Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: November 2015

Editorial

EDITORIAL

The entire country is in festive mood and twirling with ecstasy, of course the festivals make you lively and joyous. With the Goddess Durga’s advancement on an elephant and departure in a palanquin, the festival of lights is approaching to…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

At the heart of the 56th Biennale di Venezia is a consideration of the state of things Art & Deal International Correspondent Okwui Enwezor, director of the Biennale and curator of the international exhibition, organized a show that pushes his…

Cover Story

COVER STORY

Sunset at Shanti Niketan-Jehangir Art Gallery : Sanjay Bhattacharya Uma Nair Imagine standing before canvasses that are bathed in golden, warm sunlight with the setting sun burning in its coppery sheen like Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s narrative in The Ancient Mariner.12…

Obituary

OBITUARY

Shamshad Husain-[1946 – 2015] Art & Deal Correspondent “I think drawing and painting human figures is not very easy, but what matters is the empathy one has, and it is this that I seek to express.” – Shamshad Husain Known…

Essay

ESSAY

Vaishnava Moorings-A speculative thought rendered through the sculptures of Udayagiri Hills, Vidisa, Madhya Pradesh Apurva Sinha The ancient city of Vidisa (Vaishyanagar) or ‘Vedisgiri’’, popular for many aeons is credited for the nascence of Vaishnava edifices. Located at the confluence…

Essay

ESSAY

An Unforgettable Chapter in Indian Art: Kshitindranath Majumder Anindya Kanti Biswas Abdur Rahaman Chughtai is the greatest artist till now in Pakistan. Young Kshitindranath again returned to Allahabad town after completion of art education in Govt. Art School. The highest…

Report

REPORT

Fundraiser for the Elephants of India Art & Deal Correspondent Elephants are folk divinities in three major religions, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Gautama the Buddha descended in the form of a white elephant, mothers of Jain Tirathankars saw elephants in…

Report

REPORT

Binoy Varghese-Art Bahrain Uma Nair Binoy Varghese is at best an artist who combines Classical and Modern Painting Skills to create hyper realist works. His works at ART BAHRAIN are produced with his superb, signature techniques: the layering of rich…

Report

REPORT

Art & The City: A Venue of Representational Dilemma H.A. Anil Kumar While offering the hard copy of the invitation to his first solo show at Alliance Francoise (Bengaluru) recently (September 2015), Saleem Shoyab, a recent post-graduate from the College…

Report

REPORT

Ahoy Aboard! From the Galleries at India Art Festival 2015 Sushma Sabnis The eagerly awaited India Art Festival 2015, at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai brings to the art lovers an annual art and aesthetic platter with art galleries and individual…

Review

REVIEW

‘In Search of the Author’ by Ajay kumar [Kochi] Tanya Abraham I write this article during a time when I am noting down details of another one of a similar language, for a local publication. The article concerns itself with…

Review

REVIEW

12th Solo Sculptural Show of Kiran Dixit Thapar [DELHI ] Anindya Kanti Biswas We are very much accustomed with the fact that when most artists of her age are doing commissioned work and thinking of winding up, 69-year-old Kiran Dixit…