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Jagannath Panda highlights his continued engagement with issues of urbanisation, dislocation and disparities
By Vandana Kalra | The Indian Express 7 September 2017 The very title of the exhibition “Crystal Cities” is a giveaway but artist Jagannath Panda still manages to swing a... Read more -
Exhibition: Jagannath Panda’s work reflects his relationship with cities
By Manik Sharma | Hindustan Times 2 September 2017 It’s perhaps providence that Jagannath Panda’s return to exhibiting after an almost eight-year hiatus coincided with the worst rains in... Read more -
Jagannath Panda’s new show dismantles the walls of our crystal city
By Uma Nair | Architectural Digest India 1 September 2017 Whether canvasses or hybrid sculptures, or works on wood, Bhubaneswar-born artist Jagannath Panda maps diverse themes, concerns and emotions. His... Read more -
5 Key Auctions to Watch for September 2017
Artnet 1 September 2017 Christie’s Asian Art Week in New York will present a jam-packed series of sales at its Rockefeller Plaza location this... Read more
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The world of dark realities
By Shilpa R | The Hindu 29 August 2017 Seven years is a long time for any person to observe the cataclysmic changes his surroundings have been subjected to.... Read more -
Indian Modernist masterpieces to go under the hammer at Christie’s auction in New York
Architectural Digest India 27 August 2017 At Christie's Asian Art Week, works by artists, including Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Tyeb Mehta, Adi Davierwalla, Akbar Padamsee, Jehangir Sabavala,... Read more -
A travel back in time
By Monica Arora | The Tribune 20 August 2017 Shailesh BR’s work is perhaps the most unconventional and unexpected that you may have seen amongst contemporary artists in the... Read more -
ART: Gigi Scaria’s All About This Side at Aicon Gallery, New York
By Devanshi Shah | Architectural Digest India 11 August 2017 New Delhi-based Gigi Scaria's All About This Side will be the artist's first major US solo exhibition debuting at Aicon... Read more
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Why sculptor G Ravinder Reddy is obsessed with large, disembodied heads of women
By Akhila Ranganna | Scroll 7 August 2017 Walk into the foyer of the Bay area at the RMZ Ecospace in Bengaluru and your eyes will immediately be... Read more -
The Layers of Coloured Silence in the Paintings of Sayed Haider Raza
By Udayan Vajpei | The Wire 23 July 2017 Walking through the iron gates, one sees an uneven stretch of land dotted with tall trees, which gives way to... Read more -
Modern & traditional
By Gidhar Khasnis | Deccan Herald 22 July 2017 In October 1996, a major exhibition ‘Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions’, was shown simultaneously at three venues in New York:... Read more -
A CONVERSATION WITH VIVAN SUNDARAM ON AMRITA SHER-GIL’S BIOGRAPHY
Verve Magazine 20 July 2017 The early 20th century produced luminaries like Amrita Sher-Gil who, with her audacious paintings of women and rural Indian life,... Read more
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An Exile’s Eye on India
By Vandana Kalra | The Indian Express 11 July 2017 At 95, when he died in exile in London, MF Husain was still painting several hours a day. He dreamed... Read more -
Faiza Butt – Drawing with Meaning and Passion
Asian Voice 11 July 2017 Artists abound all over the world but there are only a handful who layer their work with a symbolism and... Read more -
M. F. Husain’s Modern India at the Art Institute of Chicago
By Daniel McDermon | New York Times 5 July 2017 The artist M. F. Husain honed his skills in 1930s Mumbai as a painter for hire, creating vivid billboards to... Read more -
Spanning craft geographies
By Rinky Kumar | The Hindu 20 June 2017 Contemporary artist Praneet Soi’s artwork is usually influenced by his constant search, journey and observation of cultural contrasts between various... Read more
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Labour paeans: Praneet Soi’s new show blends art, craft, old and new
By Rachel Lopez | Hindustan Times 22 May 2017 Every few months, the Bhau Daji Lad museum opens up its collections to a contemporary artist, encouraging them to see... Read more -
Orbit of fantasy: Nalini Malani’s transgressive play at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
By Uma Nair | Architectural Digest India 18 May 2017 An artist who uses fictional tools and chimerical visuals to emphasise the real and the political. An Indian woman artist... Read more -
Praneet Soi’s Notes on Labour: a sociological approach to making art
By Uma Nair | Architectural Digest 15 May 2017 An artist with a deepened sensibility and sensitivity engages with artisans in Kolkata, Srinagar and Guangzhou in China. He creates... Read more -
My city as a landscape
By Pallavi Chattopadhyay | The Indian Express 29 March 2017 Seeing waves of employees, armed with backpacks, rushing to and from offices during peak hours in Mumbai, artist Sujith SN... Read more
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On the Record
By Pallavi Chattopadhyay | The Indian Express 6 March 2017 A mammoth ship-shaped structure, decorated in hues of red, yellow and blue, awaited visitors at the studio of renowned contemporary... Read more -
K.M. Madhusudhanan
By Meera Menezes | ArtForum 1 March 2017 Joseph Stalin, a rubber horn, and a pig might seem like an incongruous mix. Yet K. M. Madhusudhanan pulled them... Read more -
Paper is putty in the hands of this must-know artist
By Arati Menon | Architectural Digest India 27 February 2017 Call him an engineer, architect, sculptor, or artist—Sachin George Sebastian responds to them all. His paper installations are now instantly... Read more -
Around the world in 193 sewing machines
The Statemen 22 February 2017 From the myriad experiences of his extensive travels across the world was born Indian artist N S Harsha's new installation... Read more
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Giving a new meaning to coir
By Princi Alexander | The New Indian Express 12 February 2017 The first installation that meets your eye at the Pepper House in Fort Kochi is that of a woman falling... Read more -
I ask people to find their own meaning in my work: Praneet Soi
By Deepa Soman 7 February 2017 Read more -
N.S. Harsha: Charming Journey at Mori Art Museum
Mori Art Museum 4 February 2017 N. S. Harsha was born in 1969 in southern India's ancient capital Mysuru, where he continues to reside and pursue... Read more -
Left and right of COIR
By Priyadershini S. | The Hindu 21 January 2017 I f there is one conversation, among the many, that artist Praneet Soi had with the craftsmen of the coir... Read more
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‘If anything engages me, it is a sense of wonder’
By Vaishna Roy | The Hindu 7 January 2017 Painter, poet, critic and teacher, Gulammohammed Sheikh has reigned as one of India’s most important contemporary artists for over four... Read more -
The Red Palette
By Pallavi Pundir | The Indian Express 23 December 2016 The innards of Vadehra Art Gallery (VAG) in Delhi look sparse, a quality inherent to the space, even though it’s... Read more -
Sara Zielinski Interviews Faiza Butt
By Sara Zielinski | HuffPost 14 November 2016 The show is curated by Justine Ludwig (with whom I have worked before, exhibiting at the Contemporary Arts Centre, Ohio).... Read more -
Calling all art devotees: These artists need to be a part of your collection
By Meenakshi Thirukode | Vogue India 8 November 2016 The Kerala-born Indian filmmaker and artist has a strong interdisciplinary practice. His seminal installation The Logic of Disappearance—A Marx Archive... Read more
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A political canvas
By Saimi Sattar | The Telegraph 30 October 2016 An important turning point in my life came when I joined the Faculty of Fine Arts, MSU, Baroda, in 1990... Read more -
Colours of Concern
By Pallavi Chattopadhyay | The Indian Express 11 October 2016 Tucked in a corner of Delhi’s Vadehra art gallery, artist Praneet Soi stands before his painting, September. He pauses for... Read more -
Nalini Malani
BY DEBRA LENNARD | Frieze 6 September 2016 ‘Nalini Malani: In Search of Vanished Blood’ is one half of Eva Respini’s punchy first season of in-house exhibitions as... Read more -
Sachin George Sebastian Immortalises Cities With His Magical Paper Art
By Shireen Jamooji | Homegrown 29 August 2016 Art was created to be limitless, to defy mediums, audiences and themes and to exceed expectations. Sachin George Sebastian is... Read more
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S H Raza’s journey
By Yashodhara Dalmia | The Indian Express 26 July 2016 The passing away of Syed Haider Raza leaves behind only a few of those magnificent men with their splendid art... Read more -
An era in art comes to an end with SH Raza
By Debarati S Sen | Times of India 25 July 2016 With the demise of Syed Haider Raza in New Delhi on Saturday .. Read more -
Syed Haider Raza, force of art, never tired of the bindu
By Vandana Kalra | The Indian Express 24 July 2016 When he was a child, his teacher adopted numerous tactics to discipline him. Until, one day, the teacher drew a... Read more -
S H Raza passes away; 10 things you must know about the legendary artist
India Today 23 July 2016 Legendary painter S H Raza who popularised Indian concepts and iconography globally and built a towering legacy of modern art... Read more
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The evolution of S.H. Raza
By Rosalyn D'Mello | Mint 23 July 2016 Our limited imagination often compels us to conceive of timelines as linear. Our art historical impulses coerce us into either... Read more -
SH Raza: The man who brought ‘bindu’ to the canvas and made it his own
By Aasheesh Sharma | The Hindustan Times 23 July 2016 A founding member of the iconic Progressive Artists Group in 1947 – along with MF Husain, KH Ara, HA Gade,... Read more -
S.H. Raza: The man who saw the universe in a bindu
By Ziya Us Alam | The Hindu 23 July 2016 A few years ago, aged 89, S.H. Raza was game to talk to children almost like one, maybe just a... Read more -
LOSE YOURSELF IN IMAGE POEMS BY A RAMACHANDRAN
By Huzan Tata | Verve Magazine 11 May 2016 One look at the artist’s work, and you’re immediately reminded of Raagmala paintings – their beauty lies in their simplicity.... Read more
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The classic lady and the earthen pot: A Ramachandran's works on display
By Radhika Bhalla | India Today 30 April 2016 The sinuous form of a lady - the pallu of her sari covering her head - reaches out to pluck... Read more -
EXPLORE THE POND NEAR THE FIELD
By Huzan Tata | Verve Magazine 20 March 2016 Kerala isn’t known as God’s own country for no good reason. Natural beauty, culture and art abound. An exhibition in... Read more -
Artist Faiza Butt on Exploring Sexuality and Islam
By Harry Seymour | Another Magazine 16 March 2016 Faiza Butt is a Pakistan-born artist who currently lives and works in London. Her rich and sumptuous works are known... Read more -
Artist N.S. Harsha on 'Brilliant Ideas' | Episode 22
Bloomberg 27 February 2016 Born in 1969, NS Harsha lives and works in Mysore, India. Drawing on a broad spectrum of Indian painting traditions,... Read more
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Caught between two countries
By Jaideep Deo Bhanj | The Hindu 18 February 2016 “Step a bit closer... closer… one step back,” says the voice that is part of an interactive sound installation, “The... Read more -
Art beyond boundaries
By Nauman Khalid | Himal South Asian 27 January 2016 The ‘Sensation’ moment for Pakistani art may have passed with ‘Hanging Fire’ at the Asia Society in New York in... Read more -
Shilpa Gupta
By Meera Menezes | Art Forum 25 January 2016 “I woke up one night and was duly informed that I now lived in the fragment of another country inside... Read more -
I’m interested in perception and with how definitions get stretched or trespassed: Shilpa Gupta
By Vandana Kalra | The Indian Express 17 January 2016 Neither India nor Pakistan has a permanent pavilion in Venice. Do you see the joint presentation at Venice as an... Read more
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ARTISTS BECOME CARTOGRAPHERS?
By Huzan Tata | Verve Magazine 22 September 2015 Maps aren’t the only things that portray borders and boundaries. New Delhi’s Latitude 28 gallery presents a show where artists... Read more -
Point blank
Quddus Mirza | The News 20 September 2015 The history of past few decades is marked by extraordinary events that altered the world to a great degree --... Read more -
Google Vividly Honours MF Husain on His 100th Birthday
NDTV 17 September 2015 Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 100th birthday of one of India's most renowned and multifaceted artists, Maqbool Fida Husain, who... Read more -
Jagannath Panda. The Trance Narratives
Wall Street International 5 September 2015 Halcyon Gallery is proud to present The Trance Narratives, an exhibition of new works by Indian artist Jagannath Panda. The... Read more
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Noted artist Raza conferred highest French civilian honour
The Hindu 15 July 2015 Modern Indian artist Sayed Haider Raza, has been conferred with the highest French civilian honour, the Commandeur de la Legion... Read more -
Young Guns Shine
By Poonam Goel | The New Indian Express 1 July 2015 Getting a platform to showcase your art right after you step out of college is every young artist's dream. Khoj... Read more -
India by the canal
Mumbai Mirror 8 June 2015 Enwezor invited Kerala-based artist K M Madhusudhanan to participate in the Biennale after viewing his drawings at the second edition... Read more -
Pakistani artist Faiza Butt in first major survey of her work in a British public gallery
Art Daily 24 April 2015 This ambitious new exhibition explores Butt’s practice over the past two decades; it comprises of a rich collection ranging from... Read more
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‘After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India, 1947/1997’ Review
By Michael Fitzgerald | The Wall Street Journal 21 April 2015 In 1947, Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings led to American art joining the international avant-garde. In India, 1947 also marked a... Read more -
“Hedonistic popstars and Muslim youth”: interview with Pakistani artist Faiza Butt
By Brittney | Art Radar Journal 17 April 2015 Butt’s work has been exhibited widely internationally and has been included in notable events, such as Art Dubai, Hong Kong... Read more -
VENETIAN FOCUS
By Nimmy Merlien Philip | The Indian Express 24 March 2015 In less than 10 days, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale will draw to a close. But for one artist and a collective,... Read more -
2nd Kochi-Muziris Biennale
By Dieter Roelstraete | Frieze 16 March 2015 On 20 May 1498, the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama first set foot ashore south-west India’s Malabar Coast in search... Read more
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VISIONS OF INTERIORITY: INTERROGATING THE MALE BODY RAMESHWAR BROOTA
By Meenakshi Thirukode | Asian Art Pacific 15 March 2015 “Visions of Interiority: Interrogating the Male Body,” at Delhi’s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA ), was the first comprehensive... Read more -
Beyond the black sun: Syed Haider Raza
By Uma Nair | Times of India 25 February 2015 At the Vadehras, Syed Haider Raza’s show Aarambh plays out like a raga-its nuances and notes finding harmonies within the... Read more -
My process of making art is intuitive: Anju Dodiya
By Vandana Kalra | The Indian Express 25 January 2015 Her inner dialogues propel Mumbai-based artist Anju Dodiya’s practice. From her first solo at Chemould Prescott Road in Mumbai in... Read more -
Contemporary Artist Atul Dodiya Hopes for 7,000 Museums in India
By Shahnoor Seervai | The Wall Street Journal 22 January 2015 In spite of India’s rich cultural heritage, the paucity of museums -- even in cities -- means public access to... Read more
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Artworks from Kochi Muziris Biennale 2014
Hindustan Times 16 December 2014 N S Harsha’s sculpture Matter at the central lawn in Pepper House features a monkey, a favourite motif of the... Read more -
Atul Bhalla and the weight of water
By Kanika Anand | The Sunday Guardian 13 December 2014 Atul Bhalla continues the artist's engagement with environmental issues, specifically those engaging with the eco-politics of water. Featured in his... Read more -
Faiza Butt. Symmetrical
Wall Street International 9 December 2014 Rossi & Rossi is pleased to announce Symmetrical, a solo exhibition of works by contemporary Pakistani artist Faiza Butt. Opening... Read more -
A Natural Artist
By Rajni George | Open Magazine 26 November 2014 Aul Bhalla’s new show continues his conversation with ecology and his lifelong meditation on water A chair marooned in a... Read more
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Atul Bhalla: Finding hue in troubled waters
By Vandana Kalra | The Indian Express 17 November 2014 Two rivers, two cities, miles apart — the Elbe in Germany and Yamuna in Delhi are lifelines of the surrounding... Read more -
The Descent of Man
By Rosalyn D’Mello | Open Magazine 14 November 2014 We were never meant to know the truth behind the final work made by Jonas, the protagonist in Albert Camus’... Read more -
Table for Two: A journey within
By Shailaja Tripathi | The Hindu 29 October 2014 A vegetarian tom yum soup, crispy eggplant and spring rolls are all Rameshwar Broota settles for at lunch with us... Read more -
Bare and there: A look at Rameshwar Broota's masterpieces
By Sumit Malik | Hindustan Times 22 October 2014 Titled Visions of Interiority: Interrogating The Male Body, the retrospective, curated by Roobina Karode, features some of Broota's finest works.... Read more
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Fifty Stages of Man: Rameshwar Broota’s palette has held many a delightful encounters
By Vandana Kalra | The Indian Express 16 October 2014 Studies of his own anatomy have become digital fragments on archival prints. But, the 1963 canvas is a far cry... Read more -
Retrospective | 'Rameshwar Broota: Visions of interiority: Interrogating the male body' at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 14 October 2014 Amongst his generation of artists, Rameshwar Broota, much like the solitary male figure in his imagery, stands distinctly alone in... Read more -
A Retrospective of the Works of Nalini Malani Who Paints in Reverse
By Shanoor Seervai | The Wall Street Journal 9 October 2014 When artist Nalini Malani first started walking to her studio in Lohar Chawl, a wholesale market for electronic goods in... Read more -
Retrospective | Nalini Malani: You Can't Keep Acid in a paper bag at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 26 September 2014 “You Can’t Keep Acid in a Paper Bag” is artist Nalini Malani’s first ever retrospective showcasing in India. Conceptualised in... Read more
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