On MK Gandhi’s 156th birth anniversary, artists from across the city will gather in Gamdevi to pay tribute to the leader through art

On Gandhi Jayanti today, we’re reflecting on an almost absurd thought. What would the self-confessed minimalist make of digital and AI art? While Gandhi couldn’t possibly have predicted the AI craze, it turns out he did leave us a line in a Young India article dated 1924: “I know that many call themselves as artists, and are recognised as such, and yet in their works there is absolutely no trace of the soul’s upward urge and unrest.” Now, we’re not hijacking the Mahatma’s birthday to debate real art, but to highlight it. A group of artists from across the city, carrying that very ‘soul’s upward urge and unrest,’ are coming together to pay tribute to Gandhi

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