A painting by artist Badrunissa Irfan Whimsical Worlds, Badrunnisa Irfan’s latest series of paintings, is currently on display in the city. The collection of about 31 acrylic works of art include depictions of enchanted woods, wildlife, and landscapes. Speaking about her journey as a self-taught artist, Badrunnisa says, “I used to only draw roses at […]
The artists at work | Photo Credit: special arrangement Echoes of the Coromandel, an art show currently exhibited at DakshinaChitra Museum, Chennai, takes viewers on a voyage along the south-eastern coast of India, previously a thriving maritime connection to Southeast Asia. Developed by a team of ten interns working through the museum’s year-long Dak Chola […]
A painting by VS Gaitonde | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT This weekend, for three days (from May 3 to May 4), Kochi will get to experience artworks by some of India’s compelling voices across time and tradition at Raja Varma Hall, Taj Malabar. The works of artists such as VS Gaitonde, B Prabha, Manu Parekh, […]
Art workshop for children and young adults If you are seeking artistic activities for children this summer, here’s some news. Hyderabad-based M Eshwariah Art Gallery will be conducting the third edition of Bala Kala Vikas, featuring an exhibition and a workshop focusing on various art techniques for children and young adults aged between 6 and […]
The students from the summer camp | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The AHUM (Art Heart U & Mind) Trust, in collaboration with the Satya Foundation, Jakkur will present a performance of their annual art intensive summer programme, Kalakrida, which loops in children from under-served communities. Almost a hundred students were taught different art forms such […]
Last week, poet Aamir Aziz accused Anita Dube, one of India’s leading contemporary artists, of using his words without permission in four artworks exhibited at Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi. The phrase in question, Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega (Everything will be remembered), became a rallying cry during the 2019-2020 protests against the Citizenship Amendment […]
One of Bindhi Rajagopal’s works on show at the Durbar Hall Art Gallery. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Shades of mossy green, dominate artist Bindhi Rajagopal’s latest show, The Grounded Guardians: A Meditation on Mangrove Roots, on at the Durbar Hall Art Gallery. The latest show is an ode to mangroves which form a green […]
At Home in Sittilingi is an exhibition of embroidered textile art created by 10 women artisans from the Lambadi community. The works are stitched on organic cotton and draw from memory and immediate surroundings — trees that surround them, stories heard from elders, birds marking seasonal change, millets grown in their fields, and the intricacies […]
In Kolkata, a 71-year-old Muslim man’s “hoarding” of everyday objects — and his museum packed into travelling trunks — has won a coveted spot at the V&A Museum in London. In Kerala, a museum of love is slowly attracting visitors, while a museum of photography is spreading awareness and encouraging local talent. And across the […]
Almond-shaped eyes, aquiline features, elongated faces with defined chins and noses, earthy tones, panoramic landscapes and stylised clouds — these are some of the things that set apart Kishangarh paintings from the other miniature traditions of India. Drenched in bhakti and sringara rasas, these miniatures originated somewhere around the 17th Century in Kishangarh in Ajmer, […]
