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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">OVERVIEW</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Institution of Art Exhibition in Global Perspective</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pranabranjan Ray</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Artists’ Groups of </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bengal</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mrinal Ghosh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MODERN MASTERS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Paritosh Sen</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mrinal Ghosh</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sanat Kar: Learning Evolving and Teaching</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Soumik Nandy Majumdar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Inescapable Jogen Choudhury:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Soumik Nandy Majumdar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Suhas Roy: World of Unalloyed Harmony</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Swapan Mullick</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">GLOBAL CONNECT</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shuvaprasanna’s German Encounter</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nitasha Guha</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">IN CONVERSATION</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jayashree Chakravarty: Remembrance of Things Past</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anirudh Chari</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">IN FOCUS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ganesh Haloi: Metascapes</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Manasij Majumder</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">INSTALLATION ART</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chhatrapati Dutta: Confrontations and Conversations</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ruma Dasgupta</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Aditya Basak: Conjuring Spirits</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anirudh Chari</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Paula Sengupta: Vacuity of the Zenanas</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nanak Ganguly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LEGENDARY TEACHERS OF </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BENGAL</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Somnath Hore and K.G. Subramanyan:</span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shaping Minds and Leaving Marks</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sanjoy Mallik</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">BOOK REVIEWS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In Splendid Isolation Manasij Majumder’s </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Imprint Off A Sensitive Soul</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Swapan Mullick</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ardhakathanaka – half a tale</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dorian Gray</span></span></i><span style=" ;color:white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">MARKET REVIEW</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Boom in Retrospect</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">R. Siva Kumar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;color:white;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">CONSERVING ART</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(90, 73, 36); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Swelling Collections and Shrinking Wall Spaces</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sukanta Basu</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/325907465975244790-1416980292370718055?l=vartadesk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>deskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02609350645333111020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325907465975244790.post-15252396644347435852009-01-07T17:34:00.001+05:302009-01-07T18:03:40.634+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iuDAQEaLa-o/SWSezFXaJFI/AAAAAAAAABQ/zC4DAji17hQ/s1600-h/varta+poster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iuDAQEaLa-o/SWSezFXaJFI/AAAAAAAAABQ/zC4DAji17hQ/s320/varta+poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288526462890681426" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/325907465975244790-1525239664434743585?l=vartadesk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>deskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02609350645333111020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325907465975244790.post-51596216546578183922009-01-02T17:22:00.008+05:302009-01-18T10:11:32.046+05:30<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kolkata</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6:00 pm, Friday</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">17th Jan. 2009</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oxford Bookstore</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">17 Park St.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kolkata - 700016</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A panel discussion on </span><span style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'Art Writing: </span></span><span style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Challenges, Potentials, Directions’</span></span><span style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">moderated by Tapati Guha Thakurta followed by the launch. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chief guest ~ Smt. Nabaneeta Deb Sen (Renowned Poet &amp; Academic)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guest of honour ~Sri. Ganesh Haloi </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New Delhi</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4:00 pm, Monday</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">19th Jan. 2009</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oxford Bookstore</span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Statesman House ; Connaught Place</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">148 Barakhamba Road</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">New Delhi - 110001</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> <br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chief guest ~ Sri. Ashok Vajpayee (Chairman Lalit Kala Academy) </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guest of honour ~ Sri. S.H Raza </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mumbai</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">6:30 pm, Friday</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">13th Feb. 2009</span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Apeejay House ; 3, Dinshaw Vachha Road</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mumbai - 400020</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chief guest ~ Sangeet Martand, Padmavibhushan Sri. Pandit Jasraj </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guest of honour ~ Sri. Akbar Padamsee </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jaipur</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">4:00 pm, Saturday</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">24th Jan. 2009</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Laxman Path, Vivek Vihar<br />Off New Sanganer Road<br />Jaipur - 302019</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chief guest ~ Sri. S. Ahmed (Principal Secretary to State of Rajasthan, Dept. of Art, Literature &amp; Culture)</span></div><div><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Guest of Honour ~ Ritu Kumar, celebrated fashion designer</span></span></strong></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/325907465975244790-5159621654657818392?l=vartadesk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>deskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02609350645333111020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325907465975244790.post-46761369282249941162009-01-01T13:04:00.011+05:302009-01-05T12:00:19.351+05:30<div style="text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; color:#1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">VARTA – Concept note</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The launch of this new initiative of an art journal provides an occasion for critical reflection on today's need for a larger intellectual climate of art criticism and debates around art. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As we look back on more than two decades of a booming culture of art galleries, curated exhibitions and catalogue productions in India, VARTA’s vision is –</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">provide a new productive dialogue 'in words' between art practitioners, curators, </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">critics </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and viewers.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To communicate meanings and create larger worlds of artistic literacy.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To bring together two separate strands of art history and art criticism to mutually</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">reinforce </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">knowledges about art practices of the past and present.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To work out new public platforms for art discussions.<br /></span></div></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To create a fruitful exchange of ideas and opinions between intellectuals, artists, critics,</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">curators, viewers and galleries.<br /></span></div></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; " class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To create an informed and discerning art market through art writing and art journals.</span><br /></div></span></p> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/325907465975244790-4676136928224994116?l=vartadesk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>deskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02609350645333111020noreply@blogger.com2