Amrita Sher Gil – The James Dean Effect
Amrita Sher Gil is one of the most impressive and the most gifted Indian artists of the pre-colonial era. India’s Revolutionary Artist She is considered as a revolutionary woman artist and Continue reading
Famous Women Artists In History
Still Lifes of Suzanne Valadon – Where No “Decent” Woman Would Tread
Much has been said on the nudes of Suzanne Valadon, and rightly so. Truly, they are wonderfully composed and naturally iconoclastic in nature. Women. Real women portrayed in natural scenarios Continue reading
Niki de Saint Phalle – Ready To Kill
In 1960 I was a very angry young woman. Angry at men and their power. I felt that they had robbed me of my own free space in which I Continue reading
Impressionism – Paving the Way for Modern Art
As a first distinctly modern movement in painting, Impressionism emerged in Paris in 1860s, and the end developed chiefly in France during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Gustave Continue reading
My Top 10 Best Contemporary Photographers
Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But if you keep creating these points, they form Continue reading
Marina Abramovic – Death Toll Rising
“Once, Picasso was asked what his painting meant. He said, ‘Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.’ So, sometimes with Continue reading
Helen Levitt – Streets of New York
“Since I am inarticulate, I express myself with images” – Helen Levitt A mother of modern colour photography, Helen Levitt is perhaps one of time’s most forgotten jewels. Roaming the Continue reading
Yayoi Kusama – Polka Dot Madness
Yayoi Kusama’s work has transcended two of the most important art movements of the second half of the 20th century: minimalism and pop art. Plagued by mental illness as a Continue reading
The Enigmatically Intense Lives of Frida Kahlo
Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo Calderon was born on July, 6, 1907 in what is nowadays known as Casa Azul in Coyoacan, a town on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her Continue reading
How Georgia O’Keeffe Changed The World
A prolific artist, Georgia O’Keeffe spent 70 years making art and contributing to the development of American modernism ⎯ she produced more than 2000 works over the course of her Continue reading