Kerala: Boy draws painting to show mother’s domestic labour, artwork selected as Gender Budget document cover
On February 5, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac mentioned the boy’s painting titled “My Mother and Mothers in the Neighbourhood” during the budget presentation. Unfortunately, Ajunath lost his mother on November 14 last year due to ill-health. Ajunath’s father was happy after the artwork was highlighted for its theme. “What I am most proud of […]
Contemporary art show a shot of optimism for artistic community in Kerala
More than a year after the pandemic crippled the art sector,a contemporary art show, now on at Alappuzha in multiple heritage venues, has come as a shot of optimism to the artistic community in Kerala.
Artists in Kerala continue to create art despite hardships due to pandemic
A year and a half ago, immersed in handicraft works at his studio in Kochi, artist Vinoj Pathrose hardly imagined that there would come a day when he would have to convert his studio into something else for survival. He had been doing well professionally until 2020 when the novel coronavirus hit the world. Like […]