Indian art galleries move online to beat the lockdown
4 years, 8 months ago

Indian art galleries move online to beat the lockdown

Live Mint  

Just when we thought the art world had come to a standstill, with art fairs and exhibitions being cancelled, Indian galleries are trying to reimagine ways to hold shows during the lockdown. With dynamic viewing interfaces, the shows by Shrine Empire, New Delhi, and Tarq, Mumbai, feature works that are relevant to these covid-19 times. Speculations on a New World Order by Shrine Empire and Resurgence by Tarq are also experiments about possible new art experiences. “It looks at the human condition as a self-absorbed spectacle, unfolding in the privacy of our own ‘secure’ living quarters, repeating itself endlessly for the comfort of familiarity…,” the exhibition note says. “We have taken one work from each artist like Nibha Sikander, Parag Tandel, Ronny Sen, Savia Mahajan, Sameer Kulavoor and Soghra Khurasani as representative of their artistic process.

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2024: Milestones in the art world
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2024: Milestones in the art world

Live Mint  

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Artisera opens art gallery in Bengaluru
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Artisera opens art gallery in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

After making a name for themselves in the online art space over the past nine years, Artisera threw open the doors of their first-ever physical space in Bengaluru last week, with an inaugural show. Initially founded by Varun Backliwal and Lisa Jain as an online art gallery in 2019, Artisera displayed the works of as many as 34 artists at …

Art Mumbai 2024: An emerging platform for contemporary South Asian voices
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Art Mumbai 2024: An emerging platform for contemporary South Asian voices

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Live Mint  

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The Hindu  

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2023: New art spaces opened up, old masters ruled

Live Mint  

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The Hindu  

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Mumbai’s Gallery XXL puts post-graffiti and urban contemporary art in the spotlight
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Mumbai’s Gallery XXL puts post-graffiti and urban contemporary art in the spotlight

The Hindu  

In February this year, the India Art Fair in New Delhi showcased a couple of ‘outsiders’ at Bikaner House. Featuring artworks by phenomenal artists including Anpu Varkey, Aravani Art Project, Guesswho, Fintan Magee, and Papi Nevla among others, the show titled ‘Outsiders’ highlighted post graffiti art in a gallery for the first time. The gallery’s name denotes going beyond and …

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Live Mint  

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The Hindu  

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Exhibition brings together works by seven pioneering Indian artists
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Exhibition brings together works by seven pioneering Indian artists

Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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Firstpost  

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\'World needs art\'
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\'World needs art\'

Deccan Chronicle  

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Firstpost  

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NFTs to offline shows: How 2021 marked a turning point for India’s post-COVID art world

The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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Hindustan Times  

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A year since India's COVID-19 lockdown, an overview of how artists and cultural institutions navigated a crisis
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News 18  

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Firstpost  

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China Daily  

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India Today  

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Live Mint  

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