Memory of Fragrance by Saraswathy K Bhattathiri
A Review of the solo show ‘Shedding the Skin’ by Surekha Sharada, at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 24th June–22nd July 2023 “There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophies.” Friedrich Nietzsche – Thus Spoke Zarathustra The existentialist…
Manifesting the Memory by Saraswathy K Bhattathiri
A review on solo show ‘Archive of Memory’ by Aiswaryan K at Gallery Sumukha, 10th September – 7th October, 2023, Bangalore. Archiving has been a human tendency to accumulate and reflect on the past as well as looking forward to…
From Streetlights to Starlight: Biren Singha’s Odyssey of Resilience, Artistry, and Triumph by Dr. Meghali Goswami
“My creations are not just sculptures; they are whispers of stories etched in different mediums, breathing life into the essence of our heritage.” Biren Singha Biren Singha, a prominent Indian artist of diverse talents, was born on the 13th of…
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….
How Green is My Valley by Kishori Kaul, Review By Uma Prakash
The spirit of Kashmir pervades through Kishori Kaul’s retrospective exhibition titled How Green Is My Valley and presented by Anant Art at Shridarani in Triveni Kala Sangam. Wonder and sensitivity, an integral part of the artist’s persona, is reflected in…
Metaphors of the Inner Realm by Latika Katt, Review by Uma Prakash
Well-known Indian sculptor Latika Katt’s (born in1948) eclectic exhibition at Gandhi-King Plaza, India International Centre, Delhi titled Metaphors of the Inner Realm showcased a collection of 57 sculptures, made from marble, terracotta, stone, and bronze. These remarkable sculptures move between…
Tuwaiq Sculpture 2023, Saudi Women Artists, Rajaa Alshafae
This is the fourth edition of what has become central to the Riyadh Arts calendar in Riyadh and Saudi Arabia, The Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium rewards its artists, selected from an open call, with a tenacity that serves them, as they…
Of Lines and a Legacy: Remembering K.M. Namboothiri by Christina Ravi
From among the many artistic greats India has produced, a lithe, gentle giant stood larger than life through his nuanced, sensitive art using the most primitive two-dimensional form – lines. K.M. Vasudevan Namboothiri (13 September 1925 – 7 July 2023),…
The Spirit of Chromatic Metaphors By Elizabeth Rogers
Spirits and symbolic languages of art are universal, ever-evolving with paradigms of form, technique, and materials. The essence of a work reveals itself in an unending, unfolding of its receptivity and endurance, through viewers and the artist’s embrace of the…
Creating Magic: One Stitch at a Time by Amrita Mukherjee
The two-storey house is located in a typically quiet and thin lane of extended South Kolkata. The main door opens into a huge hall, and a flight of stairs leads to a first-floor room with large windows. As the sunshine…
Banglar Mati, West Bengal: Through The Lens of Love, Preview of The Red Hibiscus Trail by Sanjay Das
– Upasana Bhattacharya “Through my lens, I aim to tell the stories of India’s diverse traditions, capturing the essence of a bygone era that still lives within our communities.” – Upasana Bhattacharya There lies a thrilling, entrancing quality of nostalgia…
Art for Amity by Isha Modi Patodia
‘THE AIM OF ART IS TO REPRESENT NOT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THINGS, BUT THEIR INWARD SIGNIFICANCE.’ -ARISTOTLE In the modern-day multicultural ethos, while the “global village” has shrunk closer, it has also become a cauldron of conflict. Art has…
Oscar Kokoschka, Guggenheim Bilbao Dieter Buchhart, Anna Karina Hofbauer Oberwildling by Rajesh Punj
Closing in on a hundred when he died in February 1980, Austrian artist Oscar Kokoschka’s oeuvre appears to pulsate with an increasing nervosity that riddled much of his life; as a teenager, moving from one makeshift home to another, to…
The Third Sphere II by Amit Mukhopadhyay
DARE TO KNOW– Horace “BEGIN, BE BOLD AND VENTURE TO BE WISE”– Horace Immanuel Kant, the author of – What is Enlightenment? describes Enlightenment as man’s emergence from immaturity which is not only a lack of understanding of the self…
In Between: An Exploration in Dialogue By Art&Deal Correspondent
In Between is a group exhibition that was open for viewing at Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, in Panaji-Goa from 28 June 2023 to 15 July 2023, that culminated as a result of the collective display by 11 participants…
So, what is Slow Stitch? By Gopika Nath
‘Slow’ has become a kind of movement that suggests slowing down, applied to many things including food. Essentially about decelerating the pace of life by making a deliberate decision to do so, its ethos embraces local and seasonal rhythms towards…
Freedom @75: Exploring the Essence of Freedom through Bhagwan Chavan’s Abstract Canvases by Jim Tharakan
“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India…
Mani Ratnam’s Epic Tale of Intrigue in PS – I by Jaydeep Marvaniya
“Ponniyin Selvan (PS -I),” directed by Mani Ratnam and starring an ensemble cast including Vikram, Jayam Ravi, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, is a visually stunning and emotionally charged adaptation of the classic Tamil historical novel of the same name. The…
The Seven Hues, Exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi by Gaurav Kumar
The evolution of Nature has been seen and discussed throughout the centuries in multiple matters like politics, religion and art. The mysterious ways of Nature are quite an inspiration and creative force for artists, be it in its physicality, mystery,…
The Prints of Bagh: A Narrative on the Textile art of Dhar by Shivangi Naithani Devrani
For almost two thousand years, people worldwide have been charmed by textiles from the Indian Subcontinent. There is an immense diversity of fibres, fabrics, and patterns in this area than in any other. Madhya Pradesh has a rich textile art…
Guide to Art Collecting (Part- 1) by Davangi Pathak
Collecting and buying art out of passion or merely for investment is a centuries-old practice. Collecting art can be a risky process, whether it’s Masters, well-established contemporaries, or emerging ones. Starting out on the journey of collecting and investing in…
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…
Art Goes Beyond The Walls of Galleries by Suneet Chopra
When I wrote my last review of art in Delhi, I did not expect art exhibitions to take a leap forward so soon. But they have. To begin with, there is the exhibition of CIMA at the India Habitat Centre…
Concept and Visualization of Ragachitra: Gem Palace collection of the National Museum, Review of National Museum Public Lecture by Gaurav Kumar
The Professor and Head of the Department of History of Art, Director, and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation, and Museology [soon it will be known as The Indian Institute of Heritage (IIH)], Prof….
Representational Intervention through Ecological Apparatus by Saraswathy K Bhattathiri
“You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy” The famous English saying (debatable authorship) brings in notions of the postindustrial phase of human settlements using ‘country side’ as a…
Megha Joshi By Uma Prakash
The latest solo exhibition of Megha Joshi exhibition titled Rite of Passage was held at Studio Art Gallery (New Delhi). It had an eclectic quality riddled with traditional symbols. For Megha, the element from Hindu rituals along with decorative Islamic motifs is…
There Is No God In the Temple, Gallery Threshold by Jyoti A. Kathpalia
Titled after a line from Tagore’s poem Deeno Dan, the exhibition There is no God in the Temple by artist Shaurya Kumar is truly one of its kind. Born in Delhi, Shaurya Kumar moved to Chicago, US, in 2004, where…
The Visual Narrative of Valour in Harshnath Temple by Nikita Rathore
Hashnath Temple is situated on the Harsha Mountain in the Sikar district of Rajasthan. It is a tenth-century Shiva temple which was built by a Shaiva ascetic, Brahman Allata, during the reign of Chahamanas. The east-facing temple has a Garbhagriha…
People, Community and Choice by Krispin Joseph PX
Community is an influential idea, and the individual plays a seed of that notion; at the same time, where we come from and what we are, is a shaping question of many things, including philosophy, art and religion. “Who am…
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…
Tuwaiq Sculpture – Building on Beauty by Rajesh Punj
Riyadh is a city in Saudi Arabia deciding on its identity, the buzzword on everyone’s lips is ‘Vision 2030’, which carries with it the aspirations of legions of creative minds, that are brought in from abroad, Italy and Spain among…
“The muun, the dae and the eung dragon” (The Shaman, The River and The Water Dragon) by Saom Miriam Malommu
This magnum opus is titled ‘The Veil’, with the installation revealing a snippet of the story authored by the artist, “Remembering Teesta and the Water Dragon”, and published in Himalaya, The Journal of Nepal and Himalayan Studies. Alyen Leeachum Foning…
Just Stop Vandalism! — A Take on Modern Day Activism By Nandita V. Shastri
— June 30, 2022, Attached themselves to Van Gogh’s ‘Peach Trees in Blossom’ at the Courtauld Institute in London | July 1, 2022, Glued themselves to Turner’s ‘Tomson’s Aeolian Harp’ at the Manchester Art Gallery in Manchester | July 4,…
