Best In Show
VOGUE India|January 2019

Juxtaposing brand-new works right out of the studio with some of her earliest creations as well as iconic never-seen-in-India-before pieces, BHARTI KHER’s new show is a piece de resistance. Curator PETER NAGY speaks to one of India’s foremost contemporary artists about her upcoming exhibit.

Shahnaz Siganporia
Best In Show

Outspoken and opinionated, Bharti Kher is a noticeable presence when she graces drawing rooms in Delhi and beyond. Her social network is as diverse as the artworks she both creates and collects, encompassing business leaders, culture czars and czarinas, the fashion flock, artists and writers both celebrated and ingénue. She rarely talks about her own work at social dos, preferring instead to discuss politics, art exhibitions, travel and women’s issues. Kher is as vocal in the art world, too—through her art and as a founding member of the Khoj International Artists’ Workshop in 1997, and more recently in a senior advisory position at the resuscitated Jawahar Kala Kendra museum for Contemporary art in Jaipur.

On January 19, a large-scale survey of Kher’s art will inaugurate a new gallery space adjacent to Bikaner House in Delhi. Bikaner House, which housed the offices of the Government of Rajasthan for over 50 years, was renovated to its former royal splendour in 2015 and since then has become the epicentre of Delhi’s cultural life. Next door, a building previously used by the Research and Analysis Wing (India’s foreign intelligence agency) has been turned into a splendid exhibition hall, and Kher’s works will not only fill both floors but also spill out onto its lawns. The show will combine some of her earliest works, made in the 1990s at the very start of her professional career, with brand-new works right out of the studio, sprinkled with some particularly notable achievements that were made for international exhibitions and have never been seen in India before.

This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

MORE STORIES FROM VOGUE INDIAView all
Breathe In, Breathe Out
VOGUE India

Breathe In, Breathe Out

A powerful tool to help you master your nervous system or another biohacking buzzword? SIMONE DHONDY explores the inhalations and exhalations of breathwork

time-read
4 mins  |
November - December 2024
Red Pill, Blue Pill
VOGUE India

Red Pill, Blue Pill

India's nutraceutical industry is booming thanks to advanced technology, distrust of the medical system and rising vanity. With multivitamins becoming purer and more effective, NIDHI GUPTA finds out if supplements have become the new serum

time-read
4 mins  |
November - December 2024
Sign of the times
VOGUE India

Sign of the times

No longer do you need to have an answer to, \"What is the significance of this?\" when people point to your new tattoo. ARMAN KHAN discovers that everything is on the table when you get inked temporarily

time-read
3 mins  |
November - December 2024
Return to form
VOGUE India

Return to form

Watching the world's most elite athletes deliver the best performances of their careers rekindled SONAKSHI SHARMA's own love for sports

time-read
3 mins  |
November - December 2024
Dimple, All Day
VOGUE India

Dimple, All Day

YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED HER ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR OVER FIVE DECADES, BUT DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW DIMPLE KAPADIA.

time-read
9 mins  |
November - December 2024
MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL
VOGUE India

MUSIC, TAKE CONTROL

As someone who had always sought safety in numbers, ALIZA FATMA often wondered what her own company would feel like. The answer arrived unexpectedly when she attended her first-ever music festival, one of the largest in the world, all alone

time-read
3 mins  |
November - December 2024
Let it grow
VOGUE India

Let it grow

When we think of hardworking farmers toiling in India's scorching heat, we often think of men, the sweat on their brow, the sinews in their arms. JYOTI KUMARI speaks to four women who are championing the invisible female labour that keeps these fields running

time-read
5 mins  |
November - December 2024
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
VOGUE India

YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE

When armless archer Sheetal Devi set her sights on the Paralympic Games this year, she knew she had a tough journey ahead of her. Luckily, her mother was with her every step of the way.

time-read
5 mins  |
November - December 2024
Beauty and the feast
VOGUE India

Beauty and the feast

The appeal of Indian weddings has always been in a sprawling spread. For additional bragging rights, Aditi Dugar recommends going beyond designer tablecloths and monogrammed napkins.

time-read
1 min  |
November - December 2024
Sweet serendipity
VOGUE India

Sweet serendipity

From a scavenger hunt-inspired proposal to a Moroccan-themed baraat, Malvika Raj and Armaan Rai's love story prioritised playfulness throughout their blended celebrations.

time-read
4 mins  |
November - December 2024