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Van Gogh painted almost two dozen self portraits in three years!

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Aug 4, 20231 min read

ART - INSIDE STORY

Van Gogh painted almost two dozen self portraits in three years!

We created an exhibition in 3D simulated gallery space for the self-portraits by Vincent Van Gogh. It is not unusual for artists to be...

Avoid news reports if you want to know about art. Social media and Advertorial do a better job.

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Jul 14, 20231 min read

ART - INSIDE STORY

Avoid news reports if you want to know about art. Social media and Advertorial do a better job.

General perception says Advertorials are propaganda. Of course, social media is silly. So called serious people smirk at both and rely on...

HUES - an Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures & Prints at Jehangir Art Gallery

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Jun 25, 20232 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

HUES - an Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures & Prints at Jehangir Art Gallery

Susheel Martin Foundation – Nireekshana Activity and Achievement Centre is presenting a group art exhibition of paintings, prints and...

Voice of the silenced- 'Lines of life' - an exhibition of paintings by Artist Raju Baviskar

SAIKAT BAKSI

May 21, 20232 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Voice of the silenced- 'Lines of life' - an exhibition of paintings by Artist Raju Baviskar

There is something consistent across the body of works by the veteran artist Raju Baviskar. But when I requested him for a few words...

Embodiment of art - Sharad and Suchitra Tarde

SAIKAT BAKSI

May 6, 20235 min read

Artists' lives

Embodiment of art - Sharad and Suchitra Tarde

Sometime back, I had the opportunity to visit the studio of Artist Sharad Tarde and his wife, Artist Suchitra Tarde. I wanted to record...

The Spectrum of Colours - a group show at Jehangir Art Gallery

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Apr 29, 20233 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

The Spectrum of Colours - a group show at Jehangir Art Gallery

A group of 10 contemporary talented artists will showcase their latest paintings and sculptures in different mediums and styles in...

Reflection of truth at Jehangir Art Gallery - paintings by Vishnu N. Sonavane & Jyotsna V. Sonavane

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Apr 8, 20232 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Reflection of truth at Jehangir Art Gallery - paintings by Vishnu N. Sonavane & Jyotsna V. Sonavane

Both, Vshnu and Jyotsna's paintings emerge from within their subconscious. Looking at their artworks, it dawns in the mind of the viewer...

Leaves on Hina's canvas tremble in breeze...

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Apr 4, 20233 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Leaves on Hina's canvas tremble in breeze...

Hina Bhatt's paintings in display at Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai, leave an indelible mark on the heart of the viewer. Curiously, on...

Splash 23 group show covered by Maharashtra Lokmanch

Romartika Art Decoded

Apr 3, 20230 min read

MEDIA

Splash 23 group show covered by Maharashtra Lokmanch

Splash '23 group show of paintings by Romartika at Malaka Art Gallery, Pune

Romartika Art Decoded

Apr 2, 20231 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Splash '23 group show of paintings by Romartika at Malaka Art Gallery, Pune

Romartika is back with its group show of paintings at Malaka Art Gallery, Koregaon Park, Pune. Six emerging artists, Nikita Garg, Asha...

Khayaal - an exhibition of drawings by artist Vaibhav Naik at Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai

SAIKAT BAKSI

Mar 19, 20232 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Khayaal - an exhibition of drawings by artist Vaibhav Naik at Bajaj Art Gallery, Mumbai

Rabindranath Tagore said that a good short story comes to an end yet does not end; like those sentences ending in three dots......

Frozen in Time: Exhibition of Photographs by Kabeer Ramesh at Jehangir Art Gallery

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Mar 18, 20232 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Frozen in Time: Exhibition of Photographs by Kabeer Ramesh at Jehangir Art Gallery

A good photograph must address either of the four elements. Is something missing? Is the moment running away? What happened next? Does it...

Not many accountants were artists in history...

SAIKAT BAKSI

Mar 16, 20235 min read

ART - INSIDE STORY

Not many accountants were artists in history...

Few days back, I came across a video of some experiment conducted by Paytm. Of course, there are a whole lot of open questions about the...

ARMONIA - AN AMAZING VISUAL TREAT AT JEHANGIR ART GALLERY

ROMARTIKA CORRESPONDENT

Mar 2, 20231 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

ARMONIA - AN AMAZING VISUAL TREAT AT JEHANGIR ART GALLERY

When the artist was a young man in college, one day, his professor gave a strange assignment - sketch yourself! All the students sketched...

Learning the history of art is more important as learning to paint

Romartika Art Decoded

Jan 12, 20234 min read

Movements and style

Learning the history of art is more important as learning to paint

We in Romartika have felt since long that in India, there is no dearth of highly talented and skilled artists but the insight of the...

Meera Srikant

Jan 6, 20233 min read

Artists' lives

The right strokes

Trinath Majumder might have become a surveyor, a government official, or anything else but not an artist. But he is the Assistant...

Enjoy the thrill of walking through the gallery in your cellphone - UNRULY AND WILD - AN ART SHOW

Romartika Art Decoded

Dec 5, 20221 min read

WHAT IS HAPPENING

Enjoy the thrill of walking through the gallery in your cellphone - UNRULY AND WILD - AN ART SHOW

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SAIKAT BAKSI

Nov 18, 20225 min read

Movements and style

Flight to abstract expression

How the radical and daring dissolution of familiar shapes and forms captured the fancy of the people in the lifetime of the artist......

The art (or the impossibility of it) of visual documentation

Arpan krishna Deb

Nov 15, 20229 min read

Movements and style

The art (or the impossibility of it) of visual documentation

Introduction Writing, represented in different artistic forms, is considered as an art form. This does not mean that all kinds of writing...

Devayani Thakre

Oct 19, 20221 min read

stranger than fiction

YOU KNOW IT NOT

Musing of an artist... the colors talk, sing, scream, scowl nothing unrevealed they paint themselves I don't wild strokes and hues hold...

Can an artist be an author and vice versa?

Romartika Art Decoded

Oct 13, 20225 min read

Movements and style

Can an artist be an author and vice versa?

Recently the above topic was debated over in a discussion forum of art and literature enthusiasts. The question was - Is there a conflict...

Nilanjana Roy

Oct 10, 20223 min read

Amazing visual treat in Kolkata

Over the last couple of weeks l was in Kolkata and had the fantastic opportunity to attend solo exhibitions of two talented emerging...

Ranjana Kashyap

Oct 9, 20223 min read

Movements and style

A portrait artist who saw the future!

Unless you are deep into the history of art, Oskar Kokoschka will be a stranger to you. Well, his contribution to the expressionist...

Sonia Dutta

Oct 5, 20221 min read

stranger than fiction

The rain - a poem by Sonia Dutta

I love it more when I see the tar black clouds rushing at me I love it more as they hit the ground throwing up earthly scents I love it...