Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

Month: October 2013

News

News

A forgotten carpentry lesson and a love song Gallery Ske, Bangalore presents a solo show of installations and art works by artist, Sunoj D. The show titled, ‘A forgotten carpentry lesson and a love song’ traverses the fertile plane of…

Editorial

Editorial

A couple of decades ago, when I came to Delhi for the first time, the city looked like an expanded vista of uncouthness. ‘Gupt rogi milen’ (Consult for Venereal Diseases) was the first wall writing inviting me into the city;…

Cover Story

Cover Story

The ‘Metro ’Art in Delhi – Paramjot walia & Priyanka Tagore The population of Delhi has been estimated at 1.67 crore and approximately six million vehicles, with 1,200 more added daily. With auto rickshaws on the roads out to fleece…

Cover Story

Cover Story

Mumbai Locals and the World of Art – Sushma SabnisThe linear tracks move parallel mostly, marrying and divorcing at times like star crossed lovers, while the metal compartments of a train untiringly carry ambitions, dreams, hope, memories, love, livelihoods and…

Cover Story

Cover Story

‘Train’ing Public to Make a Visual ‘Platform’ for Themselves – H.A. Anil Kumar Around 1000 tickets, costing ten rupees each, were sold during the weekend recently, to watch an ‘art exhibition’ of puppets from various cultures. All the shows of…

Cover Story

Cover Story

Namma Metro vs. Paris Metropolitan – Franck BarthelemyThe Bangalore metro is the latest addition to city public transport system. It was inaugurated in 2011. The city was then focused on utility and a massive amount of money was spent towards…

Cover Story

Cover Story

London Tube : A True Platform for Art – Sandhya Bordewekar2013 is being celebrated as the 150th year of the London Underground, popularly known as the Tube because of the round tunnels through which the trains navigate the vast city…

Feature

FEATURE

Domains of Eco-Criticism – Siddharth Sivakumar While upstairs, we discovered an angry young man with an interest in western modernism, down stairs we meet a happy old man contemplating on his own cultural moorings. His large sculptural installation Bahuroopi and…

Feature

Feature

Metro Dreamin’ (or.. ‘Buy one get one free’) – Aditya Dhawanfor survival begins all over again…and again…and again. Sometimes my story, sometimes his story, sometimes our story. That worn out shoe beneath the glitter and flare. Quiet acceptance or simmering…

Report

REPORT

Banaras Utsav 2013 – Sushma SabnisThe Banaras Utsav – 2013, an art, literature, architecture and cultural extravaganza with a wide range of programs planned, is aimed at reclaiming the city’s reputation as the cultural heritage centre of the country. The…

Art Market

Art Market

Wealth Diversification Through Art – Rishiraj SethiAs global art markets seem to be on the road to recovery, the Indian art market still appears to be tottering along. Rishiraj Sethi, Director of Aura Art Development Pvt Ltd, points out the…

Obituary

Obituary

Fair Youth Beneath the Trees: Remembering Chinmoy Pramanik – Johny ML”Then the sun cleared the hillock in a hurry, the warmth discovering him, the light dissuading him. But his calm, dark eyes sparkled as he summoned the neutral witness of…

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Aditya DhawanTaking photographs in the metro could be injurious to health because people do not like them to be ‘caught’ by others on camera. Their rebellion, however, does not work with the State that continuously records their activities via surveillance…

Essay

Essay

Women Are Not From Venus – Yasra Daud Khokerwomen angered by the blatant use of the woman’s body, arguing to see it replaced by a man’s body. The images have slowly been erased, scratched, in part preserved and integrated with…

Book Review

Book Review

Crowfall : A Magic Carpet to Life – johny mL I am not able to forget Sindhutai Joshi. Her relationship with Dr. Bhaskar remains an enigma to me. Were there any undertones of erotic desires in that relationship? Or was…

Cinema

Cinema

Ek Chaalis ki Last Local: An unusual date with mystery – Darshana SreedharEk Chaalis ki Last Local (The last local at 1:40) is a Hindi film directed by Sanjay Khanduri in 2007 set in Mumbai, starring Abhay Deol and Neha…

Preview

PREVIEW

Aura Art Show 2013: 15th-21st October 2013 – [MUMBAI]- Sushma SabnisAs monsoon lethargy gives way to the hectic festive season, Mumbaikars will be rewarded with the eagerly awaited ‘Aura Art Show 2013’. The show organised by Aura Art Pvt Lt…

Preview

PREVIEW

Santiniketan at Lalit Kala Akademi – [DELHI] – Sushma SabnisThe show slated to commence on 24th October through to 30th October 2013, is one of its kind owing to the legendary artists/faculty members participating in it. The Kala Bhavana faculty…