DAW 2022: Akar Prakar’s captivating Douglas show
Rose Red Rose Invisible, Visible in My Blood, a title that automatically suggests allusions and orchestrates a confluence of the artist’s interest in poetry and literature. Meticulously constructed ,...
View ArticleTwo Indian women artists at Frieze, Seoul
With COVID-19 restrictions loosening worldwide, the inaugural edition of Frieze Seoul ( Sep 2nd-5th,2022 ) will see a deluge of events, gallery openings, and late-night excursions that reflect the...
View ArticleArario unveils Subodh Gupta’s Landscape at Frieze Seoul
Arario Gallery Seoul celebrates its booth at Frieze with works by both masters and established artists from India, the Philippines, Japan, and Korea including Nalini Malani, Subodh Gupta, Keiji...
View ArticleSaffronart’s September Sale 2022
In a suite of works that spell extraordinary quality and diversity, Saffronart’s September Sale to be held in Delhi on 17th September 2022 at The Oberoi unveils a range of masterpieces belonging to...
View ArticleDCAW 2022: Two stellar wonders by Ali and Bahl
Tucked into a wall on the first floor just off the lift was the brilliant Afghan artist Khadim Ali’s duet of classics brought forward into contemporary character. Latitude 28’s niche placement stopped...
View ArticleCenturion Amarnath Sehgal’s Ganesha transcends time
Ganesh Chaturthi week, and yesterday I was delighted to visit the Amarnath Sehgal Museum in Delhi , and set eyes upon his Ganesha sculpture created as far back as the 1960s. Ganesha (also known as...
View ArticleBharti Kher’s enchanting Ancestor sculpture unveils at Central Park NY
NEW YORK : Public Art Fund will unveil Ancestor, an 18-foot tall patinated bronze sculpture by New Delhi and London-based artist Bharti Kher. The powerful new monument will grace Doris C. Freedman...
View ArticleAstaguru’s September auction has modern masterpieces
Astaguru’s September Sale of Modern Treasures has a fine suite of 48 works. Top of the lots on the cover is the mandarin of the metaphor Tyeb Mehta’s Diagonal of 1973. Tyeb’s Diagonal 1973 In the...
View ArticleAakriti Art’s affordable art is a dream for young collectors
Aakriti Art Gallery’s ‘Affordable September Art Mela’ in Kolkata is a dream for young collectors . After completing nine successful editions of the fair at the Kolkata gallery, we look at a melange...
View ArticleMF Husain at the Saffronart September Sale
At the Oberoi Hotel tomorrow evening Saffronart’s September Sale has a suite of MF Husain works, the earliest being 1962 which affirms his passion and prowess as one of India’s greatest Progressive...
View ArticleManoj Arora’s Hampi at Bikaner House in Delhi
At Bikaner House in Delhi, the hoarding on the outside railing is a picturesque spectacle of the Virupaksha temple in Hampi framed within four pillars.The photographer Manoj Arora’s debut Rediscovering...
View ArticleInstallation genius Subodh Gupta brings his Village to Paris
“If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ― Henry David Thoreau One of the world’s most...
View ArticleIn Kolkata, Oindrilla and her Durgas
Kolkata artist and designer Oindrilla Ray Kapur sits for 264 hours praying for her friend’s mother and creates 10 Durga faces that become her Sharbamangala for Durga Puja. At first when you look at the...
View ArticleIndian artist Arpitha Reddy’s Golden Anar painted in Uzbekistan
ICR ( International Cultural Relations) which is a part of the Ministry of Culture, New Delhi had a two week program, entitled the “ The Plein Air Program . ” Part of this was an...
View ArticleAkhil Chandra Das’s stellar bronzes at Jehangir Art Gallery
Imagine a tall lissome Durga who has been created as an archetypal deity with her Trishul, standing with her 10 arms widespread yoked into an elliptical two pronged sword like weapon that forms an arc...
View ArticleHaren Das’s tender printmaking techniques at Sangeet Shyamala
At Sangeet Shyamala in Delhi curated by Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya are Haren Das’s prints that present a flashback in time. Das was academically trained by Ramendranath Chakravorty who was influenced by...
View ArticleGallerie Nvya’s glorious Ganeshas
This is festival time and following young curators is always a delightful exercise for an old fashioned critic who is neck deep in the leaves of antiquity. Meher Kalra the young Director of Gallerie...
View ArticleDAG’s March to Freedom landscapes
Leave it to Ashish Anand of DAG to unveil a museum collection of works at Bikaner House in Delhi with the epic exhibition March to Freedom.Snugly tucked into the Ballroom and Main Gallery it is...
View ArticleDAG’s March to Freedom Bengal Bouquet
DAG’s March to Freedom at Bikaner House in Delhi is a world within many worlds. It is a critic’s delight and a curator’s dream to behold the many synergies that one can espie. And so...
View ArticleAtul Dodiya’s Shutters At Frieze, London
Avant – garde artist Atul Dodiya’s five shutters at Frieze London are images shaped from images, hand crafted from surprising collocations of pictorial and textual data drawn from diverse sources,...
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