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Kota Neelima’s paintings at the Metaphors of the Moon exhibition World Tree

Metaphors of nature to the fore

Nature is constantly changing. It is constructive and sometimes destructive.

31 May 2018 1:17 AM

A candle walk, remembering Tagore, on the concluding day

Where the mind is without fear

It is a very logical thing that your freedom ends where mine begins.

24 May 2018 1:29 AM

The problem is not the cause. It is not even the frequency of the donations. My problem is the Indian attitude to daan or charity.

Taking art and artists for granted

In one type of camp artists are expected to paint and give the work to the host at the destination itself.

17 May 2018 1:44 AM

What constitutes fake art?

Senior artists are known to disown many of their earlier works after having become associated with a particular style in later years.

10 May 2018 1:51 AM

Do women paint differently?

It is said that the male “gaze” is different. Their obsession is with the form and to an extent even objectification.

03 May 2018 7:45 AM

Works by (top) Achal Kumar, Aruna Vasudev and Chavi Asrani

Exploring nature with a brush and camera

Another notable show that took place last week was Transition by young artist Chavi Asrani.

26 Apr 2018 2:34 AM

The force that Shridhar Iyer brings to his canvas was altogether another worldly. The spiritual connect of his strokes in almost a whoosh of energy was startling.

Art camps nurture artists’ interpersonal relations

It was a new experience for both — us to create and the audiences to see the paintings being created.

19 Apr 2018 2:06 AM

Lalit Kala Akademi, it was a very moving experience for me. I told him that and he smiled benignly like my father would when very moved or amused.

Ram Kumar: Going across the bhavsagar in Banaras

In my mind he will always remain the artist who painted hauntingly beautiful images of Banaras in various lights.

15 Apr 2018 1:52 AM

Moving towards stability?

With no historical perspective of art, any work whether or not auction worthy was thrown into the market.

12 Apr 2018 12:10 AM

This is the time when several farm hands get busy with carrying out small-time activity relating to the crafts.

Living on the edge of the crafts

Interestingly enough, these seasonal workers constitute a large section of craft workers and fill in an important gap of various.

05 Apr 2018 1:07 AM

The artist’s treatment of the human figure renders it gender non-specific but there is also interesting embracing of the same figure enveloping and embracing itself too.

When footprints become landmarks

Photography as a medium has found many followers in this digital era but earlier when people clicked photos, every exposure was precious.

29 Mar 2018 2:52 AM

As summer descends on us too soon this year, all that one can consider wearing are delicate, transparent and translucent Chanderis.

Chanderis: Fit for a queen’s ransom

Many looms fell silent but this last decade has seen some of the looms restart and return with greater energy.

22 Mar 2018 2:38 AM

Yatrik collaborated with many theatre personalities including Alyque Padamsee, Ebrahim Alkazi, Barry John, Kulbhushan Kharbanda.

An ode to magical Joy Micheal

The air of decedent genteel snobbery yielded to a neat clipped look - rather like the tones of the new principal herself.

15 Mar 2018 6:34 AM

Puran Chand Wadali and Pyarelal Wadali form the Wadali Brothers.

Remembering Pyarelal: The singer who leaves behind a void in

As their voices touched the higher octaves with effortless ease, one couldn’t help but stop and listen.

10 Mar 2018 6:57 AM

Seriously, architects and designers need to make mandatory visits to art shows and art fairs just to see that thinking out of the box is a possibility.

Time for a swadeshi movement in design?

A country that arguably produces the world’s best hand-tufted carpets had a stall with an amazing carpet priced at a mere Rs 3 lakh.

08 Mar 2018 7:59 AM

Art consumers — be they be buyers, investors or audiences — seldom realise that entire lives are dedicated to the creation of arts, both visual and performing, and that not being able to make a living out of it is heartbreaking.

Art beat: Living on the canvas

The internet has liberated the art business a bit from the earlier stranglehold of a few, but it has still far, far to go.

05 Mar 2018 1:56 AM

Udat abir gulal... Holi hai!

In the plastic arts there are any number of Holi scenes depicted in the Pahari, Deccan and Rajasthani miniatures.

02 Mar 2018 12:54 AM

The fact is that street art opens a window for discussion, it also opens doors for some positive ambience in places.

Mumbai setting a misaal

The foundation had painted parts of Dharavi over two years ago and intends to take it forward in more parts this year too.

22 Feb 2018 3:48 AM

The tempo could have been kept more buoyant with enough media coverage and advertising.

A tale of two indian art fairs

Evenings saw performances by folk and traditional artistes too so that there was an attempt to see the arts as a complete whole.

15 Feb 2018 2:14 AM

Authentication is not a blackmail tool

Several cases have come up when even families have been faking works in the name of the illustrious painter ancestor.

08 Feb 2018 6:44 AM

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