Negotiating the Feminine in Pictorial Frames of K.G. Subramanyan by Saraswathy K Bhattathiri
The word women went on to mean more than its ‘natural’ anatomical and biological denotation by the 1970s, paving the way to the idea of gender and a multitude of discourses that divided the female from the feminine. This disrupted…
The New Wave Art Initiative by VEVA ART Concludes with a Vibrant Celebration of Creativity from India’s Defence Community
The Vision of Malvika Gaur and Jehan Kothari Malvika Gour and Jehan Kothari passionately led the initiative, with the art exhibition curated and mentored by Raju Sutar. According to the co-founders, the defense sector holds immense creative potential that deserves…
A Conversation with Artist Jatin Das on the occasion of his Retrospective: 1963-2023 by Jyoti A. Kathpalia
A retrospective is an exciting and profound affair for the artist as well as the viewer. It brings to the fore the entire oeuvre of an artist’s work over the entirety of their career. To accumulate and display the work…
Flights of Fancy: Abu Dhabi Art by Rajesh Punj
With everything of our lives online for many months of the pandemic, and the visual becoming the video experience, a much-anticipated return to the real has the 2021 edition of Abu Dhabi Art making up for lost time, with the…
Joana Vasconcelos/MAAT, Lisbon Readymade Love by Rajesh Punj
Walk the length and breadth of Lisbon, and you will likely see the works of Joana Vasconcelos, as these beacons of creativity appear more relevant to the city than so many of the more obvious sites. Over twenty years on,…
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On the Open Road: A Conversation with K.S. Radhakrishnan on the occasion of his Retrospective Journey Through 50 Years of Sculptural Excellence at Centre for Contemporary Art, Bikaner House By Gaurav Kumar Sculptor K.S. Radhakrishnan’s first-ever inaugural retrospective, titled “On…
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LOVE, VOLTAIRE, AND ENLIGHTENMENT – AMIT MUKHOPADHYAY What is Love? From Plato to the contemporary French Philosopher Alain Badiou, every writer, philosopher, politician, civil rights activist, and scientist has tried to define love. Phaedrus, the ancient philosopher claimed that love…
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Dhruva Mistry in conversation with Sumati Gangopadhyaya Sumati Gangopadhyaya (SG): Do you recall your earliest love for art forms? Can you elaborate? Dhruva Mistry (DM): At home, my mother made naïve drawings on the floor to keep us children busy….
M.F. Hussain: A Stored Odyssey Through Arts and Time by Sneha Gautam
Maqbool Fida Husain, an artistic luminary whose name resonates through the corridors of Indian art history, emerged from the temple town of Pandharpur, Maharashtra, on September 17, 1915. Little did the town foresee that within its sacred embrace, a creative…
Noor Riyadh, November 2023 Harper’s Bazaar Saudi Jerome Sans, Infrastructure of Light by Rajesh Punj
French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard coined the phrase ‘everything will become infrastructure bathed in artificial light and energy’, which offers so much to explain the ambitions of Noor Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s festival of light. In a country, a capital,…
Enchanting pathways by Sumati Gangopadhyay
Shanta’s bronze sculptures, exquisite and majestic, capture the quintessence of femininity. Her artistic journey traces the intricate path from the innocence of childhood to the wisdom of womanhood. With a profound fascination for the female persona, she embarks on a…
The Third Sphere by Amit Mukhopadhyay
One may look at antiquity and say that public art or art in public places existed in ancient Greece where the busts of political figures in the squares and the games, in the circuses were powerful carriers of political meanings….
Damián Ortega, Expanded View Centro Botin, Santander Atmosphere of Art by Rajesh Punj
If the machine is a measure of the modern experience, then Damián Ortega’s October exhibition at Centro Botín is an inspired ‘object-hoard’ of the anatomy of our lives; leading to his perfected examination of the universe itself. The Mexican artist’s…
Conversation between the psychological and the spatial An Interview with Indrapramit Roy By Gaurav Kumar
Indrapramit Roy is a teacher, a sporadic writer, and occasionally an illustrator. He is India’s most well-known contemporary artist and is known for being inspired by the conversation between the psychological and the spatial, in which he investigates the connection…
SANAT KAR (1935 – 2023) by Dr. Meghali Goswami
Prof. Sanat Kar, an eminent figure in Indian art, passed away peacefully on January 9, 2023, with the love of his family and loved ones surrounding him. Born in 1935 in West Bengal, he was an educator and an expert…
FLIGHTS OF FANCY: ABU DHABI ART – Rajesh Punj
With everything of our lives online for many months of the pandemic, and the visual becoming the video experience, a much anticipated return to the real has the 2021 edition of Abu Dhabi Art making up for lost time, with…
THE VENICE BIENNALE – Uma Prakash
Venice Biennale 59 was fascinating, invigorating and extremely engaging. Curator Cecilia Aleman’s Milk of Dreams shares its title with surrealist artist Leonora Carrington fantastic book and illustrations with the same name. It describes a constantly changing magical world brought about…
In Conversation with “FOREST MAN” Bulu Imam-Gaurav Kumar
Padma Shri Bulu Imam is a gem that many people are unaware of. He is an archaeologist, a revivalist of tribal paintings, and the recipient of the Gandhi Foundation’s International Peace Award for his humanitarian efforts. He is a big-game…
RAJESH DEB’s Neverland Post Office-Observed by Gaurav Kumar
Rajesh Deb (1979, Dharmanagar, Tripura) is an artist who sees political overtones in everyday life. He exposes the social and political concerns of his time and constructs a satirical universe that runs concurrently with reality. By conjuring up disturbing pictures,…
Birds of Passage: Sunanda Khajuria-Kainaat Fatima
Art has always been an expression of inner emotions, intuitions, and aspirations to a majority of people. It has always been a method of expressing one’s perspective on the world, which is an extension of the personality for many. On…
RINI’S TRYST WITH EXOTIC WORLD- Sumati Gangopadhyay
It was sometime in the 70’s when I met Rini Dhumal. 70’s and 80’s have been described by many as the golden years for the Baroda Fine Arts Faculty. Eminent Artists like K.G. Subramanyan and Shankho Chaudhuri used to teach…
Somnath Hore: A Life of an Artist Beyond the Agitprop- Nirmalendu Das
Prologue Somnath Hore was my teacher, my guide for the Cultural scholarship and my PhD supervisor. We had a cordial relationship; as a teacher and a student often have but more significantly, we were friends as well. During my study…
Somnath Hore- A principled man and an unceremonial artist – Amit Mukhopadhya
Principles of the Future of Art Can art be the future of man? The question can be put in another way: What are the principles of art of the future? The secret of visual dialectics of any engaged art lies…
Saudi Culture Minister announces $30m funding commitment for ALIPH Foundation
Commitment announced at Second Donors’ and Partners’ Conference of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH) $30 million commitment will help the foundation to continue its vital work around the world 10th February 2022, India – His Highness…
Veteran Singer Lata Mangeshkar Dies At 92
36 Languages, more than 30,000 songs and End of an Era. Lata Mangeshkar’s death has left India mourning. The veteran singer was being treated for Covid-19 and pneumonia symptoms for over a month. Acclaimed singer Lata Mangeshkar breathed her last…
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Storytelling: generation to generation – Gaurav Kumar “If you listen carefully, you will become a different person by the end of thestory”. -Vyas, Mahabharata. Man has learned to speak in the universe, along with that he has alsolearnt to listen…
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A new Edition and a new Theme. Storytelling is a long-standing practice in human society. Since timeimmemorial, stories have been a medium of communication. Theyhave been the strength of keeping people intact to the roots of theirculture, and they have…
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Stories Engraved in Stone: Jataka Tales and the Scenes from Buddha’s Life at Sanchi – Surabhi Sharman In the heart of India, located some 48 km from Madhya Pradesh’s capital city, Bhopal, is one of the most revered sites of…
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TRACING BACK TO EXISTENCE: A NARRATIVE OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE – Akhila GN The glorified land of spices located in the southern peninsular area of India is popularly known as ‘Malay Nadu ‘(Kerala) renowned through colonization and altered narratives of religion…
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Mythic Imageries: Reading a Narrative Scroll of Santhal Creation Myth – Rahul Majumder In the eastern Indian states of West Bengal and Jharkhand, an indigenous community of artisans paints narrative scrolls of mythical and religious tales as their hereditary craft,…
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THE VOICE OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER: STEVE McCURRY – adapted by Ashley Crabill from the book steve mcCurry: a life in Pictures by Bonnie mcCurry (2018) Steve mcCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more…
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Dear Readers, I would start off with the message quoted by T.S. Eliot in Four Quartets, where he said and I quote, “ For last year’s words belong to the last year’s language, and the next year’s words await another…
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The Magical Tool: History of Photography in india Since 1840 Gaurav Kumar Without the natural gift of artistic expression, all the art knowledge in the world will, in nine cases out of ten, when applied to photography prove futile. It…
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Raja Deen Dayal: An Unforgettable Artist & Prince of Photographers Gaurav Kumar hile the world of Indian princes adopted the British raj, an Indian photographer rose to a place of great prominence and honor. he was lala deen dayal (1840-1905)….
