Artist Profile

The artistic questions posed in “Like Gold”, a collateral project of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, such as Cop Shiva’s Being Gandhi, are anything but static depictions; instead, they represent a rigorous re-negotiation of the Indian story. The artworks of “Cop Shiva,” a photographer-artist who works as a police officer during the day, navigate the bureaucracy and […]

In Manjot Kaur’s paintings, the lush, liminal world interprets the Indian miniature tradition and seeks novel ways to present it, producing a new lexicon and visual delight. As we know, painting is the art of seeing, and it enlarges and broadens the viewer’s world when engaged with. This is achieved in Kaur’s painting through translating

The Florence Biennale featured Indian artist Vinita Dasgupta’s work Metamorphosis that dwells on the man-nature dichotomy, for the overarching theme of Light and Darkness.   The relationship between the woman and the tree as nurturers and protectors has perhaps not been emphasized enough in our urban settings. Delhi-based Bengali artist, Vinita Dasgupta brings the focus

Rama Duwaji will be the youngest first lady New York City has ever had – thrust into the spotlight as her husband Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race. She is said to have been a driving force behind her husband’s success, according to CNN. She was among those who finalised Mamdani’s brand identity, including the

Pratiksha Shome Daroz Pandurangiah, a renowned ceramic artist, was born in the southern Indian state of Telangana in 1944. With his enchanted hands and limitless imagination, he transforms a lump of clay into an incomparable piece of art. He earned his certificate in Applied Arts and Design in Sculpture from the College of Fine Arts

The Indian art world mourns the loss of Jasu Rawal, the veteran painter whose quiet brilliance and poetic sensibility redefined minimalist abstraction in contemporary Indian art. Rawal, who spent over five decades transforming the language of visual expression through dreamlike compositions and gentle forms, has passed away, leaving behind a legacy that whispers rather than

Nandalal Bose’s Name in Indian Constitution History Nandalal Bose; the infamous pioneer of modern Indian art was entrusted with the historic task of illustrating, beautifying and decorating the original manuscript of the Constitution of India. While Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the architect of the Indian constitution, even Nandalal Bose had a humungous part in pushing