Surreal yet sombre

An exhibition that captures the scenario of today’s world through narrative sequences and two-dimensional canvases “Bodies falling, fallen, prone, smouldering, pierced by flying arrows, dissolving, are castaways, debris from refurbished histories.” Cast in a grave overtone, artist Ranbir Kaleka is back with a set of multi-surface video projection on display at an exhibition titled ‘Fear […]

Space crunch

Most of the prominent galleries in Delhi are already booked for the entire year, some even for the next few years Taking a stroll, glancing through the artworks at the countless galleries in the city, will perhaps awaken the creative bug in you that has been long supressed and forgotten. With this new-found inspiration, you […]

Hear the river sing its song

Nineteenth century European explorers often set out to find sources of rivers. In India, they were intrigued about the Brahmaputra. Though large swathes of Tibet were mapped, the origin of the river remained an unsolved riddle until an illiterate tailor from Darjeeling who finally solved the mystery. Stories like these, lost in history, are being […]

Tattoos and taboos

Five women photographers travel across the country to explore the many identities of women through their lens From the strikingly brilliant tattoos that mark the bodies of tribal women to the busy, exhausting lives of women in the ladies compartment of a Mumbai local trains, the identity of a woman goes far beyond just gender. […]

Holding up a mirror

Here is a collection of works created by French artists Maite Delteil in late 1960s, undiscovered till now, featuring contemplative women trying to find their place in the society A visit to a house studio in Anthe, France, last year led to the chance discovery of several unseen paintings from the 60’s. All striking paintings […]

Canvassing the crumbling

Tones and textures of his canvasses appear like weathered and dilapidated walls – the walls of the one-room apartment that he rented when he first moved to Delhi. Artist Shahanshah Mittal draws his inspiration right from where he started his journey. Hailing from Gwalior, his interest in art or rather things other than mainstream subjects, […]

All about her

In the run-up to International Women’s Day, you can watch sensitive portrayals of the Female Gaze at the Asian Women’s Film Festival A chain-smoker, Falaknaaz soils her hands dirty toiling out on the fields and doubling as the local electrician whenever the power is out in a small Iranian village. 60-year-old Oum Karim goes to […]

Spotlight on Mizoram

This exhibition showcases the work of 14 veterans and budding contemporary artists with the aim of bringing Mizo art into the contemporary art scene of India Situated in the far northeast corner of the country, Mizoram has its own indigenous repository of art that is yet to be acknowledged in the mainstream contemporary art scene […]