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From A Dreamer’s World | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A brilliant blue fish glides in a patch of orange pumpkins, another lies still among lilac orchids hoping his camouflage allows him to blend in. These are a few finned beauties artist Shoeb Dastagir has depicted in his solo show A Dreamer’s World. “I find fish…
The District Transport Office building near the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus depot at East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram, opposite Gandhi Park, presents an unassuming facade. The entry to the newly-inaugurated museum wing in the office is marked by coloured plastic chairs placed on both sides of the pathway. The concrete floors and whitewashed walls…
Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) Commissioner K.S. Viswanathan on Friday (August 29, 2025) notified that the TU-142 Museum on the Beach Road will be closed for visitors on September 1 and 2, 2025, due to maintenance works. The museum will re-open on September 3, 2025, he said in a release issued here. READ MORE…
An artwork by Satish Gujral | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Four galleries of the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, will host Harvest 2025 from August 31 — an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, installations and textiles by leading and emerging Indian artists. On view will be works by Sakti Burman, S.H. Raza, Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Satish Gujral, M.F….
Visitors at the newly inaugurated ‘Fun Science Gallery’ as part of the diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM), a landmark scientific institution located in Bengaluru, celebrated its diamond jubilee on Sunday. The museum was inaugurated on…
What is a museum, really? A building that houses objects? A temple of knowledge? A vault of the past? Or a theatre of the present? The answers are as complex as the institution’s foundational contradiction. Museums claim to preserve and protect, but they also curate and construct. The question of publicness is key. For most…
As the plane touches down at Tribhuvan International Airport, the majestic sight of the Himalayas greets passengers with their snow-capped peaks glowing in the late afternoon sun. Upon landing, warm smiles welcome visitors, in an airport buzzing with a mix of trekkers, tourists and locals. It is 15 degrees Celsius outside, and the crisp air…
He is known as the king of cow dung, curry pots and a very hungry god. Contemporary artist Subodh Gupta’s work is well-known for tapping into the Indian middle-class psyche, employing the humble bartan (metal utensil) to create a variety of works — from the minimal to the maximal. Now, with his show, The Way Home, opening at…
From MAP’s Chay Reds, Ferrous Black exhibit | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The two-day Art is Life annual festival by the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), to be held on November 30 and December 1, brings art, music and culture in myriad forms that will cater to differing tastes. “MAP is strongly committed to…
