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Art, Exile and Protest: Inder Salim’s Long-Awaited Solo in Delhi

After a hiatus of almost 35 years, artist Inder Salim presents his solo show, “i belong to the missing side,” at Gallery ONKAF. Within my dream, I woke up. I went closer to the window of my room. The landscape was turning papery.  At the window,  The paper-thick reality in my eyes turned heavier. In […]

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When Simplicity Becomes Profound: Savita Dwivedi’s Art

Savita Dwivedi

An art exhibition by Savita Dwivedi ‘Jiji’ at Sukriti Art Gallery, JKK, Jaipur The first encounter with Savita Dwivedi. otherwise known as Jiji and her art was almost incidental while scrolling through the posts of the eminent artist and her son Hemant Dwivedi from Udaipur. Amid discussions of technique, theory and contemporary debates on Facebook,

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Reflecting, constructing and forging ahead: Satyakam Saha’s Artistic Practice

Satyakam Saha’s recently concluded solo at Bikaner House brings together two decades of artistic practice, in his first solo show  While looking at an artwork we often do not see what went on behind the scenes to construct it. Constructs explored how ‘images and ideas are formed, dismantled and reassembled across mediums.’ Held at Bikaner

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In Going Far, You Experience Nearness: Junjaali by Sudip Roy

By Iftikar Ahmed At Bikaner House, New Delhi, Sudip Roy’s ongoing exhibition Junjaali, on view until 20 December 2025, unfolds as a quiet yet deeply affecting return. The exhibition is not framed as a retrospective, nor does it attempt to compress decades of practice into a summarising gesture. Instead, it brings together works created over

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Muffled Whispers of Some Other Time

Witnessing Imran Kokiloo’s ‘You Ran Away’  I. The Empty Room  You enter an empty room. White walls hold nothing but light and air. The city’s cacophony remains outside, muffled beyond the threshold. In this deliberate void, you wait—though for what, you don’t yet know. Then, gradually, as if emerging from beneath water, sounds surface. Voices.

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Unveiling the Psyche: Janeita Singh’s Jungian Analysis of F.N. Souza

Janeita Singh

Janeita Singh’s Jungian Analysis of F.N. Souza In this compelling critical study, literature scholar Janeita Singh offers a psychological excavation of F.N. Souza’s provocative artwork through a Jungian lens. The book navigates the complex terrain of one of the founding members of the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group, whose unconventional depictions of female nudes amidst religious

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