Art in the time of GST

Art, in India, is still absent from the public space and exists outside the mainstream

What is our definition of an artist? Is it only someone who passes out of a recognised art school? What about those who are self-taught? Or the hundreds of thousands of folk or tribal artists who work in the unorganised art field? They are artists too, and their work has now entered the white cube lexicon of galleries and art fairs as recognition for their work has increased. A few among them have gained recognition as a result of a system of annual state awards, but most remain and operate under the radar, helped along to an extent by the