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That Obscure Object of Desire Nine | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Maqbool Fida Husain or MF Husain’s life and death have been a recurring subject of discourse. While his body of work has been celebrated repeatedly, not many exhibitions have been able to evocatively capture the prolific artist and painter’s curious mind and indelible legacy….
Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh, popularly known as Nicholas Roerich, was a pivotal figure of 20th century cultural and artistic discourse. | Photo Credit: File photo Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, as part of the celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of renowned artist Nicholas Roerich, is holding an exhibition titled Vspominaya Roerich @ 150. Roerich was an artist…
A new group art exhibition in New Delhi focusses on traditional styles of painting associated with miniatures in South Asia. The exhibit features a group of 20 artists from Europe, North America, Ecuador, South Asia and West Asia, who interpret Indian aesthetics within contemporary global contexts. “The idea is to capture the many layers of…
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, photographed by Navroze Contractor in Ahmedabad (1972) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement/Vivek Desai Photography Strictly Prohibited, an exhibition of photographs by the late Navroze Contractor gets underway at Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad in Banjara Hills. Curated by Sanjiv Shah, Anuj Ambalal and Himanshu Panchal, the retrospective exhibition, to be inaugurated by writer-director Deepa…
Entering the art gallery holding my smartphone upright, finding the perfect angle to observe the pieces through my camera is not how I expected to look at art. As I inched slowly towards an exhibit titled Pool Party or Aquanouba in French, a piece of mysterious music began to play from my phone, followed by…
An art work by Anuradha Nalappat | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Artist Rathi Devi, on a large canvas illuminated by bright colours, has painted Arikomban, the wild, rice-loving, rabble-rousing tusker. The stunning acrylic and oil portrait makes one think of the elephant — his story, his future, and probably ours (humankind). Presence of Absence in…
The City Palace is a sprawling complex of grand courtyards, domed pavilions, and intricately designed facades crafted from pink sandstone and marble. Built in 1727, when Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II created Jaipur as the capital of his kingdom, it has of late been shedding its image as a tourist attraction and reclaiming its practice…
Sporting heavy beads to cover their body, the women of the primitive Bonda tribes returning from the market at Onukudelli in Koraput district of Odisha. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak From its humble beginnings in the 1990s, the Visakha Camera Club (VCC) has come a long way to become the powerhouse of creativity that it…
