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When it comes to contemporary painting, abstraction and the human body may come across as polar opposites. Conceived of as a radical departure from both Western tradition and quotidian reality

RAJA RAVI VARMA BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: Raja Ravi Varma is the celebrated Indian painter widely known for the unison of the European realistic style of painting with Indian imagery. Known as ‘Father of Modern Indian Art’, he is the greatest painter in the history of India. He is renowned for painting both – portraits, such as "Ramanadha Rao and Son” and paintings of Indian mythology, such as "Riddhi Siddhi”.

In the late 19th century, as the unifying power of nationalism began to gain strength, Varma envisioned its fulfillment through his art

When it comes to contemporary painting, abstraction and the human body may come across as polar opposites. Conceived of as a radical departure from both Western tradition and quotidian reality

This year’s Panoply Arts Festival poster artist was none other than local Huntsville artist, Denise Onwere.

The defence contractor, famous for producing the Bushmaster aiding Ukraine in its war against Russia, pleads guilty to the death of a painter at its Victorian factory in July 2020. 

Modernism is particularly facing an onslaught of forgers.

In a wild, rambling garden in NSW, the painter explores the musings of daily life.

A painter living in the Central Anatolian province of Kırıkkale draws paintings of heartbreaking moments from the Kahramanmaraş-centered quakes and displays them on her wall, dedicating them to quake survivor children.

Malcolm Morton, 32, is an Indigenous man with a significant intellectual disability. His family and friends are pushing to have him released from what they describe as cruel and arbitrary detention.