Art

Art India
Parts, Wholes And The Spaces In Between
Sonal Sundararajan introduces Samira Rathod's free-spirited and rebellious explorations in the world of architecture, furniture and design.
6 min |
April 2023

Art India
"The Fine Art of Going to the Pictures."
Dr. Banerjee in Dr. Kulkarni's Nursing Home at Chemould Prescott Road brings together 26 paintings featuring a series of dramatic scenes from Hindi and Bengali films. In conversation with Abhay Sardesai, artist Atul Dodiya talks about childhood trips to movie halls, painted figures gripped by tension, and the closeness and remoteness of cinematic images.
10 min |
April 2023

Art India
"To Finally Have Something of Your Own to Mine."
Dayanita Singh is the recipient of the coveted 2022 Hasselblad Award. Keeping the photograph at the centre, she speaks to Shreevatsa Nevatia about books, book objects, photo novels, exhibitions and museums.
6 min |
April 2023

Art India
OF DIVINE LOSS
Shaurya Kumar explores the relationship between the subject and object of devotion, finds Aranya.
3 min |
April 2023

Art India
THE PAST AND ITS SHADOWS
Neha Mitra visits two shows and three artists in Mumbai.
3 min |
April 2023

Art India
FORCE OF NATURE
Alwar Balasubramaniam dwells on absences and ephemeralities in his new work, states Meera Menezes.
3 min |
April 2023

Art India
SHAPES OF WATER
Devika Sundar's works delineate the murky, malleable boundaries between the human body and the organic world, says Joshua Muyiwa.
3 min |
April 2023

Art India
INTIMATIONS OF INTIMACY
Sunil Gupta shares his journey with Gautami Reddy.
5 min |
April 2023

Art India
THE FRACTURED PROSPECT
Nocturnal landscapes as ruins in the making? Adwait Singh looks at Biraaj Dodiya's scenes of loss.
5 min |
April 2023

Art India
TEETERING BEYOND OUR GRASP
Meera Menezes traces Mahesh Baliga's journey from Moodabidri to London.
5 min |
April 2023

Art India
BETWEEN DEATH & DESIRE
Exploring the urgency of our instincts and the darkness in our hearts, T. Venkanna comes up with works that overwhelm, suggests Jasmine Shah Varma.
4 min |
April 2023

Art India
QUOTIDIAN REVOLUTIONS
Arushi Vats shows how Rajyashri Goody is remaking the public sphere by addressing Dalit identity and history.
6 min |
April 2023

Art India
MEASURES OF SILENCE
Dia Mehhta Bhupal's constructed sets evoke absent presences and textural depth, states Sandhya Bordewekar.
3 min |
April 2023

Art India
FREIGHT OF ANXIETIES
Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai, Saubiya Chasmawala and Baaraan Ijlal explore longing and loss, despair and disruption. Shweta Upadhyay looks at how women and wounds make their presence felt in their works.
5 min |
April 2023

Art India
The Grand and Intimate Designs of the Universe
Whether staring up at the stars or examining the cracks in a wall, we are all part of the same cosmic story, says Premjish Achari, as he moves in and out of Jitish Kallat’s inter-connected zones of signification.
4 min |
April 2023

Art India
RETURN TO RHYTHM
The 14th edition of the India Art Fair, with its extended sprawl of galleries, witnessed a consolidation of energies, feels Aranya.
3 min |
April 2023

Art India
CASTING A SPELL
Nauman Khalid dwells on Ali Kazim's Suspended in Time at the Ashmolean.
4 min |
August 2022

Art India
The Double
By capturing the life of a stunt man in Kannada films and exploring the adjustments made during film shoots, Amshu Chukki dwells on the leakages between real and cinematic life, finds K Sridhar.
3 min |
August 2022

Art India
All Eyes on The Prize
Jasmine Shah Varma gives a round-up of this year's Asia Arts Game Changer Awards India.
4 min |
August 2022

Art India
KEEPING QUIET AND SPEAKING OUT
The Whitney Biennial 2022 is only partially successful in addressing forms of control and exclusion present in American society and life, observes Rohini Iyengar.
4 min |
August 2022

Art India
HURTING IMAGES
Tanya Abraham discusses how accusations of anti-Semitism have overwhelmed documenta 15.
5 min |
August 2022

Art India
RE-CONNECTING, RE-CONSTRUCTING, RE-IMAGINING
The India Art Fair returns after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Aranya picks and discusses the significant works on display.
5 min |
August 2022

Art India
Anatomy of a Crisis
As people cope with a raging pandemic, N. S. Harsha maps changing collective behaviour and altering community life with empathy and irony, finds Kamayani Sharma.
3 min |
August 2022

Art India
Star Struck
What is the place of the self in the universe? Desmond Lazaro scours the sky for signs, reveals Pooja Savansukha.
3 min |
August 2022

Art India
The Grand Scheme of Things
Objects, memories and rituals come together to create a spectacle. Meera Menezes plays witness to Subodh Gupta's Cosmic Battle.
3 min |
August 2022

Art India
Unsung Heroes
From Partition refugees to Bandwallahs, Krishen Khanna installs the marginalised figure at the centre of his practice, observes Yashodhara Dalmia.
5 min |
August 2022

Art India
A Rich Mosaic
Anirudh Chari visits a show in Kolkata that tries to chart and celebrate the multi-directional journey of Indian art over the last 75 years.
3 min |
August 2022

Art India
Six Variations on a Theme
Artists take the line for a walk in different directions. Anirudh Chari falls in step.
2 min |
August 2022

Art India
Three Robust Enquiries
KP Reji, T. Venkanna and Smriti Dixit's new works foreground the freedom to resist, desire and reimagine, discovers Jasmine Shah Varma.
5 min |
August 2022

Art India
The Ecology of a Crisis
How do artists respond to environmental degradation, damage and disaster? Lajja Shah visits a group show that addresses the catastrophe staring us in the face.
4 min |