Indian art community to raise funds for Covid relief via auction
Mon, May 17 2021 16:33 IST |
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Indian art community to raise funds for Covid relief via auction. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, May 17 : Amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the Indian art community has united to raise funds to assist with the ongoing relief efforts through Art Rises for India , a 24-hour online fundraiser auction hosted by Saffronart from May 19-20.
According to a statement from the auction house, Art Rises for India features over 120 works of modern and contemporary South Asian art, all of which have been generously donated by artists, gallerists, collectors, and patrons to support the cause.
Virtual platform created in honor of Okwui Enwezor
Okwui Enwezor (b. October 3, 1963 in Calabar, Nigeria; d. March 15, 2019 in Munich, Germany) was the Artistic Director of Documenta11, a curator, author, art critic, and lecturer. Photo: Andreas Gebert, 2011.
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.- On April 29, documenta archiv launched Platform6, a virtual platform created in honor of Okwui Enwezor. This dynamic and evolving online project is intended as a place for animated discussion about Documenta11 and the current relevance of its discourses.
As an open, growing project, the platform will explore the Documenta11 exhibition curated by Okwui Enwezor in 2002 and the continuing relevance of questions raised at the time. The focus is on discourses about truth, globalization, forms of collectivity and solidarity. Platform6 sees itself as a tribute to Okwui Enwezor, who died in Munich on March 15, 2019, and to his theoretical approaches and curatorial legacy. The virtual platform brings together historical m
Office for Contemporary Art Norway opens large-scale group exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus Actions of Art and Solidarity , installation view. Photo: Vegard Kleven. Courtesy of Kunstnernes Hus/OCA.
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.- Solidarity has re-entered the global zeitgeist with resounding force in the last decade. It has driven new thinking focused on countering systemic failures and outright abuses related to climate, economy, surveillance, health, gender and race amongst other issues. Actions of Art and Solidarity considers the central role that artists play within this historical shift in the new millennium, drawing parallels to synergic cases of the twentieth century.
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