Art fairs: Falling between expectations and reality

04 Feb 2016 12:16 AM

When cityscapes merge with consciousness

Visual arts have clear markers that set the artistic period when an artist lived and worked

28 Jan 2016 5:29 AM

Theatre of E Alkazi: Recreating the legacy of a genius

What an extraordinary man. What an extraordinary life. What an extraordinary exhibition.

21 Jan 2016 5:58 AM

Gallery bookings: Hoax of the Indian art scene

The other day a mid-rung artist dropped in and was sharing his story of woes about getting a gallery on rent and while I was commiserating with him I couldn’t help thinking that this has remained a co

14 Jan 2016 12:58 AM

Predictions and concerns in new year

To my mind one of the biggest trends this year will be the lack of faith of senior artists in the gallery system both in India and abroad

07 Jan 2016 6:04 AM

A controlled playfulness with colours

Sudip Roy, a refined realistic painter, brings his expertise and layered approach to abstract works

24 Dec 2015 4:04 AM

An idea embedded in the visual

I love calligraphy in any language but taking it many steps forward is Parameshwar Raju’s pictorial calligraphy.

17 Dec 2015 5:39 AM

Have Indian galleries failed art and artists

The art business is essentially unlike any other. It is complicated and has many facets.

10 Dec 2015 6:32 AM

Campaign to save elephant brings together artists

One thing I love about us Dilliwallas is our snootiness about art – and why not: after all we are the cultural capital of the region.

03 Dec 2015 5:35 AM

A salute to nameless, faceless industrial workers of Panipat

I am an unabashed admirer of our weavers and will go many extra miles in honour of the sheer genius of their artistry, technique, aesthetics, but even more than that I bow my head to the fact that con

26 Nov 2015 12:02 AM

Rangoli, kolams are the latest home art fad this season

I was sharing with some friends the other day that I grew up in a predominantly south Indian area of Delhi where every morning mamis could be seen painting kolams outside their homes Gone are the day

19 Nov 2015 6:00 AM

Traversing many artistic paths...

I always remember her as the person who gave me first break in television way back in 1978.

05 Nov 2015 4:58 AM

What is it that makes one a master or hero of his art

I wonder what it is that impels art of a region or of a time period — almost across the board — to be similar It is true of music, visual art, dance, literature and most definitely theatre.

06 Oct 2013 10:26 PM

Appreciating installation art: A matter of perspective

Installation of found or chosen objects has been a trend that always manages to puzzle me.

30 Sep 2013 10:42 AM