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The 17th edition of the India Art Fair draws attention to the tight relationship between the artist and the artisan, alongside highlighting the need to fill the recesses between the privileged and the underrepresented. Walking into the India Art Fair, one is greeted by major outdoor art projects, before one even enters the pavilions. A […]
Artists meet Artisans at the India Art Fair 2026 Read More »
There are many kinds of love worth celebrating this Valentine’s Day. Among the most tender and enduring of them is the love humans share with their pets, a bond that artists through the centuries have immortalized on canvas, paper, and print. From Renaissance portraits to Japanese woodblock prints and modern Indian art, these depictions remind
Love Beyond Words: How Artists Capture the Human & Animal Bond Read More »
Krispin Joseph PX How romantic are you? Being romantic is human nature; poetic, artistic, or natural is a subject of humans. Humans bring the idea of ‘Being’ Romantic into Art and literature; there is too much proof in literature and Art which we portray ourselves as ‘being loved’ in our imaginative articulations depicting us as
Art of Love and The Kiss in Art: Famous Lovers in Art Read More »
This spring, the city of Ahmedabad becomes the stage for one of India’s most significant conservation tributes as photographer and conservationist Kairav Engineer premieres Ranthambhore – 50 Iconic Years. Held from February 12–15 at ’79 Stories’ on Rajpath Rangoli Road, the event marks not just the launch of a landmark book but an immersive exhibition
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“Haal Mukaam: Current Address”, a solo show by Girjesh Kumar Singh, on view at the India Art Fair 2026, profoundly asks questions about home, identity, and what home is. The artist uses bricks and mortar from demolished houses to make these artworks, recasting them into rhetorics of loss, memory, and changed landscapes. Singh’s practice is
Ernest Zacharevic, a well-known street artist who is known as Malaysia’s Banksy, has painted famous murals throughout Southeast Asia. He has accused AirAsia of using one of his works on the exterior of an aeroplane without his consent. The accusation came to light after images of an AirAsia aircraft with a design remarkably similar to
Marina Abramović’s arrival at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale made a turning point in the festival’s history rather than a simple visit. The performance art pioneer brought an air of both intensity and invitation, whose radical quests of the body, endurance, vulnerability, and reality have transformed art for over fifty years. Abramović offered a unique fusion of
A Master of Performance: Abramović’s Lecture and Live Act Captivate Kochi Biennale Read More »
India, presenting a curated show at Venice Biennale 2026, one of the most significant exhibitions in the world of contemporary art, with a powerful collective presentation titled ‘Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home’. Five of India’s most vibrant contemporary artists—Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala), Sumakshi Singh, Ranjani Shettar, Asim Waqif, and Skarma Sonam Tashi—will collaborate on the project,
Material, Memory, Myth: The Indian Artists Shaping Venice Biennale 2026 Read More »
India, presenting an official national pavilion with its vibrant artists’ line-up at La Biennale di Venezia after 2019, will present under the theme of ‘Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home’ at the Arsenale from May 9 to November 22, 2026. The pavilion, presented by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in collaboration with the Nita
India’s Vibrant Return to Venice Biennale, titled ‘Geographies of Distance’ Read More »
Talking in Colour: ‘A Story in Red’ is an Immersive Art House Experience in Kochi presented by Asian Paints Royale Where walls, objects and shades of red come together as a contemporary art narrative. Kochi is a city where time slows down and it somehow finds a way to linger. Whether it is the bamboo