More prints from the Dara Shikoh Album A Moghul Masterpiece September to October Exhibition at Aurelec Cafeteria & Art gallery open from 8am to 5pm The Dara Shikoh album is a collection of paintings and calligraphy assembled during the 1630s by Dara Shikoh (1615-1659), the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan (builder […]
Applications are invited to the Art Mediation Programme at the 2018 Kochi-Muziris Biennale. The function of the mediation team will be to facilitate contact with the artworks at the Biennale exhibition for the visitors. Responsibilities include conducting guided tours of the exhibition for the diverse public of the Biennale, and participating in the research programme […]
WHEN: until 15 September 2018 WHERE: Unity Pavilion Open on all week days 10 am to 4.30 pm. As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Auroville, the Unity Pavilion is organizing an exhibition of art works by two well-known artists – Kratu from Auroville and Usha Patel from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, […]
Dear Community, We invite the members of the Auroville community to offer Art Exhibitions, Workshops and Talks at Kalakendra. If interested, please write to bharatnivas@auroville.org.in. Bharat Nivas Cultural Group
‘Art Matters’ – A monthly discussion series on art and related matters. *every second Saturday at different spaces. next meeting: 12th May,10am to 12pm, at the Open Studio, Kalakendra, Bharat Nivas. ______________ And “Come, let’s create together” Let’s experiment with Art for realizing Human Unity. Let’s learn from one and all, through this journey of […]
Submit your best work for a chance to win up to $8,000 in cash prizes, be selected by our curators for the P×3 exhibition in Paris and inclusion in the Annual P×3 book. The “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (P×3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from […]
We are inviting entries (Drawing, Painting, Print Making & Sculpture) from artists who like to join the event. ART MAESTRO AWARD 2018 (5 Th Edition) The best entry will select for ART MAESTRO AWARD (Rs. 25,001+Memento+Certificate), P.J. Paul Memorial Sculpture Award (Rs. 5,001+Memento+Certificate) and Best 10 entries will select for HONORABLE MENTION AWARD (Rs. 2000/- +Memento+Certificate). […]
White Peacock Clay Club invites everybody for the “Ceramic Exhibition” of the graduate group -Bhavyo, Hyeyoon, Masha, Narayan. Please come with friends to: Savitri Bhavan till 5th of May from 3 to 5 pm
Institut Francais de Pondicherry every day 9:30 am to 6:00 pm, until 2nd May Round Table 2nd May at 5 pm
Symbols & Scripts: The language of Craft In 2012, my work was in an exhibition at Delhi’s Habitat Centre, AKSHARA curated by Jaya Jaitley. I had two works in the show, my solo platters and a collaborative pot which was made by Palanisamy and glazed and fired by me. This show subsequently toured France, Egypt […]
A Czech artist experiments with different techniques to make up for lost time in her painterly pursuits Czech-born Aurovilian Ivana Frousava is holding a solo exhibition at Auroville. Ivana Frousova first took up a brush and palette of water colours when she was in her middle age. But, ever since, she has been painting every […]
“The World Post Contemporary Wave” is an unique platform of Narrative Movements, in which we are trying to spread Art Awareness simultaneously in 40 places all over the world, curated by 44 artist curators with the participation of more than 200 artists nationally and internationally to celebrate ‘World Art Day’ on 15th April. Venue: Kottakarai […]
CreditMari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi ONCE UPON A time, artists had jobs. And not “advising the Library of Congress on its newest Verdi acquisition” jobs, but job jobs, the kind you hear about in stump speeches. Think of T.S. Eliot, conjuring “The Waste Land” (1922) by night and overseeing foreign accounts at Lloyds Bank during the day, […]
The tiny territory of Puducherry has played a quiet but symbolic role in the cultural exchange between India and China in modern times, courtesy Chinese scholar Hu Hsu, also known as Xu Fancheng, who lived in Puducherry for 27 years from 1951 to 1978. The scholar, regarded as ‘the modern Xuanzang’, settled in Sri Aurobindo Ashram in 1951 and translated numerous […]
Suzuki said : “Before Zen, men are men and mountains are mountains.” Like many beautiful things, it all started with a dream. When she was 10 years old, Aurovilian Monna Maier read an haiku about the Kokedora (Moss Temple) in Kyoto, Japan. Since then, she always thought that if there was a place in the world […]
Kokedera – Moss Temple, Kyoto a Monna Maier’s Photo Exhibition Opening 24th March – 5th April 2018 Opening Timings Except Sunday 9:00 -12:30 / 13:30 – 18:00 Vernissage Sat. 24th from 5pm Pitanga Cultural Centre, Samasti, Auroville, (0413) 2622403/2622994 pitanga@auroville.org.in
The Ashram and Auroville Archives have brought together an exceptional exhibition on Auroville’s early days covering the period from 1965 to 1973 – during Mother’s time. Some rare photographs and texts by The Mother are included in this exhibition. At Kalakendra Gallery, Bharat Nivas. Daily: 10 am to 5 pm, until 11th March, 2018. The […]
Opening 4:30pm March 3rd until 17th March 2018 Open daily: 8am – 12pm and 2pm-6pm, closed on Saunday. at Pitanga Cultural Centre, Samasti, Auroville (0413) 2622403/2622994 – pitanga@auroville.org.in
EVENT DATE.TIME.PLACE DESCRIPTION Early Days Photo Exhibition 3rd -17th MarchPitanga Opening 4.30pm on the 3rd, open daily 8-12am, 2-6pm. Closed on Sundays.1970-1985 By Lisbeth Bamboo and Rammed Earth Reinforcement Workshop 14th-17th March 9am-5pm Bamboo Centre Large scale construction course using bamboo. Annual event for those wanting to learn natural construction techniques. Ongoing Exhibition, […]
Ex-students and all interested are invited to see the photos of our children since 1985. The exhibition will stay open to everyone from 1st to 15th of March, Monday to Friday, 1 to 2 p.m. at Kindergarten, Center Field
9 to 24th February, at Pitanga Cultural Centre (Samasti, Auroville) Open 8 – 12 and 2 – 6 pm (closed on Sundays) Organised by Paulette (0413) 2622403
We’ll have hands-on earth building demonstrations, soil science demos, display of earth machinery, block-making, exhibitions and a bake sale! 19th to 20th February from 10am to 3pm, at the Earth Institute campus in Auroville, India. Read also: Universal Earthen Wall – opening ceremony, 22nd Feb.
Lights of the world Centre d’Art Citadines Open daily 2:30 to 5:30 until 15 February
There is not much to add to what has been said about famous Korean painter Bang Hai Ja. Ninety exhibitions were devoted to her in Europe, Korea, USA, Japan and Canada. She also received the “Grand Prix Painter of the overseas” in Korea in 2008, the Order of Cultural Merit in 2010 from the President […]
