Art

A resounding festival of art and literature: Vishwarang 2022
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Appreciating the heritage of arts and culture and providing a global stage for fresh and upcoming talent. The three-day event took place from November 18 to 20 and saw Ashneer Grover from Shark Tank, actors Manoj Pahwa and Rasika Duggal, film director Vishal Bhardwaj and singer Paponin attendance. While applauding the Festival, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel said, "Such festivals allow the future young generation to get the basic knowledge traditional of art, culture, and literature. It helps in building a prosperous India.
4 life skills you can learn from the art of calligraphy
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It also requires you to engage your creative juices and challenges your creative instincts. In an era where our fingers are constantly tapping away at our smartphones, the age-old practice of writing has taken a backseat. Calligraphy helps one stay in touch with this redundant activity and assists in developing and maintaining our fine motor skills.
Bringing the Wonders Of Benaras to life
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Mamta Malhotra examines the interactions of line, colour, form, and texture in "Kashi Yatra" through abstract studies and urban environments. Her creations demonstrate how Varanasi, a kaleidoscope of colour and texture, serves as true inspiration. She was inspired to paint cityscapes that highlight Varanasi's fleeting beauty and fragility while evoking the intense vitality of an ancient and vibrant lifestyle by the juxtaposition and contrast of the urban fabric, a rich culture, and a timeless way of life that was rooted in nature.
Cutting masterpieces into 10,000 digital pieces
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One of the top-five highest-selling living artists ever, Sacha Jafri, will team with Artfi to democratise fine art collecting through fractionalised ownership. Aspiring art collectors can soon own a stake in one of Jafri's highly sought multimillion-dollar artworks, thanks to Artfi's groundbreaking art investment platform.
Indian art market clocks USD 75.8 million, in turnover
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"The top tier of the market continues to break norms and make headlines. Works priced >USD 1.2 million are responsible for 67 per cent of the turnover, with the top 5 most expensive works alone bringing in 20 per cent. But as the divide widens, so does the lowest tier. Works price Commenting on the report findings, Pallavi Bakhru, Partner, Private Client Services at Grant Thornton Bharat, said, "With a staggering USD 75.8 million being generated in the first half of the current FY, people are now understanding that the Indian art market is a great space for alternate investment portfolios.
Indian Art Festival 2022
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Rajendra Patil, founder, and Managing Director, of the India Art festival, is all set to welcome and host the coming Art festival with full zeal and enthusiasm. He says that India Art Festival pays attention to improving the quality of art displayed at the art festival.
An orchestra as a character, you say?
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For students of music, the title of the play is a classic mnemonic for remembering notes on the treble clef - EGBDF. The two principal protagonists of Every Good Boy Deserves Favour are inmates within the Soviet psychiatric prison system. One is a genuine schizophrenic - Ivanov is a triangle player who imagines he has his own orchestra.
Exploring the metamorphosis of Indian art
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The contemporary art auction titled 'Present Future' will be held on September 22-23, 2022 with an eclectic assortment of 81 works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, as well as some vibrant examples of mixed media art by leading contemporary artists such as Anish Kapoor, Thukral&Tagra, Surendran Nair, Raqib Shaw, Debanjan Roy, Nataraj Sharma, T.V. Santhosh, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Jagannath Panda, Dhananjay Singh, and Suryakant Lokhande among others.
DAG presents March to Freedom
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It has supported exhibitions that are educational, nonprofit, and open to the general Indian public since 2019. To that end, the gallery has collaborated with significant organisations like the NGMA Mumbai ('The Romantic Realist: M. V. Dhurandhar', 2018), the ASI ('Drishyakala', at the Red Fort, 2019; 'Ghare Baire', at the Old Currency Building Kolkata, 2020), and other eminent Indian museums like the Dr Bhau Dhaji Lad Museum.
Selected Pre-Raphaelite and Symbolist Art at Christie's Online
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The collection, which consists of 87 pieces, addresses topics such as sleep, dreams, the afterlife, spirituality, beauty, literature, and classical subjects. The star lot of the auction, The return of Orpheus by Sidney Harold Meteyard (estimate: 200,000-300,000 pounds), as well as pieces by Edward Burne-Jones, John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, Simeon Solomon, Evelyn De Morgan, and Henry Ryland are included in the collection of Pre-Raphaelites and their adherents' works.
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