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Why We Make Art When the World Burns
In times of global crisis and uncertainty, art often gets dismissed as frivolous luxury. But artist Mesma Belsaré argues that art isn't what we indulge when everything is fine. It is the medicine we need most when everything is broken. Drawing from her experience as an immigrant artist who left medical school for Delhi College of Art, she explores how artists throughout history have responded to crisis not by stopping, but by documenting, preserving, and bearing witness.

Mesma Belsaré
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More than Dance
Observations from a distance, after years of learning at Nātya Vriksha & thereafter continuing my practice as a professional dancer.

Mesma Belsaré
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Nataraja's children
March 13th-23rd marked the 10th anniversary of Asia Week in New York. Away from the bustle of auctions, panels, gallery talks and...

Mesma Belsaré
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An ode to artful life
I begin this blog today in order to share some of my everyday experiences between dancing, painting and well...just living. Seldom does...

Mesma Belsaré
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