CATEGORIES
The Journey Within
JUNE 7 TO JUNE 23,2018.,CHENNAI
The Florence Experiment
APRIL 19 TO AUGUST 26, 2018, PALAZZO STROZZI, FLORENCE.
In The Fields Of Empty Days
MAY 6 TO SEPTEMBER 9,2018,LOS ANGELES.
Another Banana Day For The Dream-Fish
JUNE 22 TO SEPTEMBER 9,2018, PARIS.
The Place Of Nonsense
Life, today, is a matter of such criminal tragedy, that India has become a satirical canvas expanding with each passing day.
A Telling Impact
A moving tribute to the mesmerising storyteller, Ankit Chadha, who passed away in a tragic accident recently, showing us in his passing and through his fellow performer’s words, that some lights, and words, can never be extinguished.
Amar Kanwar: The Lightning Testimonies And The Sovereign Forest
It starts with a single-channel video, 42 minutes long, that shows the impressive landscapes of Odisha. They are images captured with a poetic sensibility and intimate precision that allow viewers to explore the beauty of these landscapes while simultaneously encouraging reflection: a fisherman casts his net at dusk to the sound of birds and insects; a snaking estuary as it flows out to sea; and the interplay of the different greens of blades of grass and rice.
An Immersive Experience
Self-taught artist and author, Manish Pushkale lives in his South Delhi home with his studio in the basement of the building. The façade faces the Chor Minar (Tower of Thieves), a 13th century minaret built under the rule of Alauddin Khilji. The backyard of the house shares a wall with a temple. A trustee of the Raza Foundation, Pushkale literally and metaphorically lives between history and religion. We talk to him about his love for the arts and philosophy.
The Lost Detail
A village in Odisha, a narrow lane in Srinagar, and the Jal Mahal in Jaipur remind us, in vivid detail, the painstaking slowness of creation and the rich rewards it begets.
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
A new body of work from Pallav Chander – 45 works from his new solo show titled Tomorrow Belongs to Me – is a commentary on societal psychology and hope.
Things Fall Apart
July 25 To 31, 2018, Chennai.
Legend Of The Loner Artist
Artists thrive best in solitude or is it that solitude thrives best in company?
Lee Bul: Crashing
JUNE 1 TO AUGUST 19,2018,LONDON.
Road To Restoration
Tracing the patterns of history in something as tangible as architecture can be daunting and exhilarating, as is evident in this comprehensive study of ‘The Governor’s Residence in Tranquebar: The House and the Daily Life of Its People, 1770–1845’ edited by Esther Fihl.
Unravelling The Narrative
Through two exciting and diverse socially engaged practices by artists in Australia, we look at what it means to reject the narrative and celebrate the unfinished, the open-ended and the cyclic reality of human engagement.
On Shimmering Air
Artist Sumakshi Singh shares her thoughts about the criss-crossing rivers of time and memory and why the poetry inherent in the act of embroidery is perhaps one way of navigating this space of unknowability
Weaving Histories
The Kashmiri carpet-weaving tradition, introduced to the region around 400 years ago by India’s Mughal rulers, is filled with multiple narrative threads, each bringing its own flavour to a story that continues to be made
Fiona Tan: Shadow Archive
In the late 19th century, two young Belgian jurists – Paul Otlet (1868–1944), the father of documentation, and Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate – conceived of a project that sought to gather the world’s knowledge and file it using the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system that they had created.
Pieta By Cesare Lucchini
Rosenfeld Porcini is located in a quiet by-lane just off the busy Oxford Street in Central London.
A Single Shade Of Equal
The Aravani Art Project is more than just transgender women painting murals on walls – it is a deeply woven dialogue of equality and experience, bringing a much-needed, warmer, inclusive perspective to sexuality and belonging
A House With A View
Rarely does one come across a house that is built around art. The Passi residence in South Delhi was conceived of keeping in mind their envious collection of art and furniture that represent avant-garde design trends. ‘All the walls of our home are painted white so the works of art can remain the focus, and all the corridors and halls are designed to be like mini- galleries with proper lighting,’ says Shalini Passi, patron of the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art and founder of the recently launched Shalini Passi Foundation that focuses on supporting artists working in new media.
Free Wheeling
Mridula Koshy’s ‘Bicycle Dreaming’ leads us through the vivid and physical spaces of Delhi’s urban poor and the hierarchies that exist within seen through the eyes of its 13-year-old protagonist, Noor, daughter of a kabadiwala
Being in Touch
An earth architect introspects on why earth as a renewable material is not only a possible solution to current unsustainable construction trends but also a tactile show of respect to the ecosystem
From Grime To Glory
The updated version of Bollywood’s ‘son of the soil’ trope, Gully Boy’s troubled roots don’t stop him from shooting towards the sky
The Middle Ground
An applied artist by education, a print-maker at heart, Amit Kumar Jain always wanted to be an artist. It was only after two attempts at the National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad), one at the Faculty of Fine Arts (Vadodara), and three at the College of Art (New Delhi), that he could pursue his dream. Passionate about modern and contemporary art, as-well-as living traditions of India, he calls himself a middle-class collector, with a modest aim to “bust the notion that only big monies can buy art”. I met him at his Noida home, when he was in between jobs after leaving his role of Associate Vice President with Saffronart (the largest Indian auction house) to join the upcoming Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru as the Head of Exhibitions.
The Subtle Art Of Influence
A walk through the architecture firm Mancini Enterprises brings with it not just the age-old charm of architecture but also questions of its influence within personal and societal narratives.
The Serial Effect
Despite the ubiquitous appeal of ‘saasbahu’ family dramas on television and their influence on fashion, they remain excluded from ‘elite’ fashion as the comparatively unrefined sartorial pleasures of the masses.
The Product Purist
Unravelling the numerous stories behind award-winning designer Suket Dhir and his most recent textile adventure – digital prints on ikat – that tell some interesting hybrid stories of their own.
Shadow Lines: Experiments With Light, Line And Liminality
Abstract art, or rather ‘non-representational’ art, has been of interest for visual artists for several decades.
(Dis)Orientation & Dis(Sonance)
More often than not, outdoor art exhibitions with public sculptures and installations are created for spaces that have been designed with a specific purpose in mind – the spaces are usually already built with the idea of exhibiting art.