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“Everything that you can see in the world around you presents itself to your eyes only as an arrangement of patches of different colors.”  - John Ruskin Yes, colors matter for every soul. It unlocks a mystery chest of emotions for us. Can you imagine a world as drab and dreary, devoid of colors? Nope. We think in bits of colors: we are pampered, stirred, and moved by every speck of it. Things that appear in our eyes are nothing but shafts of colors arranged in varied shapes

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one – Stella Adler Have you ever gazed through a starry night and been completely immersed in the cocoon of constellations, lost somewhere in the depth of the cosmos? Or, have you ever experienced the bliss of a marvelous landscape that you have captured while on a leisurely walk to a countryside with the sun escaping into the horizon? Have you ever felt that everything we see, we gather, we experience is

“When I think of the Harlem Renaissance, I think of bright colors, and bold, dynamic art. African American artists of the period were, in large measure, breaking out of the constrictions white society had set for them. They were claiming and remaking their own images, and doing so in bold and striking ways.” -        Nikki Grimes Remember Tony Morrison's ‘Sweet Home’ from her book “Beloved?” Or, the great abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe's “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” – resonating t

‘To feel gratitude and not express it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it…’ -          Walt Whitman Yes, it’s all about Thanksgiving week, the fourth week of November, getting ready for the iconic feast, with markets crammed with Black Friday sales, hot deals, glitzy ads, and rush-hour calls for shopping. For artists, it has been an inspiration to honor the spirit of the event, be it with DIY paper turkeys or classy oil paintings dating back to the 1621 pilgrim mee

Revisit the iconic water lilies by Monet, created as a response to the mindless violence of the First World War.

Delve into the queer chapter of Dadaism art history and explore the disturbing artworks

Diego Velázquez | Rokeby Venus | 1647-1651 “What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.”  – Eugene Delacroix We know that great art involves spaces and pauses, keeping viewers speculating about what is left to be said. Think of the Altamira cave paintings of the Bisons or the Ennedi rock paintings of Chad, Central Africa, and you will know that art still

Explore how physical exhibitions still rank high in the changing art world

“…. sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear...