TAKE on art - Issue 15, 2014

In this issue

We are thrilled to present Take - Critic, Issue 15, edited by Bhavna Kakar. This issue focuses on contemporary art writing and criticism given that art criticism has faced large shifts in the last decades, consequently so has the role of the art critic. TAKE - Critic feature critics and their writings, along with several annotated pieces by various acclaimed art critics and writers like Dr Alka Pande, Kishore Singh, Girish Shahane, Geeta Kapoor, Ranjit Hoskote, Nancy Adajania, Sneha Raghavan, Oindrilla Maity Surai, Sophia Powers, Anushka Rajendran, Sabih Ahmed, Vidya Shivadas, Sourav Roy, Dr. Seema Bawa, Abhijeet Tamhane, Raqs Media Collective, Ankita Deb, Sumesh Sharma, Bharti Lalwani, Sunil Mehra, Uday Jain, Gopika Nath, Meera Menezes, Georgina Maddox, Franck Barthelemy, Lina Vincent Sunish, Parni Ray, Kaushik Bhaumik, Gopal Mirchandani, The Phantom Lady, and Manisha Gera Baswani.

TAKE on art Magazine Description:

TAKE on art, the leading art magazine in India published bi-annually from New Delhi since 2009, comprehensively covers, reports and critiques art and cultural events from India and abroad. Led by Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Bhavna Kakar, TAKE follows a critical approach to the larger discourse on art through curated issues with contributions by leading writers and critics from across the globe. The magazine has been invested in sustaining critical writing practices in India not just through its own capacity as a publication but also by organising initiatives that try to generate discourse, and keep conversations alive. In the past, the publication has organised writing workshops under the TAKE on Writing series as well as hosted the TAKE TALK series. Significant projects in this direction include TAKE on Residency, in collaboration with IFA at 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore in 2013, TAKE on Writing, Critic-Community: Contemporary Art Writing at Sunaparanta Centre for the Arts, Goa in 2014 and more recently, Take on Writing - Critical Writing Ensemble (CWE) Baroda Chapter at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda in December 2015 and the CWE Dhaka Chapter, conceptualised by Katya Garcia Anton, in collaboration with OCA, Norway at the Dhaka Art Summit in 2016 supported by Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council. The most recent TAKE on Writing initiatives included The Book – The New Writing Group, a workshop led by Chus Martínez and Ingo Niermann supported by Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council and The Book – Ensemble, both held in New Delhi in December 2016.

The magazine has travelled internationally to events such as Art Basel, Art Basel HK, Art Basel Miami, Dhaka Art Summit and Asia Triennale Manchester, as well as collaborated with landmark events locally such as Experimenter Curator's Hub (2011 - 2016), Insert 2014, Sarai Reader 09: Episode 1, 2 and 3, Amrita Sher-Gil National Art Week and Delhi Photo Festival.