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 […]

Beyond nawabs and kebabs

A festival of Lucknow’s rich syncretic culture is coming to the India International Centre Beyond Lucknow’s famed ‘Ganga-Jamuni’ Tehzeeb – the culture of duality of the Hindu and Muslim traditions — various ethnic groups and communities from different regions add layers to the kaleidoscopic cultural landscape of the city. Revealing a certain history and celebrating […]

A rare translucence

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 […]

All about reality

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 […]

Tales of separation

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 […]

Decoding millennial mindset

Millennials need to realise that it’s all their fault. All of it

A soldier’s solitude

‘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 […]

Ancient touch of art

Satrangi – the annual exhibition at Ojas art gallery – explores and follows the legacy of traditional Warli tribal art Soil, cow dung and rice paste – all constituents of Warli tribal murals back in 2500 BC, has now come a long way. Illuminating parallels between the traditional Warli works – with a contemporary take […]