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    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…

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    “Story Teller: Stories Told & Retold” An intermingling of folk and urban tradition, narratives & art [Lisbon] Apurva Sinha On May 28, 2015, The Gallery Art Lounge, at Rua António Enes 9c in Lisbon, very close to Saldanha, organized an…

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    Opie’s Picturesque Anthology of the French Countryside [DELHI] Preeti Kathuria “What I would really like to do is make a painting and then walk into it. I think my work is about trying to be happy… I want the world…

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    Playing Around -d-is-play [DELHI] Art & deal correspondent An experimental yet frisky exhibition,d-is-play, was on view from July 7 – 21, 2015,at NIV Art Centre, New Delhi. The exhibition was organized by Shield Art Initiative in association with NIV Art…

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    Magnificent seven [DELHI] Anindya Kanti Biswas Very recently one of New Delhi’s most reputed, Lalit Kala Akademi, hosted a remarkable exhibition of paintings by seven Indian contemporary artists from different parts of Bengal and Bihar, who exhibited their recent beautiful…

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    Five Quartets [Delhi] Premjish Achari An extraordinary anecdote from Vasili Kandinsky’s much eventful artistic career would function as an ideal introduction to this review on ‘Five Quartets’ curated by Uma Nair. On a late afternoon in Munich of 1909 or…

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    Priya’s Shakti [New York] Alison Adams Apne Aap supported the comic, based on super hero: Priya’s Shakti in its first ever augmented reality Art Exhibition in New York City. The epic comic book, PRIYA’S SHAKTI, presents a new Indian female…

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    Veteran Artist Rabindra Krishna Paul’s First Retrospective in the Capital [Delhi] Anindya Kanti Biswas Veteran artist Rabindra Krishna Paul’s first and ever Retrospective was showcased in one of New Delhi’s most reputed Lokayata Art Gallery at Hauz Khas village from…

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    Response to Stimuli – I [MUMBAI] Art & Deal Correspondent Response to Stimuli – Part I, curated by Kanchi Mehta opened at Sakshi Salon on the 14th of May. A group show with a certain freshness about it, featuring artists…

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    “Majajani”, Noun, feminine, Punjabi; translation: a woman with attitude [LONDON] Arjmand Aziz A great deal has been written about Chila Kumari Burman. Indeed, there is a great deal to say. Her work spans twenty five years of intense, sustained artistic…

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    Recent Abstract Executions Of Minakshi Patil [Mumbai] Mrinal Ghosh In her recent paintings, Minakshi Patil experiments with a particular form of abstraction, where she tries to capture an intangible feeling generated out of a very tangible reality that one experiences…

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    Art and History, finding One Another [Delhi] Art & Deal Correspondent An Indian kaleidoscope – An exhibition bringing together the best of art and history from India 200 years ago by Pran Sabharwal Foundation Exhibition featuring lithographs, wood engraving by…

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    Museum of Unknown Memories [DELHI ] Premjish Achari Two significant events of the 1980s form an important memory in Manish Pushkale’s life and his artistic trajectory. The 1982 foundation of Bharat Bhavan and the 1984 tragic Bhopal Gas Tragedy has…

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    Construing Exhibition Spaces A structure re defines everything in and around it. [Bangalore] Sandhya Annaiah Art practice in Bangalore is mostly noted for having established itself outside of the institutional spaces (like galleries, museums, art colleges etc.) and creating a…

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    “We Have Accepted As A People That The Female Breast Is Sexual”: Megha Joshi Objects [Delhi] Artika Raj “There is censorship of the female breast and nipple only. While the genitalia of both men and women are similarly covered, there…

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    Excavation Eruption [Delhi] Premjish Achari “Suffocation overwhelms me in these closed roomsWhen I throw open the windows, miasma engulfs me.” -Kamleshwar, Partitions I write this review at a time when images of ISIS members vandalizing historic artefacts at the Mosul…

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    ‘Rock the Void’ Josef Dabernig Retrospective Exhibition at MUMOK Preeti Kathuria [Vienna] “If simplicity were the one overriding goal of art, evenly stained canvases or perfect cubes would be the most desirable art objects” (Arnheim, 1974, p. 410). The work…

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    Embalming a Museum Culture Sushma Sabnis From wide eyed awe to boredom relieving yawns and every reaction between these two extremes, is what a museum could evoke in its audience. Artist Waswo X Waswo and his collaborators snip away with…

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    S. H. Raza and His Litany of Color and Form Shruthi Issac S.H. Raza’s untamed landscapes add aesthetic sensibility to his memories whereas the ‘Bindu’ serves as a focus of universal energy. Shruthi Issac reviews the ongoing solo show of…

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    Circumambulating Melancholy From inside Out Venkatesh K. N Crosstalk is about four artists’ different expressions for a common pursuit; personal yet universal struggle to cope with the contemporary living. Venkatesh K N reviews. The recent show Crosstalk at Sumukha gallery…

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    Of Truth, Peace & Love Neelam Malhotra Eva’s sensibility of composition, language of colors and forms all come together, without resistance and in total balance with matter and energy to create abstraction that elevates to spirituality and catalyzes paths to…

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    The Cassandra in you.. Paramjot Walia ‘You Can’t Keep Acid In A Paper Bag’ brings home some of the installations and international projects of Nalini Malani, one of the foremost artists of India today, that have never been shown before….

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    “Where have all the FLOWERS GONE long time passing?” Clyde D’ Mello Udeya Vir Singh through his performance reminisces the old green spaces and urges the audience to take a step back and think about environmental issues and the cause-effect…

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    In Pursuit of Mists, Clouds and Waves Premjish Achari Spiritual Sojourn saw a perfect blend of aesthetics and expression through Shridhar Iyer’s works as the bold tranquil strokes explore a deeper uninhibited meta-physical realm. Premjish Achari reviews. ‘Spiritual’ and ‘Sensuous’…

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    Reviewing a ‘City in Transit’: Constitutional Parallels H. A. Anil Kumar Show at Rangoli Art Center bridges the disconnect with the post and stares at you with its vast baggage of history H. A. Anil Kumar Celebrates the “old” the…

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    Dear Alice! CLYDE D’MELLO Deceiving, comforting fantasy plays its trick and keeps you cushioned from the outside world; but when reality knocks and tears this delusion apart you have no choice but to face reality. Clyde D’Mello reviews the exhibition…

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    Unison from diversion Pranamita Borgohain Using a fine amalgam of music, dance and vocal art, the performance “Quit from Split” emphasised the importance of ‘oneness’ in this diversified world. Pranamita Borgohain reports. If we cannot now end our differences, at…

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    Representing Mysticism as a Paradox Review of ‘ Remembrance of Voices Past’ H. A. Anil Kumar Under the labyrinth of constant change lies the consistency,the oneness of being, the oscillation between the past and future. H.A.Anil Kumar interacts with the…

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    Each Night Put Kashmir In Your Dreams Uma Nair This exhibition at the Chemould Prescott Gallery captures the true essence of Kashmir with its serene beauty, perturbed history and controversial present. Uma Nair listens as Nilima Sheikh tries to give…

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    Where photography meets public Paramjot Walia Central Delhi celebrated a French-Indian collaboration through ‘’Fête de la photo‘,a photofest providing avenues to bring photography closer to the public, reports Paramjot Walia. This season, photography trespasses the confines of the galleries and…

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    The Full Space Paramjot Walia The exhibition titled ‘The Full Space’ offers an alternative perspective and encourages the viewer to open his mind and experience the ‘formless form’ outside and beyond the physical presence of form and space, Paramjot Walia…

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    Kalpvriksha-The Tree of Life Paramjot Walia Arts Of The Earth is showcasing ‘Kalpvriksha- The Tree of Life’, an unique exhibition not only because of its concept but also because it beautifully incorporates all the three styles of Madhubani art— bharni…

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    Retelling a story teller Art & Deal Correspondent The India Art Fair 2014 was busy, engaging and varied. It is always a challenge for the viewer to be able to concentrate and see art works in all this celebratory chaos….

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    POETICS OF KABIR IN STONE AND BRICK Uma Nair At the Habitat Centre this January was a brilliant exhibition created in stone and brick that had a very queer title. ‘ Often I miss You’ didn’t quite seem to fit…

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