Looking back What: Remembering and taking note of what their forefathers have left them with and to heed to that calling of not merely documenting but expressing their sense of belonging to Meghalaya – artists Careen J. Langsteih and Conrad Syiem have put together a joint exhibition titled ‘Kynmaw: to remember, memories, to take note, […]

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A group of contemporary enamel art makers bring forth an exhibition which blurs the boundaries between art and tradition A show stopper down the centuries due its brilliant looks and glossy surfaces, the art of enamelling on surfaces has remained unique. Reliving this erstwhile tradition in an entirely new avatar of collector’s art via the […]

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Andreas Van De Laar, a Dutch filmmaker, talks about his five-part documentary series on India’s development and governance BACK IN 2016, when Dutch filmmaker, Andreas van de Laar was on his first backpacking trip in India, he had no idea he would end up leaving Amsterdam and come back to shoot a documentary here. Armed […]

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Metallic moulds What: Bringing together 23 of the best known and most original voices from India and the subcontinent, Palette Art Gallery has put up a group exhibition titled ‘Burnish /Tarnish’. With metal as the focus of the show, the featured artists explore metal as the material and subject, using a variety of mediums including […]

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Open Frame Film Festival’s 19th edition is all set to tell compelling stories and represent diverse voices through a host of documentaries and films Sexual identities of the differently abled, concept of virginity, being asexual in India – exploring many such compelling topics, the Open Frame Film Festival is back with its 19th edition. Dedicated […]

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A busy Metro station in the city, Mandi House, presents stories of Partition through an exhibition, put together by the 1947 Partition Archive “When Partition was announced, my father drove back in his 1926 Austin to take us and our household items to Jhang, which had now become a part of Pakistan.  The one incident […]

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Self at the centre What: Inspired by Gandhi’s seminal anti-imperialist text Hind Swaraj written in 1909, here’s an exhibition that examines elements of Gandhi’s critique of modern civilisation, noting his emphasis on an evolved ethical and spiritual self for creating an alternative perspective of a better world. Titled ‘Bound by Duty: An Idea of Swaraj […]

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‘If army is war, art is love’, says Col Jaspreet Gujral, whose lonely vigil at Siachen re-awakened the artist in him Posted at Siachen glacier back in the 1990s, Col. Jaspreet Gujral, had time to himself in absolute solitude when he decided to take a go at his childhood interest – art. “Armed with an […]

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