the first thing that happens to it is, it becomes numb to the genuine definition of what…
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Gods and Monsters an interview with Marina Vargas Rajesh Punj Artist Louise Bourgeois said of her suspended objects in space, that they were about the “fear of falling,” admitting “horizontality is a desire to give up, to sleep, verticality is…
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Assemblage of the Flock : Arms & Armour: The Royal Collection at the Jaipur City Palace Santanu Ganguly This lavishly illustrated book brings to us the splendid collection of medieval Arms and Armour at the City Palace Museum in Jaipur….
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Vijayanagara Empire Santanu Ganguly Vijayanagara, once one of the mightiest Hindu empires, has now been reduced to a mere village. Through extensive research and restoration efforts, dedicated conservationists and the ASI have made every possible attempt to restore the lost…
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Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond Santanu Ganguly Indian Classical Dance: The Renaissance and Beyond traces the journey of the evolution of Indian classical dance since the years of Independence. Covering the eight classical dance forms of India –…
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69th Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival-2016 Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra Founded in 1947, the Shriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra has secured for itself, an unchallenged position as an active propagator of the Indian Classical Performing Arts, Mythological, Contemporary and Folk Productions of…
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Relooking…. The Marks Left Behind Vrushali Dhage With the retrospective showing works done by G.R. Iranna nearly over the past two decades, beginning from his early art school days till the most recent ones; the artist discusses with Vrushali Dhage…