Summary: “I enjoy working with people who are not in the art world and showing them the numerous possibilities for art that exist. For those who walk into Jaipur’s 283-year-old Nahargarh Fort and marvel at its history, there is now another unexpected attraction: contemporary sculpture. The park’s curator Peter Nagy hopes the venue introduces contemporary […]

While Baij, who died in 1980, was both a painter and sculptor, he is known primarily for his sculptures and is considered one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and the father of modern Indian sculpture The Union HRD Ministry will fund a project at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan to preserve the works of […]

The study shows that demonetisation has not affected the sale of Indian arts. This can be said as 34 out of 55 records were created after the implementation of currency ban. We all have heard about the magnificent paintings of M F Husain, Raja Ravi Varma and other Indian artists. These artworks have been appreciated […]

The Centre Pompidou spotlights the cutting-edge oeuvre of this feminist stalwart with a retrospective ‘Onanism’, 1969. Photo: Vadhera Art Gallery Altogether, it was a very rich atmosphere.” This is how Nalini Malani described her experience at the Vision Exchange Workshop (VIEW), the multidisciplinary initiative run by veteran artist Akbar Padamsee from 1969-72 out of his […]

[Book excerpt] Any examination of Britain’s relationship with India must take account of this extraordinary organisation. Eighteenth-century India was “the theatre of scenes highly important” to Britain.1 So wrote the artist and traveler William Hodges. He was in a good position to judge. Hodges was one of the first British professional landscape painters to visit India, […]

Saffronart to host a fundraiser on October 31 featuring works by more than 40 leading modern and contemporary artists Saffronart and the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) will hold a fundraiser auction on October 31 in support of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. The KBF is a non-profit charitable trust engaged in promoting art and culture and educational […]

Bhupen Khakhar’s painting ‘De-Luxe Tailors’ fetches record-breaking £1.1 million at Sotheby’s auction   It is a strange fate of many famous artists that they earn far more posthumously than while they’re alive. Bhupen Khakhar, one of the foremost figures of Indian modernism, has set a new sale record. The painting De-Luxe Tailors from his Tradesmen […]

Leading artist Sudarshan Shetty’s latest installation, Shoonya Ghar, a work of film poetry, architecture, and music comes to the city What was a bhajan by saint-poet Gorakhnath, became a nirguni rendition by Pandit Kumar Gandharva in the 20th century, which entered contemporary Indian artist Sudharshan Shetty’s consciousness and triggered a morphosis into a film and […]

  (L-R) Dancer Kathak, 1973; Jigsaw.   Shiavax Chavda’s retrospective show, which begins this week at Mumbai’s Jehangir Art Gallery, features some of his best-known paintings, sketches and drawings, many of which carry the motif of Indian classical dance forms, writes Bhumika Popli.   What excites me is pure painting: line, pattern, colour and balance […]