M.F. Husain, an outsider in 2024’s India?
In 2011, after M.F. Husain died in London at the age of 95, writer and filmmaker Ruchir Joshi wrote ...
arts (general)
Raghu Rai’s ‘A Thousand Lives’:a40-year journey
“At no given time am I without a camera,” asserts Raghu Rai, one of India’s most important photograp...
Art Park to celebrate its 75th session with artists and their audiences
This weekend, Ark Park celebrates a landmark — it is their 75th session in the city and in an age wh...
Emami Arts retrospective | K.G. Subramanyan, Kolkata’s Tamil visionary
During my visit to the Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC), a day after the opening of K.G. Subraman...
This 300ft mural in Coimbatore celebrates women and community spirit
The lively graffiti, featuring flowing sarees, majestic elephants, and the city’s historical journey...
DAG Mumbai | Bengal’s babus and sundaris
Disparate in genres and united by a common geography, the newly opened exhibition on Bengal art, The...
King Charles III and Jonathan Yeo | Seeing red: a modern royal portrait
The furore over a recently unveiled portrait of King Charles III seems to belong to a previous centu...
Chennai | 50 Indian sculptors showcase their work at this art exhibition
At Nungambakkam’s tucked-away Art Houz gallery stands metal, wood and ceramic in all shapes, sizes a...
South Asia’s highest ‘land art’ festival set in Ladakh reflects on climate change
A carpet of fabric in a gradation of red, brown, and maroon spreads across a dirt road leading up to...
The otherwise orderly gallery space Chemould CoLab, nestled in Colaba’s historic building Sugra Manz...
Patriarchy in stainless steel | Sonal Ambani at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Years before she picked up the welding machine, Sonal Ambani’s instrument of choice was the double b...
A colourful, rectangular piece of cloth held by two men is lowered slightly to reveal the mask-like ...
Portrait of an artist in the rains | Indian artists on monsoon inspirations
Rains have always sparked artistic imagination. Vincent Van Gogh’s rain lashed over empty farmland i...
Handprints, a retrospective of artist Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, is on in Bengaluru
One hears of scientists, musicians and other innovative beings who are oblivious to the enormity of ...
On this small island, people love, care, and have empathy—not just for one another, but for the plan...
Looking back at a friendship that spans almost four decades is no mean task but art critic, cultural...
