Shaping scrap

Veteran painter Rameshwar Broota has found a new medium and a new source of creativity: sculptures using shredded paper with resin   It all started back in 2016 at the office-cum-studio of Triveni Kala Sangam.   The enormous stacks of waste paper that his shredding machine was generating caught the eye of veteran artist Rameshwar […]

Creativity in transit

The colourful artworks at the new Aqua line metro stations have added life and transformed the stations into something more than just mere transit points in the city Long queues, lack of connectivity, hassle of scanning paper tokens, confusion over issuance of smart cards – commuters at the newly opened Aqua line metro stations have […]

Transcending boundaries

Eight artists of four South Asian nations got together in Kathmandu to create artworks – personal encounters, myths and fables — that are now being exhibited in Delhi Political conflicts, religious tension, socio-economic disputes — the world is no stranger to these frictions when it comes to the relationship of countries sharing borders in South […]

Pottering around

Putting the glaze on pottery is as much a science as an art, as an exhibition at the India International Centre shows Unpredictable — that’s how artist Nandita Jain Mahajan likes to describe her work, nowon display at her first solo exhibition titled ‘Whimsical Glazes’. Nandita says, “Whimsical, in other words, can be described as […]

Mirroring realities

Defying the patriarchal norms of the society, here’s an interactive comic book series featuring a female superhero, who is a rape survivor and is helping acid attack victims Priya is a modern-day comic book superhero. Yet unlike others, she neither wears a cape nor does she have some mighty superpower to show off. She is […]

Eyes do the talking

An exhibition that aims to capture the violence and atrocities being committed across the world, with a focus on the denial of women’s rights and the agony of children Eyes stare right back at you from all directions as you step into Triveni Gallery. All have one thing in common — the unmissable pain and […]

Rap on our knuckles

From rapping to maintaining WhatsApp diaries, these girls from Madanpur Khadar colony are putting across their day-to-day challenges in digital format “Mere sath kaho ekbar Yeh sheher humara aap ka, Nahi kisi ke baap ka” (This city is for you and me, this city is no one’s property) This is the voice of the street. […]

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TO EXPAND AUDIENCE’S APPRECIATION OF ART — HERE’S AN EXHIBITION OF ART BOOKS Most viewers at art galleries are guilty of taking a hurried look at the works on display, sparing not more than a few seconds at best until something striking catches their attention. In an attempt to change the way people engage with […]