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What’s the Hullaballoo about the Venkatappa Art Gallery in Bangalore? The fast growing city of Bangalore has a whole lot of problems; the roads (or lack off), the chaotic and undermanaged development of the city, the poor sanitation, dying lakes (and dying fish- another story) and in the last few weeks, even the weather; the one truly attractive character of Bangalore has turned ugly with the city sweltering with temperatures of 37 degree centigrade! But something else has also been raising…

Annotated bibliography: Fra Filippo Lippi’s Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement Janson, H.W. History of Art Sixth Edition. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2001. Janson, H.W. received his PhD in medieval and renaissance art from Harvard University. As a world class author and historian, Janson wrote History of Art, becoming known and cherished across the globe. His work appears to be highly credible, making it the most reliable source of information. Mariani, Valerio. “Fra…

“Entrance to the Subway” is an oil painting on canvas, by Mark Rothko, an American painter of Russian-Jewish descent. This painting is part of series of street scenes and subway pictures made in the 1930’s by Mark Rothko (National Gallery of Art). This painting serves as an example of depression-era paintings, a time of poverty and unemployment. The main purpose of this painting is to portray the loneliness of city life. The youngest of four children Mark Rothko was born Marcus Yakovlevich…

of becoming a bigger institution, maybe the Delaware Art Museum should have focused on expanding it community programs or refining them. Bigger institutions are not always better, it is the quality of institutions that matter. Focusing on refining their existing programs or creating new programs would have cost less than $19.8 million and would have brought them closer to their community. As for the Randolph College and its Maier Museum of Art, the Maier should form a plan that help it move away…

The new Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) is opening in less than two weeks, on April 28th, with an extravagant opening gala and we think it would be a natural fit for Elle Canada be a part of the big event. The new Ottawa Art Gallery is a perfect fit for Elle Canada audiences. The gallery is proudly helmed by an almost all-female staff, including a woman director, chief financial officer, and chief of staff. It also boasts an all-female curatorial team. I’ve included more information about the…

There are numerous comparisons, similarities and differences to be noted between Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri and Emily Kame Kngwarreye none more than their art work. Both being from the central desert region of the Northern Territory, Australia and the Anmatyerre language group both Clifford and Emily share simular life experiences, beliefs of the dreaming, geography and views of their country. Both artists produced their work in a matching time and place with simular preferred mediums and both…

a friendship or family relation, where weekly phone calls were the norm. Through the phone calls, artists said they would were able to keep up with the art world scene in a few minutes a week on the phone with them. The Vogels would visit the artists’ studios and view current projects and gain a tour of their latest process. 2. What kind of art did the Vogels collect? The Vogels were collecting minimalist artworks. 3. How were they able to collect so much work on such a limited income? What…

In this essay, it will be further discuss on the question whether culture and the arts should be funded if they are not profitable. According to Edward Tylor, “culture is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society” (Tylor, 1889). Culture and arts is an important element that the people today should not neglect, as it is present in every society and nation. It also represents the society…

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as the journey’s destination and the underlying theme is Time. 4.5.1 Spirals and Journeys. A key development in the Scottish art scene came in the 1970s with the work of Richard Demarco in bringing together artists whose views helped to change opinion on what constituted art in Scotland. Demarco has been described as ‘a pioneer in Scotland of the notion of contemporary art as firmly integrated with the landscape, whether through the making of a journey or of…