Indian painter Shamshad Husain passed away due to liver cancer on October 24 in Delhi.
Indian intallation artist Sudarshan Shetty was unanimously selected by the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s Artistic Advisory Committee as curator and artistic director of the third Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
On June 12, Indian sculptor Nek Chand passed away at the age of 90 after suffering a cardiac arrest.
In the early hours of Friday June 26, renowned Indian sculptor, painter and designer Shiv Singh passed away at the age of 77.
On March 23, multidisciplinary artist Bharti Kher was conferred with France’s highest cultural award, Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres—also known as the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters—for her contributions to the landscape of contemporary art.