Kids’ film fest  What: With a host of national and international films, The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in collaboration with Children’s Film Academy has launched an online film festival for young adults and children. Called ‘Children’s Talkies’ the festival features absorbing cinema to entertain and educate children as well as promote family bonding and universal empathy […]

Making manifestos What: Manifestos have often served as a means by which individuals and groups state intentions. Could manifestos play a role in how we envision the future and move forward at this moment? Titled ‘The Artists’ Way’ it’s a series of experimental workshops hosted virtually by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and led bypractising artists […]

Ode to nature  What: With humans locked in their homes over the past few months, what ran free were nature’s brushstrokes — deepening the sky’s blue, the trees’ green and all colours in between. Capturing nature’s refreshed aura on the canvas, ten on-view abstract artistic impressions by Delhi-based artist Savya Jain derive inspiration from idyllic and […]

Jogen is in town What: Tracing the artist’s career from the 1960s when he was a student in Paris, until 2005, Vadehra Art Gallery presents a travelling exhibition of forty select works by Jogen Chowdhury from the collection of the Glenbarra Art Museum, Himeji, Japan. This collection comes to New Delhi after being exhibited in Kolkata and more […]

Canvassing flora  What: Two centuries ago, the British botanists began a visual study of Indian flora. Indian artists were commissioned to make botanical paintings which were sent back to Britain where it survives in collections at some of the Royal botanical gardens. Over the centuries, Indian flora has been cross-pollinated through trade from regions across the world. These […]

Relic of a lost era What: Samira Rathod Design Atelier is a design practice since 2000 that delves in the space in-between art and architecture. In an exhibition titled ‘In Presence of Absence’ they take a look at the quiet town of Bhadran, a timeworn and weary hamlet on the outskirts of Baroda. They use […]

Sculpting stories What: Shot in the atelier of a sculptor renowned for large statues of politicians and national heroes, Death at a 30 Degree Angle is a work about the commissioning of a monumental statue by a small-time politician. Located in present-day India, the film is presented as part of Filament, an online film program by […]

Untold stories What: Supporting younger artists in these grievous times of a global pandemic, Vadehra art Gallery presents an online exhibition of new works by Shrimanti Saha titled ‘Fire in the Greenhouse and Other Stories’. A combination of expressive dreams, literary narratives and visceral characters blend to create dystopian landscapes in Saha’s paintings, which tread […]