Proma Chakraborty
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Window to a community: artist Rabab Zaidi’s gallery in Jamia Nagar
For anyone living in the Capital, the first thought that comes to their mind when they hear the word ‘magenta’ would be the Metro lines. Taking a cue from this and paying a tribute to the same, Centre for Art and Free Expression (CAFE) in Jamia Nagar named their gallery space Gallery Magenta.
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Craft corner What: With Diwali around the corner, Dastkar brings artisans to Delhi for its annual 14-day crafts mela. Dastkar, being a society for crafts and craftspeople, aims at exposing shoppers to a range of authentic handcrafted products — from textiles, home decor, 3D articles to food items and collectibles. Look out for hand-made flowers […]
History via images
Writer William Dalrymple is showcasing his talent of recording stories in the lens of his camera in a stunning exhibition of black and white images We are all familiar with the writings of historian William Dalrymple, but few are aware that photography was his first love, an artistic outlet in his youthful days. The purchase […]
Flashback time
Memories of the Capital as it was in the decades after Independence are encapsulated in this exhibition of photographs, each worth a thousand words As you open the glass doors and walk into Ojas Art Gallery, you step into a time machine, the one that takes you to the erstwhile and perhaps lost splendour of […]
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Flute fest What: Dedicated to peace and good, the 10th edition of Raasrang World Flute Festival 2019 is back. The festival focuses on various genres of music, with the flute at the core of the rendition. Across multiple editions, it has drawn attention to the flute, an instrument of divine seduction, which brings at its […]
Pop goes the artist
An exhibition of pop art presented in interior installations tries to bring the spotlight on this still obscure genre Deviating from fine art and focusing on popular and mass culture such as objects, advertising, celebrity icons and commercial products, this one’s a lesser known genre in the Indian art market. We are talking about pop […]
Looking for a queen
The glamour industry accepts transgenders, unlike the corporate sector, says Reena Rai on the eve of a beauty pageant for the community Back in 2016, a Delhi-based homemaker’s unlikely friendship with a transgender set the ball rolling for Miss Trans Queen India. With the third edition of India’s first-ever beauty pageant for transgender women taking […]
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All about paper What: Paper – a surface to write, draw, doodle or print. To mark or stain. A material to fold or layer, to cut, puncture or impress. Explored by artists as matter, method or metaphor, paper kindles a sense of nostalgia and a sense of being made by hand. Recent works of such […]