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Dr Usha Shajehan with her paintings exhibited in Thiruvananthapuram | Photo Credit: Dr Shajehan Sivasankara Pillai It is the mundane that inspires Dr Usha Shajehan as an artist. Her maiden exhibition currently on at Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram bears testimony to that. She takes you through the stories behind the paintings with childlike-glee. Art…
Work by Anupama displayed at the gallery | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Artist Anupama, who goes by the name Anupama alias Anil as a tribute to her late husband and artist Anil Xavier, ushers in a new language of expression through her solo show A Room for Refuge at Kalakriti Art Gallery. The exhibition brings…
Artist Neerja Chandna Peters’ artwork at her solo exhibition Roopa Bheda – Secrets of Form at Bikaner House, New Delhi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Neerja Chandna Peters, a self-taught artist, gave up her career in medicine to explore the world of abstractionism with colours and fine lines drawn to accurate mathematical measurements. “It is…
Silence Please exhibition at India Habitat Centre, Delhi | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Annual visits to his nanihaal (maternal home) in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) during his childhood gave Viveek Sharma an early peek into the lives of ascetics and helped him to fathom the quintessential spiritual lives. “I would accompany my grandfather to the congregation…
A view of the show at Lalit Kala Akademi | Photo Credit: special arrangement Today, the Lalit Kala Akademi gallery is red. Many gradient shades of the colour hang heavy on the 90-odd canvases that fill the space: crimsons and reds that are sometimes sharply broken by a deviant, rogue black or grey. But they…
M.F. Husain at the National Art Gallery in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: AFP A Delhi court on Monday (January 21, 2025) ordered the seizure of paintings of Hindu deities made by Padma awardee M.F. Husain, displayed in the Delhi Art Gallery. The paintings showed Hindu gods Hanuman and Ganesha holding nude female characters in hands…
Visitors flocking the CKP premises for Chitra Santhe 2025 in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Visitors taking in the artworks on display at Chitra Santhe 2025 on Kumara Krupa Road in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Kumara Krupa Road was decked up with paintings, murals, decor and…
A series of abstract artworks by A Viswam on display | Photo Credit: special arrangement Walking through Lalit Kala Akademi today envelopes one in a journey of the city’s artistic culture. For one sees the dance of Radha/Krishna on a canvas as well as their grandmother’s folktales come to life, all within the same walls….
The paintings of Kalamandalam Gopi by Mopasang Valath | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT When, in early 2024, Kathakali maestro Kalamandalam Gopi or Gopi Ashan, as he is fondly called, was approached for a project for the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) that would showcase him, the 87-year-old was enthusiastic about it. The project entailed capturing,…
Watch: Artisans from Central Asia, Kashmir reconnect in Srinagar Kashmir, renowned for its rich artisanal heritage, hosted the 60th-anniversary celebrations of the World Craft Council. This international event, running from November 25 to 28, has brought together artisans from across the globe to celebrate and exchange their unique crafts. The highlight of the event is…
