Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: December 2018

Cover Story

Cover Story

A Unity of Opposites An Elmgreen and Dragset Interview Rajesh Punj Given the choice between success and failure, it is likely we would want to triumph every time. But the order of things, the inevitable sequence of mistakes and melodramas…

Editorial

Editorial

Time has brought us to the end of another year, the swansong of twenty-eighteen. December saw the passing away of eminent artist, art educator and activist Tushar Joag. It is indeed heartrending to be bidding farewell to a man of…

Report

Report

Urban Igloos Rajesh Punj There is an incredible monumentality to how they see things at Hangar Bicocca, Milan; and under the stewardship of director, curator Vicente Todolí, the institution’s scale appears to have gone through the roof, or as near…

Report

Report

Pratibha Dakoji A Page from the Diary of an Artist Sukanya Garg Walking to her neighborhood stationary in Hauz Khas market to purchase a meticulously lined diary, Pratibha Dakoji would have never imagined that those successive visits, across a timeline…

Photo Story

Photo Story

“On His Last leg” Story of the Hand pulled Rickshawalas in Kolkata Photographs & Story: Dilip Banerjee The documentary seeks to narrate the story of the hand-drawn rickshaw pullers of Kolkata who have, for years, dotted the landscape of the…

Review

Review

Delving into Roots Painter as Anthropologist Dr. Rajasri Mukhopadhyay Laxman Aelay’s solo exhibition entitled “Euphonic Myths” at the gallery Art Exposure; Kolkata held from 14 September to 06 October 2018 is a tour de force. It exudes a raw energy…

Obituary

Obituary

Tushar Joag (1966- 2018) On Monday, December 17th, ‘Artists Unite’ issued a statement signed by 450 Indian painters, writers and filmmakers warning that “democracy is not a majoritarian project to identify enemies and enforce uniformity of language, behavior and culture”….

Book Review

Book Review

The Mystic and Her Colours Subhra Mazumdar For the art world, Pratiksha Apurv was always unique, and best described as a mystic who prayed through colours, to unravel the spiritual path without sinking into prayerful jargon. Somewhere down the line…