Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Year: 2014

Essay

ESSAY

WOMEN ARE NOT FROM VENUS-III YASRA DAUD KHOKER In the novel ‘Impassioned Clay’, by Welsh novelist Stevie Davies, Olivia and her father come upon the remains of a 17th-century woman while digging a grave (for Olivia’s dead mother) in the…

Feature

FEATURE

GAITONDE LEADS CHRISTIE’S TO INDIA,- CONTEMPORARIES MAY WAIT JOHNY ML At Mumbai airport on 22nd December 2013 evening I was waiting in the lobby to catch a flight to Delhi. A middle-class family was sitting next to me. The father,…

Feature

FEATURE

BACHHAWAT FOUNDATION: The Legacy Continues Art and Deal Correspondent With an aim to uphold their interest in promoting art and artists, writers and litterateurs, critics, craftsmen, poets, collectors, theorists, connoisseurs, the Bachhawat Foundation lays the foundation stone of building a…

Photo Feature

PHOTO FEATURE

LIVING ARCHITECTURE by ANDREAS VOLWAHSEN An Exhibition Presented by Vacheron Constantin And Tasveer ANDREAS VOLWAHSEN Dr. Andreas Volwahsen was born in 1941 in Dresden, Germany, where he also grew up and went to school. His fascination for the Indian subcontinent…

Obituary

OBITUARY

C. N. KARUNAKARAN (1940-2013): DEATH OF A PAINTER JOHNY ML C. N. Karunakaran is no more. He was 74 years old. There are some artists who choose to live in their own birthplace, work there, gain recognition amongst the same…

Cinema

CINEMA

THAT LAST OF THE UNJUST: REVISITING HOLOCAUST MEMORY DARSHANA SREEDHAR The Last of the Unjust is a touching documentary based on a series of interviews with Benjamin Murmelstein, the Jewish collaborator of Nazi Germany, and the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann. The…

Preview

PREVIEW

DHAKA ART SUMMIT-EDITION 2 SUSHMA SABNIS In an attempt to bring the South Asian art practices into focus on an international level, the Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh returns with its second edition. Slated to be held from 7th to 9th…

Review

REVIEW

SUBODH GUPTA, Recent Works- THE ART OF THE MUNDANE FRANCK BARTHLLEMY Franck Barthelemy wants to remember Subodh Gupta’s latest exhibition at SKE Gallery, Bangalore as a dialogue with the century’s old tradition of still lives and naturalism. Through the selection…

Review

REVIEW

FLAG MARCH OF REASSURANCE SUSHMA SABNIS Every once in a while, a nation chooses to display its strength as a reassurance to the citizens it houses, aptly called a flag march, where various streams of security forces parade in all…

Review

REVIEW

OF THE UNSEEN AND METAPHORIC PARAMJOT WALIA Using numerous metaphors of the subliminal kinds, three renowned artists bring to the fore a unique show titled, ‘Cat Walk, Blue Moon’ at the Sanchit Art Gallery, New Delhi. The show focuses on…

Review

REVIEW

THINKING OUT OF THE DRAWING BOX SUSHMA SABNIS When providence brings together a group of enthusiastic like-minded artists from all over the world through a social media platform, few would doubt its successful outcome. The Drawing Box is one such…

Review

REVIEW

INTERFACE PREETI JOSEPH What happens when eight artists native to the same land, with eight viewpoints and ideologies and numerous interpretations come together to express it artistically? A show titled ‘Interface’ is born which acts as a polemic of bygone…

Review

REVIEW

HOMING IN LINA VINCENT SUNISH What is the meaning of home, asks Karl Antao in his recently concluded exhibition ‘Mind the Home’ at Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore. The artist, in his exquisite sculptures looks at the meaning of being sheltered and…

Matters of heArt

MATTERS OF HEART

Rahaab Allana PARAMJOT WALIA Your grandfather Ebrahim Alkazi is considered one of the most powerful voices in modern Indian theatre, your mother Amal Allana is also a senior theatre director and two time Chairperson of the National School of Drama,…