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Art : A luxury or a necessity ?

The Statesman, on that account, brings to light a few artists with their artworks with the help of Ms Mallika Chanda, the entrepreneur and founder of ‘Daughtor Art Gallery’ who solely curated the event, The Salt Lake Affordable Art Fair.

Passion for art bring the best out of this railwayman

Challenging the notion of railway employees of primarily being associated with the mechanised world, an office superintendent of the Eastern Railway brought alive the philosophy and life of the iconic ‘bauls’ of the state on his canvas.

Iconic sleuths in iconoclastic adaptations

With news that there was going to be another modern Sherlock Holmes on television (CBS) later this year, directed by Craig Sweeny, the buzz was who was going to play the lead role.

Radiance: The Basquiat Show

The exhibition builds on the enormous strides achieved by the auction houses in offering the very best Western Contemporary art in Asia, as well as a reflection of insatiable collector appetite, particularly for works by the iconic artiste.

Tribute to Bharat Ratna – Satyajit Ray

From coasters that are made on pre-sanitized ceramic plates with archival ink have his movie posters that depict his movie to colourful cushion covers that depict the fictional character Feluda created by the Maestro to original movie posters of movie like Pather Panchali are all going to be available at Baro Market. I

Art inspired by botanicals

Local and international artists alike have taken to using urban surfaces, big and small, as their canvas.

The constant phoenix – GR Iranna

"I derive pleasure from both. Some ideas are two-dimensional while others demand a three-dimensional approach. So, at the end of the day, it all comes down to the demands of the particular idea."