All Blog Posts Tagged 'contemporary' (6)

In the current art scenario the works of Bharti Kher or Subodh Gupta at tandem with sculptures by Somnath Hore are fetching phenomenal prices in the art market/Auctions along with established western masters like Modigliani or Giacometti as witnessed in recent auctions. The…

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2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Wassily Kandinsky’s manifesto ‘Concerning the Spiritual In Art’ 1910 - 2010 which heralded the movement of Abstract Art. In this light we are devoting our current issue, Abstraction in Art and Indian practitioners in similar context. The November issue contains articles written by experts on a similar premise that helped in the making of Indian… Continue

The Swiss Arts Council supports studio and research residencies in the regions covered by the liaison offices it maintains in Egypt, India, Poland and South Africa. Swiss artists and cultural practitioners (e.g. curators, event organisers, promoters) in the areas of the visual arts, music, literature, theatre and dance are eligible to apply. Conversely, Pro Helvetia facilitates residencies in Switzerland for interested persons from the above-mentioned regions. Each year between four and six… Continue

New Delhi, 17th August 2010: ŠkodaAuto India and Seventy Event Management Group came together to create and present a prestigious award celebrating contemporary art in India called ‘The Škoda Prize’.



The Škoda Prize will be an annual celebration of outstanding work in contemporary art in the country. It is a first of its kind award that strives to recognize and reward young Indian artists under the age of 45. Each artist will be judged on the exhibitions, or other presentations of… Continue

A rendezvous of young creative minds across the globe to come together and set a new discourse in contemporary visual arts is exactly what GenNext can be surmised as. The idea of GenNext was

conceptualized as an initiative to pave the path and enunciate the voices of

young generation artists. And gradually it evolved as the annual show of the Aakriti Art Gallery,

Kolkata. The first show was hosted in 2006 on the occasion of the…

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We are happy that after a long hiatus an art magazine from Kolkata has been published. Hope this magazine will continue in creating a discourse on art which is essential for the development of art. The first issue of Art Etc is unique in a sense it contains essays on the art and artists who live and work on the margins. Moushumi Kandali explores the contemporary art practices of the North East ravaged by violence since…

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