‘I don’t make art for the market’
Artist-sculptor Subodh Gupta is back with the kind of grand statement that first helped him make a name
Read MoreCrypto Canvas
Blockchain-savvy and tech-smart, India’s young artists are posting their art on NFT platforms
Read MoreLife after death
Though M.F. Husain died a Qatari citizen, a new retrospective in Doha revisits his work from the several places he called home
Read More‘I Have My Art!’
Akbar Padamsee’s work was iconic even when esoteric. He leaves having enriched Indian art forever
Read More‘I’ll be painting right till the end’
The 93-year-old Krishen Khanna talks about his devotion to art, the horrors of 1947 and his close friendships with MF Husain and Tyeb Mehta
Read MoreClimate Art
In his latest artwork, Olafur Eliasson, the Danish-Icelandic conceptual artist invites viewers to create their own ‘cabinet of curiosities.’
Read MoreBack To The Bindu
Never a figurative painter, even S H Raza’s earliest of paintings on display prove his inclination towards landscape
Read MoreA Seeker of Beauty
Muzaffar Ali (of Umrao Jaan fame) is also an artist. ‘The Other Side’ (his first exhibition in 15 years) promises to reveal his other side.
Read MoreReimagining ‘Feminism’
Inspired by Sultana’s Dream, artist Chitra Ganesh believes the story of this 1905 Bengali sci-fi novel is relevant today
Read MoreCity of Moderns
A blockbuster exhibition brings together works by all 13 of the ballsy youngsters who formed Bombay’s iconic PAG
Read MoreWoman As Protagonist
Dhruvi Acharya’s ‘Permeated Absence’ is about dealing with loss and her continued preoccupation with the female body
Read MoreThe Mash-Up Artist
Atul Dodiya’s work is replete with influences and references (Duchamp to Tyeb Mehta). But it also subverts the way we see art
Read MoreThe Art of Collecting
An American professor and his extraordinary fascination with Bhupen Khakhar’s works that has led him to collect over 100 of them
Read MoreSudhir Patwardhan’s City
Born in Pune in 1949, when he first landed in Mumbai as a medical student in 1973, the scale of the city scared him.
Read MoreArt in Turbulent Times
Lahore-based artist Ali Kazim talks about nudity, freedom of expression and why interest in Pakistani art is on the ascent
Read MoreLet Art Be Colour-Blind
Swaminathan, Gaitonde and Raza are India’s famous abstractionists. Mehlli Gobhai has slipped through the cracks
Read MoreThe ‘Paris’ Viswanadhan
Having fled his village in Kerala as a teen, Viswanadhan’s (better known as ‘Paris’ Viswanadhan) art is informed by itinerancy
Read MoreInspired by Benaras
Manu Parekh’s new paintings again pay tribute to a changing Kashi and its unchanging spirit
Read MoreThe Colour of Life
The Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli hobnobbed with Picasso and Chagall in ’60s. He’s now painting flowers in Moscow
Read MoreIndia Calling
After staying in France for nearly 60 years, Sayed Haider Raza has decided to “spend the rest of my days” in India
Read More‘Husain Repeats Himself’
Artist Jogen Chowdhury speaks about his friend MF Husain, his guru Tagore and the thrill of selling a painting for Rs 150
Read MoreThe Bombay Chronicler
From mill workers to chawl dwellers, shantytown to towers, Sudhir Patwardhan’s art has kept up with the changing times
Read MoreKrishna Reddy’s Prints
Artist Krishna Reddy on the lessons of Nandalal Bose, memories of Santiniketan and disappointment of not selling in India
Read MoreA Painter’s Painter
Many readers may not be familiar with Paris-based Rajendra Dhawan but he was held in high regard in art fraternity
Read MoreThe Magical Realist
Rekha Rodwittiya’s art, where the mundane meets profound, is a celebration of “the everyday life of the woman.”
Read MoreArtists turn eco-warriors on water crisis
Eco-smart artists are delivering useful reminders about what art can do to drive the water message
Read MoreLight and Play
Neither fully Impressionist or Cubist, Jehangir Sabavala’s serene landscapes have inspired a sense of wonder and awe
Read MoreCinema Over Art
An Oscar-winning costume designer today, Bhanu Athaiya in the 1940-50s was busy pursuing art. Finally, she opted for films
Read MoreThe Lone Ranger
Artist Jatin Das’ lockdown works express the pain and anguish he felt during 2020’s migrant crisis
Read MoreSurreal Beasts
Kartick Chandra Pyne was best known as a ‘surrealist’ at a time when Indian modern art was following a more narrative tradition
Read MoreMeta Motifs
Atul Dodiya wants to be remembered as Mohd Rafi of art. With his playful oeuvre and consistent output, he justifies it
Read MoreMortal City
New Delhi-based architect and artist Gautam Bhatia reflects on why ‘beauty’ has vanished from art
Read MoreHomecomings
A group exhibition in New Delhi engages with the challenges of habitation and questions of belonging
Read MoreCatch ‘Em Young
Museums and galleries across India are upending conventions and reimagining a new playbook for children
Read MoreGarden of Senses
The cross-cultural (Indo-French) world of the mother-daughter artist duo, Maïté Delteil and Maya Burman
Read MoreClimate Action
Cautionary Tales: How artists are leading from the front in their cultural response to global warming
Read MoreBrush with AI
Artists are using algorithms, sensors and augmented reality to speak of fragility and permanence
Read MoreMumbai’s Gallerist
The gallery Pheroza J Godrej started fifty years ago made her an indispensable part of the city’s art scene
Read MoreThe Golden Land
Circa 200 BC-1200 AD, India was home to a sophisticated culture full of creativity, argues William Dalrymple.
Read MoreAn Unusual Hybrid
“Tropical modernism’ seems reductive as applied to South Asian architects” — artist Shezad Dawood
Read MoreIn the Garden of Earthly Delights
Jayasri Burman refashions the Hindu pantheon into her own private dreamscape of feminine and divine beauty
Read MoreHusain in Dubai
In 2006, MF Husain made UAE his home. The decision was a “game-changer,” according to friends
Read MoreWant to See Some Stimulating Art This Month? Here’s Our Curated Guide For You
A roundup of five art shows across India to mark on your calendar this May
Read MorePhotographer Sunil Gupta Challenges the Limits of Queer Aesthetics
The New Delhi-born Gupta has been a major voice for gay freedom
Read MoreCompulsive Sketcher
NS Bendre is an early pioneer of the Indian modern art. Yet, the sublime beauty of his lines is coming into focus only now.
Read MoreCall Me By Your Name: Unraveling the Different Dimensions of ‘Love’
A new show hopes to answer that time-tested question: Can love complete us?
Read MoreWonder Walls
Street art in India is altering our urban landscapes, but is it all a radical makeover or just cosmetic makeup?
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