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Press Release 28th November 2018
PRESS-NOTE 28Nov2018-Press Note-Kannada28Nov2018-Press Note-English 28Nov2018-Press Note-Kannada DATED – Wednesday, 28th November 2018 Sub: Appeal of the Artist Community to the Government of Karnataka Regarding proposed demolition and reconstruction of Venkatappa Art Gallery (VAG) Copy to various Departments: Department of Kannada & Culture, Department of Archaeology-Museums & Heritage, Department of Tourism Yet again, the visual artists…
Longest Performance day 14th February
27 Performance Artists marathon curated by Dorothea Rust, Irene Muller, Suresh Kumar and Smitha Cariappa on the 1 year anniversary of VAGforum formation.
12th February
On this day, 12th February 2017, videos of all the events and protests against the adoption which was taken up by Venkatappa Art Gallery Forum, were streamed in the gallery. The video display relived the emotions and togetherness of the artist community. The gallery wore a festive mood, with colour and light decorations. An exclusive…
VAG Sambrama Tribute to Media
We are pleased to share with you, our happiness in the successful start to ‘Sambhrama2017’. ‘Sambhrama 2017′ is an event to commemorate the coming together of artists for a democratic cause on 14th February 2016. The artists’ resistance to Venkatappa Art Gallery being given away in adoption to a private gallery, saw a series of…
Government to shelve VAG MoU?
The Hindu, 18th July
VAGFORUM meets New Minister of Tourism, Priyank Kharge
On 15th July, 2016 VAGFORUM met & discussed with Sri Priyank Kharge at Vidhana Soudha about the concerns of the MoU and the forum’s collective vision, after having met him for a tour of Venkatappa Art Gallery a day earlier. Top : Jubilant VAGFORUM members presenting Minster Sri Priyank Kharge a compiled dossier regarding the…
Meera Gyanchand collects Signatures from Sadashivnagar
They came rushing to sign. There was a lot of excitement. I am very popular in my area. All around my house there are politicians. Santosh Hegde lives next door. The experience was amazing. When I put up the canvas I felt it was too big (3×4 feet). Even before adjusting the canvas they said Venkatappa!…
Paramesh Jolad’s protest keeps up the momentum
Forum keeps save Venkatappa Art Gallery agitation alive Deccan Herald May 27, 2016 Proceeds from the protest where Rs 178 was donated by the Public on Shivananda Circle, the money was sent Via Money Order to Anugraha, residence of the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri Siddaramaiah. With ‘If you need money, let me know’ as…
TV9 News9 Coverage of two shows
TV9 News9 Coverage of the Private Collection Public Museum show ‘ART SATYAGRAHA’ – NEWS9 Kasturba Road, artists protest in unique manner – NEWS9
Talk with Curators of Karnataka Regionale
Listen to the full conversation between Anil Kumar Ha Paramesh Joladad, Shailesh Kotyan M’lore and Parvatagoudar, artists and curators of Karnataka Regionale. https://soundcloud.com/vagforum/karnataka-regionale-curators-talk-with-ha-anil-kumar
VAGathon
ART Marathon at Venkatappa Art Gallery on 9th,10th,11th May 2016. The concept is closely linked to the structure and execution of this ‘exhibition’: Each day the action starts at 11am and ends at 7 pm. The day is divided into 9 slots, each slot will show 4 or 5 artists at a time including…
Off the sweat of your brow, sucker!
A personal look at the impact of neoliberal values on the way we live Kirtana Kumar for Yourstory.co April 28, 2016 | “The global application of a fraudulent economic theory brought the west to its knees. Yet for those in power, it offers riches…. In 2012, the world’s 100 richest people became $241 billion richer.” –…
Reviews of PCPM show
ಅಪರೂಪ ಸಂಗ್ರಹದ ಅನಾವರಣ ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ವಾರ್ತೆ Kannada Prabha Dada-esque protest is VAG’s new mantra Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Nitindra Bandyopadhyay | 4-05-2016 VAG is Home, Say Bangalore Artists New Indian Express | VAG forum artists put slices of their lives on display Mahalakshmi P | Times of India | May 4, 2016 Art gallery adoption: Artists…
Exhibition 1 : ‘Private Collections Public Museum’.
‘Private Collections Public Museum’. May 3rd to May 5th Venkatappa Art Gallery Alaka Rau, Anjana Chetty, Avinash Veera Raghavan , Ayisha Abraham, Babu Eshwar Prasad, Detritus Emeritus, Dimple shah, Gurudas Shenoy, HA Anil Kumar , Lalitha shankar, Prabhavathi Meppayil, Prakash A M, Pushpamala N, Raghu Wodeyar, Shamsunder S , Sheela Gowda , Smitha Cariappa ,…
THE PERFECT NEST FOR MAP
VAG DIRTY It has come to our attention that one of our leading intellectuals, Mr. Pinley Stanto, part of MAP’s deadly arsenal and inventor of the terms “fakeroo” and “factoid” which have enriched the city’s lexicon, went to Venkatappa Art Gallery the other day to investigate the true facts for himself. He had a disturbing…
H.A Anil Kumar’s Article in Art & Deal Magazine.
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ಬಂಡವಾಳದ ಭ್ರಮೆ: ದಿವಾಳಿಯಾಗಿರುವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಕಟ್ಟು ಕಥೆಗಳು
ಬಂಡವಾಳದ ಭ್ರಮೆ: ದಿವಾಳಿಯಾಗಿರುವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಕಟ್ಟು ಕಥೆಗಳು ರಶ್ಮಿ ಮುನಿಕೆಂಪಣ್ಣ ಮತ್ತು ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ ಗೌಡ ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ 28 ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಟಗೊಂಡ ಲೇಖನದ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ. ವೆಂಕಟಪ್ಪ ಆರ್ಟ್ ಗ್ಯಾಲರಿಯನ್ನು ಖಾಸಗಿಯವರಿಗೆ ‘ದತ್ತು’ ಕೊಡುವ ವಿವಾದದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹುಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾಪವಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ವಿಚಾರಗಳು ಎರಡು. ಮೊದಲನೆಯದ್ದು ಇಂಥ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂಡವಾಳದ ಕೊರತೆ ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದು. ಎರಡನೆಯದ್ದು ಖಾಸಗಿ ವಲಯದಿಂದ ಬರುವ ಹಣದಿಂದ ಇದನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುಕೂಲವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುದು. ವಸ್ತು ಸಂಗ್ರಹಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು…
L.V. Sharadha Rao’s letter to Minister Smt. Umashree
LV Sharadha Rao of Phaniyamma film supporting the cause with a letter addressed to the Minister of Kannada and Culture, Smt Umashree.
Who will hear an artist’s anguish Umakka? by Paramesh Jolad
Artist Paramesh Jolad’s letter to Umashree, Minister for Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka and an award winning artist. Translated from Kannada by Sridhar Gowda Umashree Akka, I won’t ask you about your wellbeing as I am coming to know of it every day on television and in the newspapers. This electronic world has given…
Na D’Souza’s letter to the CM, in support of VAG
Eminent writer in Kannada, Na D’Souza, has been writing since last four-five decades. His writings have been published in most leading publications of the Kannada world. “Kunjala Kaniveya Hoogalu” (rare flowers from the valley of Kunjala) is a classic novel, inbuilt into the genre of travelogue, by him. Click here to open the PDF version…
Sculpture Walk , Cubbon Park 17th April 10:00 A.M
FB event : https://www.facebook.com/events/620421458110806/ 17th April 2016 I Venkatappa Art Gallery 10:00 Am A Walk to the Sculpture Park, A piece of Birthday Cake, A Peek into a Project All in Store for You, On Sunday the 17th of April at Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bengaluru Come Sunday, Cubbon Park adorns a serene atmosphere with no…
We@ KWC Karnataka World Cafe for a New Vision of VAG Bangalore, Sunday 10 April 2016
We@KWC on Sunday 10 April organized by Vagforum at the Venkatappa Art Gallery was a historic brainstorming session, as a first step to work out a new democratic vision for VAG. What is a World Cafe? The World Cafe is a popular idea where a cafe like atmosphere is created and people are invited to…
KARNATAKA WORLD CAFÉ
On Sunday, April 10th at Venkatappa Art Gallery VAG Forum cordially invites you to participate in the Karnataka World Café on Sunday, 10th April at Venkatappa Art Gallery “to formulate a ‘Vision for Venkatappa Art Gallery”. The decision by the Government of Karnataka in signing away Venkatappa Art Gallery and several other cultural places in…
A Broke Government of Karnataka And Other Myths: Has Funding Always Been The Red Herring?
Rashmi Munikempanna and Sridhar Gowda One of the questions that has come to define the discourse around the privatisation of Venkatappa Art Gallery has been the lack of funding, the inability of Government of Karnataka to run it without money and the promise of the flood of plush private funds. An examination of the annual…
W(h)ither Democracy?!
Alaka Rao (With inputs from Sheela Gowda) Venkatappa Art Gallery Issue The handing over of Venkatappa Art Gallery in adoption to a private businessman stands up as a classic case of mockery of propriety. The resistance of the Visual Artists of Karnataka who have taken up cudgels against the Government succumbing to corporate cronyism, raises…
A Sweetheart Deal
by The Phantom Lady Cynical governments, greedy corporates and paid mobs are invading our intellectual and cultural spaces in a pincer move, squeezing out all independent thought and creative action. Karnataka artists are fiercely opposing the state government move to hand over the official state art gallery in Bangalore to a corporate collector to rebuild…
Venkatappa Art Gallery Forum 