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A.Ramachandran’s Sandhya Raga at Shridharani , Delhi, that opened on 19th November, peels out like a silent elegy to an Indian master, pedagogue and scholarly narrator who brought out the best of Indian tribal traditions through his paintings and drawings he began in the 1970s when he discovered the dark skinned Bhils of Udaipur. “The…
From the monochromatic magic of KG Subramanyan’s War of the Relics, to the lone Santhal woman of Jamini Roy to Krishen Khanna’s bandwallahs, a mesmerizing portrait by Amrita Sher-Gil and a magical Hanuman by Thota Vaikuntam Astaguru’s sale of Iconic Indian masters this November is a treat for tired eyes. Lovers of art in Delhi had…
Nature Morte’s melange of materials, mediums, metaphors and artistic discourse comes together at their booth at Art Mumbai 2025, this week. From Bharti Kher’s sperm like bindis that take us back to her discovery of them in 1995 to Subodh Gupta’s humble shiny chimta to a slew of other international names like Raghav Gabbar to…
Known all over the world for its interest and its tenacity to combine the finest voices in art across mediums ,materials and artistic practices in the world, Sundaram Tagore Gallery debuts at Art Mumbai with a host of stars across South Asian talents. But one must shine the light on two pioneers in abstraction ;…
The full moon in October is hailed by astrologers and wildlife lovers and astro photographers as the Supermoon, but here in India we call it Sharad Purnima. This day represents the full moon in the Sharad season, signifying positivity and enlightenment. The significance of Sharad Purnima highlights its importance in spiritual traditions, marking a time…
Sundaram Tagore Gallery at NY celebrates its 25th anniversary, with a wide-ranging exhibition of paintings, sculptures, photographs and installations. With work by more than thirty artists who have been with the gallery since its founding in 2000 to those in partnership more recently, this is an odyssey of deep engagement in cross-cultural explorations. Sundaram Tagore’s focus on diasporic artists as…
September ushers in autumnal accents and the auction market brims with a brilliant sale by Sotheby’s in London of an upcoming auction of Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art at Sotheby’s in London on 30th September 2025. A pair of beauties by Francis Newton Souza, another epic quartet by M.F. Husain, Sayed Haider Raza’s Shanti La…
Divyaman Singh’s solo Light as Creation at Bikaner House, featuring a mix of old and recent work that employs the artist’s signature use of surreal qualities and the idea of commenting on nature and our place within it, set the tone for his solo exhibition that was simple, lucid and split into three parts according to thematic…
Tom Vattaukzhy’s The Shadows of Absence at Vadehras in Delhi spans out like a sojourn of Kerala’s cultural trajectories within the accents of a deeply private series of observations captured in the sands of time.The still life image of a potted plant created in subtle placid tones tells many a tale of a constant gardener…
India’s greatest million dollar master Tyeb Mehta turns 100 on 26th July 2025 and this milestone is a moment to look at six of his most unforgettable masterpieces created during his lifetime. In an interview to me in 2005 he said: ‘I learnt to paint with very little money when I started in the 1950s….
