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"A thing of beauty is a joy forever...it will never pass into nothingness"- this quote by John Keats is so apt when talking about an object de art. Art is not just an expression; it has become a fashionable investment option today. In the last few years, modern Indian painting has broken free of the confines of elite business houses and royal families. It has broken barriers; traversed overseas and has become the toast of art collectors the world over.

Despite the rich artistic heritage of art in the Indian subcontinent, there persists a lacuna in awareness of art. Here, has proactively taken up the cause to inform, and educate to take art beyond its niche patronage. www.artsome.co is a comprehensive one-stop online encyclopedia for modern and contemporary art from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The offshoot, Educate Artsome organises special customised programmes like seminars, curator walks and workshops to expose more people to art.

Art has always been an integral part of the Indian plethora. It encompasses murals, sculptures, temple art, tribal art and miniature paintings. Indian immature paintings usually depict a vision of life on various media –paper, cloth, bark, wood or even an ivory or bone, and famed for exquisite details and brush strokes. Contemporary Indian art (from the 1990s onwards) used a variety of forms and media.

The modern India artist is longer confined to a single medium. A closer look at this contemporary Indian art will reveal abstract subjects and a very thin distinction between paintings, assemblages, installations, collages and sculptures. Artistic sculptures moved from deity themes, to exaggerated realism infusing western with traditional Indian and unconventional material.

Many of these paintings, artistic sculptures and oil paintings border on the abstract. has a unique ‘Understanding the Artist’ section aimed to demystify artists and their creations with extensive in-house research. Other features include artist profiles, blogs, calendar of events and art bibliography.

A distinctive interactive and user friendly portal with relevant and up-to-date information, brings an uncomplicated fresh perspective on something that is for most of us, incomprehensible and perplexing.

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Artsome is a one-stop guide to indian contemporary art. Artsome tried to bring back the focus on indian modern artist and taking art beyond a niche audience.