Venue: National Gallery of Modern Art, Sir Cowasji Jehangir Public Hall, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai- 400032, Maharashtra Inauguration Time: Friday, 1st March, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.Exhibition on view from: 02nd March to 15th April 2024Tuesday to Friday from 11 am – 6:00 pm.Saturday and Sunday from 11 am – 8:00 pm.Closed on Monday and […]
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Opening on Thursday, January 25th from 6 to 8 pm. The exhibition remains on view until Sunday, March 3rd. Nature Morte presents Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade’s first solo exhibition titled “Matter Moments” in India. Known for her distinctive artistic language involving reflection, repetition, and the deconstruction and reconstruction of everyday objects, Kwade uses natural materials […]
The latest edition of AstaGuru’s Modern Indian Art ‘Collectors Choice’ online auction scheduled for June 23-24, 2022, will present bidders with an extraordinary opportunity to acquire masterpieces and rare compositions. While works by the members of the Progressive Artists’ Group continue to be highly prized among collectors, they are also thrilled to diversify their art […]
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Analyzing the Art Life of Dinesh P G
Dinesh P G an artist from Thrissur, Kerala, born in 1972, is a cordial and curious personality. He is a painter and a sculptor, now turned into an educationist too. He completed a 5-year national diploma in painting with distinction from Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala. A very sarcastic way of looking at […]
Somnath Hore (1921- 2006), or Somnath da as his students and appraisers admiringly addressed him, was born in Barama village in Chittagong, in undivided Bengal (present Bangladesh). His life and art exemplified an artistic practice that drew from a collective ideology of existential amelioration, equality and empathy, all in tandem with Hore’s own personal philosophy […]
The year 2022 marks the centenary of India’s seminal and groundbreaking artists S H Raza. Born on 22nd Feb 1922, S H Raza spearheaded the formation of Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group which changed the course of art in India and charted a whole new path for generations of Indian artists. Raza’s works are now a […]
AstaGuru concluded its ‘Present Future’ Contemporary Art Auction last evening achieving an impressive total sales value of INR 12,13,03,661 (US$ 1,684,711). The auction featured an extensive showcase of works by some of the most distinguished contemporary Indian artists such as Bharti Kher, Atul Dodiya, Anju Dodiya, Jitish Kallat, Sudhir Patwardhan, Sudarshan Shetty, L N Tallur, […]
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Art in the times of COVID-19
2020 was supposed to be a fruitful year for the art industry. Commencing with the India Art Fair in late January and early February, several artists were able to show their talent to the general masses, and many art deals were promised. However, the gradual yet continuous spread of the coronavirus in India resulted in […]
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The India Art Fair, 2020
One of India’s biggest art fairs that takes place annually, the India Art Fair welcomed 81 Indian and international art galleries. Mainly focusing on Indian artists, 71% of the floor space was provided to leading Indian art galleries, private foundations, arts charities, national institutions and artists’ collectives, as mentioned by Jagdip Jagpal, the director of […]
Kalal Laxma Goud (born 21 August 1940) is an Indian painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He works in a variety of mediums including etching, gouache, pastel, sculpture, and glass painting. He is best known for his early drawings that depict eroticism in a rural context, and also for the originality and quality of his etchings and […]