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ART AND CULTURE - June 2020

Jun 2020

Sep 09, 2021

Atmanirbhar Bharat Corner for Tribal Art

A central government agency which markets and promotes tribal products will set up Atmanirbhar Bharat corner -- exclusive space to promote GI-tagged tribal art and craft products -- in 75 Indian missions and embassies across the world in the next three months.
The first Atmanirbhar Bharat corner was inaugurated at Indian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, on Independence Day.
The 75 countries include Jamaica, Ireland, Turkey, Kenya, Mongolia, Israel, Finland, France, Canada, Singapore, Russia, the US, Indonesia, Greece and Cyprus.
As the national nodal agency, TRIFED has been working extensively to help market and promote the indigenous products that tribal groups across the country have been producing for centuries.

Sep 06, 2021

Japanese Artist Makes Life-like Cardboard Sculptures

Using a long pair of tweezers, Monami Ohno delicately places tiny cardboard scales on the legs of her sculpture of Godzilla, the giant reptile from the classic Japanese movie.
Over the past decade, the Japanese artist has used the unlikely medium of cardboard to create artwork inspired by popular culture, from anime robots to models of tanks and fighter jets, a life-sized gun to a full McDonald's meal.
It all started when Ohno made a bike-like thing out of cardboard for a college assignment ten years ago.
Ohno's intricate sculptures have since gained popularity, with her work exhibited in galleries in Japan and overseas.

Sep 01, 2021

Labourers Find Ancient Sculpture of Goddess Durga in Jammu and Kashmir

An ancient sculpture of Goddess Durga was found in the River Jhelum at Pandrethan, Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir by labourers who were extracting sand from the river. The sculpture is said to be approximately 1200 years old.
The Budgam police recovered the sculpture in the Khansahib area. The sculpture is 12 by 8 inches in size, carved in a black stone.
According to the Department of Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Jammu and Kashmir established that the sculpture dates back to 7th to 8th century AD.

Aug 31, 2021

Lost Monastery Led by 8th-century Queen Discovered in England

Archaeologists in England may have found the lost monastery of Queen Cynethryth, who was queen of the kingdom of Mercia during the eighth century A.D.
Cynethryth, who was married to King Offa, had an unusually high degree of power for a woman at that time.
"Cynethryth is a fascinating figure, a female leader who clearly had genuine status and influence in her lifetime," project leader Gabor Thomas, said. Not only were coins minted with her image, but it is known that when the powerful European leader Charlemagne wrote to his English counterparts, he wrote jointly to both King Offa and Queen Cynethryth, giving both equal status.

Uruguay's First Contemporary Art Museum

Pablo Atchugarry, one of Uruguay's leading contemporary artists, is planning to open the nation's first contemporary art museum in the resort town of Punta del Este.
Dubbed the Museo Arte Contemporâneo Atchugarry, the project is an outgrowth of Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, which the artist founded 15 years ago to promote the visual arts in Uruguay.
The foundation has since grown to include an auditorium, galleries, an outdoor amphitheater, and a 99-acre sculpture park. The museum will be the latest addition to its expansive grounds.

Aug 27, 2021

'Rome of Britain' Risks Losing UNESCO World Heritage Status

Described as the 'Rome of Britain', the UNESCO World Heritage city of Canterbury faces the risk of being recklessly destroyed, one the UK's leading heritage groups has warned.
As a major tourism city 107 km south east of London, Canterbury is in danger of losing its beauty and history by allowing an increasing number of ugly and outsized developments within, or adjacent to, the city's historic core, still enclosed within its circuit of medieval walls.
The state of Canterbury is coming close to a national emergency.
The city could follow Liverpool which recently was stripped of its World Heritage Site status, Ptolemy Dean, president of the Canterbury Society, also warned.

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