Pondicherry Violence Sparks Question: Why Can’t India Interpret Hindu Gods?

More concerning is the university and police’s promptness to align with ABVP’s ideology, disregarding their obligation to operate within the framework of the Constitution of India. Instead of penalising those who commit violence, they punish the victims of violence… The list of such institutions is long where the administration has acted like the authorities of… Read More Pondicherry Violence Sparks Question: Why Can’t India Interpret Hindu Gods?

9th April 2024 Dilip

Mesolithic era art discovered in Telangana

The discovery, made deep within the forest on the hillock known as Sitamma Loddi, has revealed several magnificent rock paintings on the wall of a massive sandstone west-facing rock shelter BY TELANGANA TODAY Hyderabad: A team from Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundham, led by photojournalist Duggempudi Ravinder Reddy and rock art expert Dr. Bandi Muralidhar Reddy, along with… Read More Mesolithic era art discovered in Telangana

24th February 202424th February 2024 Dilip

The Peacock’s Graveyard

Myth taken symbolically is the glass through which we darkly see: Hans Jonas Amar Kanwar: The Peacock’s Graveyard. Reviewed by Aruna D’Souza Marian Goodman Gallery; New York City, through February 24, 2024 Five poetic stories in image and text reveal the ever-present power of nature, greed, friendship, and philosophical inquiry Amar Kanwar: The Peacock’s Graveyard,… Read More The Peacock’s Graveyard

27th January 2024 Dilip

Albert Camus and Maria Casares

The romance of Camus and Casares is richer, if not sadder, when considered alongside the narratives of each of their work. There is an eerie doubling of life and art. Absurdity is the only certainty, and this is confirmed by coincidence and chance. The two first met on June 6, 1944, the storied day the Allied forces… Read More Albert Camus and Maria Casares

11th September 202311th September 2023 Dilip

Artist captures the impact of climate crisis over 150 years on Mont Blanc

Joanna Moorhead A British landscape artist who recreated a climb made 150 years ago to document the impact of the climate crisis on western Europe’s highest mountain says what he found was so grim it reminded him of the “dark paintings” of Francisco de Goya. French painter Gabriel Loppé’s artwork The Shadow of Mont Blanc at Sunset, painted… Read More Artist captures the impact of climate crisis over 150 years on Mont Blanc

3rd September 20233rd September 2023 Dilip

The Taliban’s fear of art is killing Afghan culture

When the Taliban moved closer to Kabul in the early days of August 2021, a series of unusual advertisements flooded the shopping pages on Afghan social media. Musicians were putting their instruments and equipment – the tools of their trade – up for sale. Many were being offered for a fraction of what they were worth. Yet,… Read More The Taliban’s fear of art is killing Afghan culture

15th August 2023 Dilip

The Art of Monstrous People

The solution to the monstrous men of art, Claire Dederer argues, is not to smash our idols but to avoid making them idols in the first place. (Note: I have added some remarks on this which can be read at the bottom of this post) BY LAURA MILLER “Can I still listen to David Bowie?” That’s… Read More The Art of Monstrous People

11th May 202311th May 2023 Dilip

History’s Fool by Thomas Meaney

The long century of Ernst Jünger On the Marble Cliffs, by Ernst Jünger, translated from the German by Tess Lewis Ernst Jünger is the intractable land mine of German literature. Demolition squads of scholars have stencil-brushed the casing and every wire of the corpus; warning tape encircles the mother lode of fifty books, which are still… Read More History’s Fool by Thomas Meaney

29th March 202329th March 2023 Dilip

Amar Kanwar: Such A Morning

NB: An extraordinary film by one of India’s most talented film-makers. What I saw were three visual metaphors: an eclipse of the sun which never lifted; a professor entering a dark place to contemplate darkness; and an armed woman waiting silently for something unspeakable. For me, the first metaphor signified the contemporary planetary condition; the… Read More Amar Kanwar: Such A Morning

13th March 202313th March 2023 Dilip

“Papa old-age home se bhaag gaye. Mrs Sharma ke saath”

First posted July 17, 2018 A charming new discovery (for me) – short films. I’ll keep adding to the list.. Lillete Dubey; Mohan Agashe in Puraana Pyaar: “Papa old-age home se bhaag gaye. Mrs Sharma ke saath” Naseeruddin Shah and Shernaz Patel in Interior Cafe Night Ananya Sharma in Lift – by Ida Ali Naomi Scott, Jack… Read More “Papa old-age home se bhaag gaye. Mrs Sharma ke saath”

5th March 20235th March 2023 Dilip

After the truth-shower

Philosophy, history, literature, current affairs, and other stuff. Posted by Dilip Simeon

Tag: Art