Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

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A characteristically warm August follows the first month of India having operational GST (Goods and Services Tax). In this first month of the new reform, confusion hangs in the air much like the haze of humidity around the city. There…

August 9, 2017 Art & Deal

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Come June and one starts fanaticising grey thundering clouds covering the sky cool breezes and prays for rainfall. We just celebrated the environment Day. US pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord; Canada went ahead with it wholly, while at…

July 11, 2017 Art & Deal

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Come June and one starts fanaticising grey thundering clouds covering the sky cool breezes and prays for rainfall. We just celebrated the environment Day. US pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord; Canada went ahead with it wholly, while at…

June 23, 2017 Art & Deal

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May is here, the streets littered with blossoms, yellow droplets of the sun, they hang on trees joyous despite the uncomfortable heat. Maybe, we humans shall adapt to the increasing range of temperature in the future! As of now, we…

May 23, 2017 Art & Deal

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An unexpectedly warm March ends with temperatures touching 40 degrees. One is left to reconcile in hopes that the coming months would miraculously stay below fifty. The changing weather /climate is much too stark to ignore. Global warming no more…

April 9, 2017 Art & Deal

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Spring is here. Flowers bloom in effervescent colours all over the capital. Nothing inspires art like nature. The last few months witnessed several major art fairs/festivals. The upcoming Venice Biennale VIVA ARTE VIVA will open in May this year. La…

March 22, 2017 Art & Deal

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It has been an interesting month. NASA scientists discovered seven exo-planets orbiting a dwarf star, (the TRAPPIST-1 system) roughly forty light years away that are fairly similar to Earth in size, three of these are in the habitable zone, i.e….

March 1, 2017 Art & Deal

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Art & Deal Magazine bring forth the centenary issue. Our 100th over two decades of publication. We explored Ancient to Pre- Independence to Modern and Contemporary as well as Folk & Tribal and the new & upcoming artists and their…

February 9, 2017 Art & Deal

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It is the season of festivity, the Christmas spirit engulfs despite our struggles with (demonetisation) getting patient enduring long queues, which occasionally proves redundant. As we prepare to welcome the New Year we also approach our 100th issue set for…

December 15, 2016 Art & Deal

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November is an ideal month in the city (of Delhi) the weather is sympathetic and the lights seem to shine brighter in the evenings. The demonetisation by the Prime Minister earlier this month left none unaffected. We hope it brings…

November 25, 2016 Art & Deal

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Diwali is here. Festivities continue to envelope the city as sidewalks are covered with bright decorative lights and vendors selling colourful diyas, earthen lamps and idols all over the city. There is anticipation in the air as the winter prepares…

October 24, 2016 Art & Deal

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Humankind endeavours hard to evolve and cope with global warming, to accept that September is a really warm month, in Delhi. Change although is inevitable. It constitutes the fabric of existence, what was, cannot remain, forever. We trace the changes…

September 22, 2016 Art & Deal

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Delhi and the national Capital Region catapult into chaos as traffic goes berserk with jams that last for hours at end, courtesy of the heavy monsoon. Rampant downpours and water logging notwithstanding. Almost as if the heavens mourn the loss…

August 9, 2016 Art & Deal

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The art fraternity lost a veteran artist this June. K G Subramanyan passed away at the age of ninety two. We contribute this issue to the master who shall be greatly missed, a veteran versatile and prolific, who had been…

July 11, 2016 Art & Deal

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inwardsignificance”. -Aristotle Over the last few years, Crafts and Intangible Heritage of India have been introduced as the new optional subject for high school students….

June 18, 2016 Art & Deal

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Delhi hasn’t seen a summer this dry and this hot in a long time; hot wind, parching sun, and the yellow defiant blossoms lining the roads in snobbish pride of their own beauty amidst the harsh surroundings and barely breathable…

May 23, 2016 Art & Deal

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Development and progress are essential for human survival, but it is also important that we choose compassionately what to destroy in order to rebuild and what to cherish and retain. India is known for its rich and diverse culture and…

April 18, 2016 Art & Deal

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‘Time is relative. So are most things we perceive. It is only in relation from one to the other that a perspective is formed, since most assessments depend on some comparative analysis. As scientists struggle through endless theories and mathematical…

March 30, 2016 Art & Deal

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PUBLISHER’S PEN This anthology of criticisms has taken a year to materialize and we are looking at a wide variety of art events and exhibitions the world over.Talwar Gallery’s A.Balasubramanium’s solo exhibition at the Gallery in Delhi had the ability…

February 15, 2016 Art & Deal

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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” The editor welcomes the year 2016 with an interactive essence, and a notable spirit to bring out the artist in you. The notion that I am going to…

January 6, 2016 Art & Deal

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‘Blowing of cold winds and rustling of trees, the year’s closing with numerous promising developments’. Is having an eye for art an old fashioned trend? The highlights of the year 2015 show that the year has been a paragon of…

December 16, 2015 Art & Deal

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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…

November 25, 2015 Art & Deal

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“Husain’s paintings are profound, but they are never forbiddingly intellectual or cerebral. Th ey have a strong emotional undercurrent, an engaging warmth, an immediate visual appeal, and they are passionately humanistic.”- Ebrahim Alkazi Art & Deal magazine celebrates the birth…

October 16, 2015 Art & Deal

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Popular by the name, ‘Missile man of India’, APJ Abdul Kalam, former President, an eminent aero-space scientist and to top it all a percipient visionary departed from us in the month of July. He will be remembered for his unprecedented…

August 10, 2015 Art & Deal

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Pleasant mornings with a temperature settling four notches below the season’s average at 23.3 degrees Celsius in Delhi tell us that monsoon has arrived just in time, as a blessing for all. This issue covers a grand event which was…

July 22, 2015 Art & Deal

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After a short but scathing heat wave, it looks like an early monsoon is on it’s way to Delhi. This issue explores the development and existence of pop today, globally and in the Indian Art scene. Further, we have reports,…

June 24, 2015 Art & Deal

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The mercury rises as summer settles in comfortably, scorching, proud and unapologetic. We succumb haplessly praying for cool showers and breeze. Art takes recluse in the exotic locales of the city of water & lights as the 56th Venice Biennale…

May 28, 2015 Art & Deal

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A few years ago, the recession was a fairly recent episode. It had not registered as an enduring correction from opportunist hype, but, seemed more like a temporary low-phase, aff ected merely by the global recession that hit in 2008….

March 14, 2015 Art & Deal

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Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the CM of Delhi for a second time, post a historical victory in the assembly elections. A remarkable instance of democracy being exercised truly as it was meant to be. A change is in the…

February 28, 2015 Art & Deal

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Art & Deal, having completed 75 issues, looks back and brings to its readers some of the best of its earlier pieces of writing. We have tried to trace history chronologically to make an interesting, more coherent read. The present…

February 4, 2015 Art & Deal

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This is a special year for Art & Deal. Initiated a decade and a half ago, it began as the only art magazine from the capital. Dedicated to art and its many facets; with like emphasis on renowned, radical, contemporary…

December 4, 2014 Art & Deal

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A reluctant monsoon seems to have finally set in. As the cool showers bring down the mercury the KGAF prepares vehemently to plunge into its seventeenth year. The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, it is, arguably the first of Art Festivals…

August 4, 2014 Art & Deal

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The art fraternity suffered a huge loss this year, that of losing the veteran art critic and poet Padmashree Keshav Malik. He was here just yesterday, a presence that has been a source of guidance, comfort and encouragement to several…

July 10, 2014 Art & Deal

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It is a summer less harsh so far in Delhi this year with clouds or light showers every time the mercury rises. The Gods have resolved to show some mercy… This issue we draw inspiration from Marina Abramović “The Grandmother…

June 1, 2014 Art & Deal