MANISH MALHOTRA IN HIS BANDRA HOME, WEARING A BOMBER JACKET FROM HIS LATEST BRIDGE LINE THE LIVING ROOM OF THIS FIVE-STOREY HOUSE IS AN EXPANSIVE SPACE WITH VARIOUS NICHES AND ISLANDS TO SIT IN AND LOUNGE. LARGELY PANELLED IN WOOD, IN ITS ORIGINAL BROWN GRAIN AS WELL AS AN IMPECCABLE WHITE, IT IS A FINE MIX OF MODERN DESIGN TOUCHED WITH CLASSICAL ACCENTS.
A DEEP BURGUNDY SOFA, UPHOLSTERED IN VELVET WITH DRAMATIC FLARED-ARMS, ADDS A SIGNATURE GLAM TOUCH TO THE INTERIORS. IT IS PAIRED WITH A TUFTED, VINTAGE LEATHER SOFA THAT INSPIRES A CLASSIC GRUNGY LOOK. A PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW YORK IN THE 1970S ACCENTUATES THE MOOD, AND NEXT TO IT IS AN UNTITLED ARTWORK OF "A MAN LOOKING FORWARD AND UP IN LIFE". THE FINE SILK PERSIAN CARPET IS ONE OF MALHOTRA'S FAVOURITES
A COLLECTION OF RAZAS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE LIVING ROOM. "ART HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG PART OF WHO I AM. WHEN I WALK INTO MY LIVING ROOM, THESE RAZAS ARE THE FIRST THING I SEE EVERYDAY," SAYS MALHOTRA.
THIS INTRICATELY CARVED ANTIQUE WOODEN CHEST, ONE OF MANY, FROM THE GREAT EASTERN HOME IS PLACED TO OFFSET THE OTHERWISE MODERN INTERIORS.
THE ENTRANCE FOYER ALWAYS HAS FRESH FLOWERS ON TOP OF A CHEQUERED CONSOLE TABLE BY GAURI KHAN; AN ANDY WARHOL-ESQUE MARILYN MONROE ARTWORK BY CHINTAN UPADHYAY IS MOUNTED ON THE ADJACENT WALL. "THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ADORE MONROE'S SENSITIVITY AND OTHERS WHO LOVE THE WAY SHE NEVER STOPPED TRYING TO MAKE HER LIFE MORE FULFILLING. I ADMIRE ALL HER PERSONALITY TRAITS AND THIS PAINTING SPEAKS OF ALL HER COLOURS."
MALHOTRA'S LOVE FOR SILVERWARE AND GLASSWARE IS EVIDENT AS HE DECORATES TABLETOPS WITH FRAMED FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS, FRESH FLOWERS, AND OTHER ACCESSORIES. "AND NOTHING LIKE A CHANDELIER TO BRING A DASH OF OLD-WORLD CHARM INTO MY HOME."
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AS NEW DELHI'S GALLERY ESPACE MARKS ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY, AD LOOKS AT GALLERIST RENU MODI'S JOURNEY IN ART.
The New Delhi-based Gallery Espace, founded by Renu Modi in 1989, recently marked its 35th anniversary with two special exhibitions.
ROCHELLE PINTO, EDITOR OF VOGUE INDIA, WRITES ABOUT FORCES OF FASHION, WHICH PUT 39 UNIQUE WORKS UNDER ONE ROOF, PIECING TOGETHER A SHORT HISTORY OF FASHION IN INDIA.
If you want to step into the mind of Cristóbal Balenciaga, the game-changing Spanish couturier who died over 50 years ago, all you have to do is beg, bribe or charm your way into 10 Avenue George V in Paris.
AS INVISIBLE COLLECTION COMES TO INDIA, FOUNDERS ISABELLE DUBERNMALLEVAYS AND LILY FROEHLICHER SHARE THEIR SERENDIPITOUS JOURNEY TO THE COUNTRY.
Isabelle Dubern-Mallevays and Lily Froehlicher first found India at their doorstep when Sonam Kapoor Ahuja borrowed a few pieces from their collection for an AD India cover story in 2021.
ANONYMOUS ARTIST PRINCESS PEA SHOWCASES A COLLECTION OF NINE NEW PRINTS AT THE SOHO HOUSE LOUNGE AT ART MUMBAI.
In Princess Pea's new collection of works, poetry, craft and the divine femininity coalesce with grace.
ARTISTS RITU AND SURYA SINGH'S WONDERLAND OF A HOMESTUDIO IN THE PINK CITY URGES YOU TO LOOK AT THE BEAUTY AND NARRATIVE OF WASTE.
Husband-wife artist duo Ritu and Surya Singh, better known as Wolf, live at \"The Farm\", a unique 20-acre madhouse of wonders in the heart of Jaipur.
KENGO KUMA TALKS TO AD ABOUT HIS DESIGN ADDITIONS AS THE CENTRO DE ARTE MODERNA GULBENKIAN IN LISBON OPENS ITS DOORS AGAIN.
Everyone who has lived in Lisbon likely has a fond memory of the Gulbenkian complex.
FROM HIS REVERENCE FOR GANDHI TO HIS LOVE OF DANCE, A BOOK BY DAG OFFERS NEW WAYS TO KNOW MF HUSAIN.
If there was ever an Indian artist who earned immense fame and yet remained unknowable, it is MF Husain.
WHAT WOULD BAWA DO? WONDERS APARNA RAO, COFOUNDER OF PHANTOM HANDS, AS SHE PRODUCES REISSUES OF GEOFFREY BAWA'S HIGHLY CONTEXTUAL FURNITURE.
In mid-December last year, in the freshly restored Kannangara House designed by Geoffrey Bawa in 1959, an exhibition based on the late Sri Lankan master's furniture designs opened.
BANGLADESHI ARTIST AYESHA SULTANA'S RECENT DUBAI EXHIBITION EXPLORED THE DUAL NATURE OF STRENGTH AND FRAGILITY.
Born in Bangladesh in 1984, the US-based Ayesha Sultana explores notions of form, space and materiality.
WE CATCH UP WITH TARIK CURRIMBHOY AT HIS STUDIO IN NEW YORK, AFTER HIS FIRST SOLO SHOW IN INDIA.
Tarik Currimbhoy's sculptures have a pure, meditative quality. A viewer can stand mesmerized for hours watching the elegant, geometric shapes move back and forth.
