When I first met Krishen Khanna in early 2001, the clean-shaven gentleman in a sharp waistcoat hardly looked like an artist. I was used to most in the community outfitted in kurta-jholas and, in the case of Khanna’s contemporary M.F. Husain, walking barefoot, with his beard and unruly white hair in tousled glory. In contrast, Khanna was […]
Late last year, Amitava Das held a solo show in New Delhi, In Another Time That Is Now, featuring a wide range of works spanning his career — from early pieces dating back to the 1960s to more recent works created in 2015. The show was held in collaboration with Shrine Empire Gallery and Art Exposure […]
Weeks before she set a new record for Indian art by buying a lost M.F. Husain painting called Gram Yatra in a Christie’s sale for ₹119 crore, Kiran Nadar was sitting in the conference room of her museum’s Saket outpost, musing about how her art collecting style had grown. “When I’m collecting an artist, I try to […]
