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From Sacred Geometry to Street Stories: Finding The Spiritual in Everyday Spaces

Artists of the Week /

Harshvardhan Bhilala Harshvardhan’s artistic journey, Devi Maa does not appear in a fixed form, but as an infinite energy—a boundless power that cannot be confined to a single shape. his art seeks to express her various manifestations, where she symbolizes the same divine femininity in forms like Durga, Kali, or Saraswati. This connection with Devi […]

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British Art Fair 2025 to Spotlight Overlooked Artists and Trailblazing Tech at Saatchi Gallery

Art Fair /

British Art Fair 2025, scheduled for 25–28 September at London’s Saatchi Gallery, will present a dynamic showcase of Modern and Contemporary British Art, reaffirming its status as the country’s only fair dedicated exclusively to art from mid-20th century to today. Over 80 leading UK dealers, including Austin/Desmond Fine Art, Patrick Bourne, The Fine Art Society,

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KNMA Festival makes its return this October, bringing “Voices of Diversity”

Featured /

New Delhi, 17 September 2025: The KNMA Festival returns to Sunder Nursery, this time with a focus on music, from October 9 to 12, 2025. Titled “Voices of Diversity”, the four-day festival celebrates the vast and varied sonic landscape of India. This year’s edition is curated by renowned musician and writer, T.M. Krishna, whose thought-provoking

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M. F. Husain, The Bombay Progressive Who Reinvented the Pictorial Plane

Artist Profile, Featured, On This Day /

On This Day “Art is always ahead of time. Tomorrow, they will understand it” —M. F. Husain Early Moorings M. F. Husain, popularly hailed as the ‘Picasso of India’, was born on this day, 17th September, in 1915. Maqbool Fida Husain was born in Pandharpur, in Maharashtra today and then in the Bombay Presidency of

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What Was The “Golden Age of Scandinavian Design?”

Architecture, Design /
Scandinavian Design

And how did Scandinavian Design grow into the iconic phenomenon it is today? Few design movements are as recognisable and universal as the Scandinavian or Nordic Design movement. It finds its way into the Instagram feeds and Pinterest mood-boards of even the average aesthete who is otherwise uninitiated with interior design. Scandinavian design’s focus on

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Design Mumbai Returns in November with Expanded International Programme

Design /

Design Mumbai is set to host its second edition this November, returning to Jio World Garden from 26 to 29 November 2025. The four-day event will bring together over 80 exhibitors, showcasing contemporary design across workspace, commercial, retail and residential sectors. Positioned as India’s only international contemporary design show, this year’s edition features leading brands

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Design & Disability at V&A: A Radical Exploration of Possibilities of Living and Creating

Design, Exhibitions /
Design and Disability Exhibition

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s South Kensington site has opened “Design and Disability,” a landmark exhibition that foregrounds disability as identity and culture through the lens of design. Running from June 7, 2025, to February 15, 2026, in the Porter Gallery, the show celebrates the radical contributions of Disabled, Deaf, and neurodivergent people to contemporary

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The Return of a Masterpiece: MF Husain’s Monumental WHO Mural Emerges from Six Years in Storage

News /

After nearly six years hidden away in climate-controlled storage, one of Delhi’s most significant public artworks has finally returned to public attention. The monumental mural by celebrated modernist painter MF Husain, which adorned the World Health Organisation’s South-East Asia regional office, represents both a triumph of artistic vision and an unprecedented feat of conservation. Created

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Abhay Sehgal’s Roots & Rebellion Explores Youth, Culture, and Belonging

Exhibitions /
Abhay Sehgal Artworks

A new exhibition by contemporary artist Abhay Sehgal opened this week at Bikaner House, New Delhi. Titled Roots & Rebellion, the show presents Sehgal’s latest body of work, delving into youth, patriotism, and cultural identity through a layered visual language that merges abstraction, storytelling, and personal reflection. It is presented by The Usual Suspects. Sehgal, who

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