AD Architectural Digest India - January - February 2023

In this issue

AD's first issue for 2023 is also our annual art issue—this time, dedicated to the traditional art forms of India. With artwork on the cover, the issue will dig into the history of folk art traditions, reflect on oeuvres of some of the most influential artists, follow the journeys of traditional ateliers, and finally, step into the homes of some of the foremost art collectors.

The Magical World of Warli

Meet the Vayeda Brothersartists, storytellers, and passionate activists reminding us of the beauty of Warli and its intrinsic connection to nature.

2 mins

Looking East

A torchbearer of the Bangladeshi art boom, Dhaka-based Durjoy Rahman shines a light on the powerful voices of folk artists from the region.

1 min

The Brilliance of Tara

The iconic children's book publisher has created magic with indigenous visual arts since its inception almost three decades ago.

2 mins

Love Me as I Am

With a new series of his embroidered masterpieces, T. Venkanna is out to rip apart many walls—one delicate stitch at a time.

2 mins

The Eye, the Sky, the Altar

Rithika Merchant's monograph chronicles her creative journey and underlines how myths everywhere are born from the same human response to nature.

1 min

Threads of Life

Mumbai-based artist Lakshmi Madhavan unpacks the political and the personal in Kerala's immensely popular craft of kasavu.

1 min

Notes From Bhutan

Bhutan's largest overseas art exhibition yet, currently on view in Brussels, is a sanctuary of therapeutic art.

1 min

Heartfelt Art

Brooklyn-based artist Melissa Joseph's felted works are inspired by archival photographs of family far away in Kerala.

3 mins

In the Heart of Delhi

DAG's newest gallery in the capital city features key works by Raja Ravi Varma and a rare sculpture by Amrita Sher-Gil, altong other legends.

2 mins

Capital Calling

Fair director Jaya Asokan gives AD a sneak peek of what awaits at India Art Fair, opening in February.

3 mins

Maghreb on a Plate

Jaipur-based designer Thierry Journo adds high notes of drama to Good Earth’s latest dinner sets.

1 min

Hello New York

With the launch of his first store in New York's West Village, Sabyasachi arrives with his authentic, maximalist, and India-proud self.

2 mins

13 Rue de la Paix

Cartier's oldest boutique in Paris sees a poetic transformative renovation, with an India-inspired salon.

2 mins

In Praise of Caves

An exhibit on organic architecture by a team of artists and architects from Mexico finds the perfect showing at the sculptural Noguchi Museum in New York.

1 min

At Home With A&T

Fashion designer duo Abraham Thakore bring their super-chic signature aesthetic to a new home collection.

1 min

Dream Team

A heritage Bengaluru cantonment house in is the fabulous new boutique for couturier Tarun Tahiliani, restored and decorated in collaboration with AD100 designer Vinita Chaitanya.

2 mins

Folk Traditions

There were artists even before there was an art world. They left their mark inside caves, and on the walls and floors of the huts they lived in, often in the form of drawings and paintings. Although made using the most elementary tools, such as twigs, brushes, natural dyes, and colours, their confident creations continue to act as clues to who we really are.

8 mins

Nathdwara

Nestled in the Aravalli hills, the bustling town of Nathdwara is famed not just for its Shrinathji (Krishna) temple but also for the traditional artists who are known to live there since the 17th century.

5 mins

AMIT AMBALAL

TRADITIONAL GUJARATI ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION OF PICHVAI ART OF AND THE FINEST THE NATH DWARA TRADITION, WELCOME TO THE ONE-OF-A-KIND HOME OF ARTIST, SCHOLAR, AND ART COLLECTOR AMIT AMBALAL.

3 mins

MAGICAL PROPORTIONS AND THE UNIOUE

NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SUTTON PLACE DREW CURATOR ANDREW BOLTON AND FASHION DESIGNER THOM BROWNE TO ACQUIRE THIS TOWNHOUSE ON MANHATTAN'S EAST SIDE.

4 mins

PORBANDAR

WRAPPED IN HAND-HEWN LIMESTONE BRICKS, EVOLVED AND EXPANDED OVER DECADES, AND FINALLY GIVEN POETIC SHAPE BY CHANN A DASWATTE, JAY MEHTA'S FAMILY SOME HOME IN PORBANDAR, GUJARAT, HOUSES OF HIS MOST ECLECTIC ART COLLECTION.

3 mins

A SEPIA TINTED DREAM HOME

SHON AND HARPAL RANDHAWA'S STATELY DELHI HOME IS ELEGANTLY LAYERED WITH ART, KILIMS, SANDSTONE JALIS, AND 18TH CENTURY RAJASTHANI MINIATURES.

3 mins

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