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Melvin Edwards: New Political Vocabulary of ‘Lynch Fragments’

Artist Profile /
Melvin Edwards

Melvin Edwards (1937–2026), who died last week at 88, was a Houston-born sculptor and activist who was raised during segregation and portrayed Afro-American lives in abstract terms. He first studied painting at the University of Southern California before turning to welding in 1959. Building on this distinctive artistic foundation, Edwards crafted intricate, abstract assemblages from […]

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New Group Show at Delhi Explores Memory, Migration, and Making

Exhibitions /
I Sew My Life Against My Own 1 Iron Sheet Hand Cut and stitched with Brass wire 48 x 80 inches 2023

Exhibit 320, New Delhi, presents I insist, you reckon, a group exhibition curated by Vaidehi Gohil. The show opens on Friday, 17 April, and runs through Saturday, 30 May 2026. It brings together seven artists working across digital media, textile, paper burn, sculpture, and collage. About the Exhibition The exhibition takes insistence as its central idea.

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Maryam Saeedpoor: Witness from Within

Artist Profile /
Woman Life Freedom

Maryam Saeedpoor is a Tehran-based Iranian photographer whose theatrically staged portrait work has made her one of the most significant visual voices documenting the lives, resistance, and interior worlds of Iranian women. Born in Tehran in 1984, she operates at the intersection of art photography, photojournalism, and quiet defiance, creating images that are simultaneously intimate

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Art and War: How Artists Have Portrayed Conflict Across Time

Do You Know? /

War has always been a powerful and troubling part of human history. It brings destruction, fear, and uncertainty, but it also shapes nations, cultures, and identities. Alongside soldiers and leaders, artists have played an important role in responding to war. Through paintings, drawings, prints, and later photography and installations, artists have tried to capture the

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Christie’s Revives South Asian Art Auction in London

Auction /

Seven years after its last dedicated sale, Christie’s King Street hosts 93 lots from a Bengal-focused private collection, offering some of the rarest works to appear at auction in decades. Christie’s is returning to London for its first dedicated South Asian art auction since 2019. The sale, titled Sublime Shadows: South Asian Art From a Distinguished

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Endless Stairs Opens at Bikaner House New Delhi

Exhibitions /
Endless Stairs, a solo exhibition by Sri Lankan artist Kingsley Gunatilake, at Bikaner House,

Sri Lankan artist Kingsley Gunatilake brings five decades of practice to the capital, confronting library burnings and civil war through scorched books and abstract paintings. Blueprint12 opens Endless Stairs, a solo exhibition by Sri Lankan artist Kingsley Gunatilake, at Bikaner House, CCA Ground Floor, New Delhi, from 4 to 8 April 2026. The show draws together

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Krishen Khanna’s 5 Paintings Featuring Christian Religious Symbolism

Editor's Pick /

Krishen Khanna, one of India’s most celebrated modernists. This article delves into five significant works where Christian iconography becomes a lens to reflect on suffering, compassion, and search for spiritual meaning in the fractured world. 1) The Last Supper 2) Betrayal 3) Meeting at Emmaus 4) Peita 5) Thou Sayest So Featuring Image Courtesy: Saffron

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