Events of the week

Capturing Gandhi What: A rare and intimate archive of photographs of one of history’s most public figures – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi — captured by Kanu Gandhi, can be viewed online. Born in 1917, Kanu, the Mahatma’s grandnephew, spent his formative years at Sabarmati Ashram. In the mid-1930s, he joined the Mahatma’s personal staff in Sevagram […]

Where things have a life

Turning the lockdown into an opportunity, Tanmoy Samanta gave new life to everyday objects through his art Chair, comb, telephone, sewing machine – the most mundane domestic things lying around in the house, aren’t just so ordinary for artist Tanmoy Samanta. During the pandemic, staying at home, these regular objects are not restricted to being […]

Window to a community: artist Rabab Zaidi’s gallery in Jamia Nagar

For anyone living in the Capital, the first thought that comes to their mind when they hear the word ‘magenta’ would be the Metro lines. Taking a cue from this and paying a tribute to the same, Centre for Art and Free Expression (CAFE) in Jamia Nagar named their gallery space Gallery Magenta.

Tightrope walker

Russian artist Ekaterina Abramova’s art, inspired by her stay in India, will be on display at an exhibition titled ‘Windows’ in Varanasi. she depicts themes like mythology, occult, tantra and yoga in a bold manner Russian artist Ekaterina Abramova, who paints women in the nude, is in love with India. Her journey as an artist […]

Sculpting realities

The sculptures on display at the exhibition, Earth Diaries, highlight the degrading environmental state of the earth The first look at Vipul Kumar’s sculptures takes you to an apocalyptic scene — a place pointing to an impending destruction, which is a result of human actions. These sculptures are on display at an exhibition in Threshold […]

Poetry on canvas

Sudip Chatterjee interprets the meaning of life, reality and the creation of universe through his paintings Birth. Sex. Death. Artist Sudip Chatterjee explores the journey of life through these three chronological stages with paintings. His works are on display at an exhibition in Triveni Kala Sangam. Titled Realization and Beyond, it reflects the artist’s own […]

RHYTHM DIVINE

Delhi is not just dancing to Indian tunes anymore, it’s dancing to them all. Contemporary dance studios in every neighbourhood are helping them have the time of their lives That’s what I love about dance. It makes you happy, truly happy. — Debbie Reynolds DANCERS IN Delhi have been branching out from Indian classical forms […]

Re-imagining the past

Bakula Nayak transforms forgotten remnants of past into art and gives them a new life in her exhibition ‘Intimate Strangers’ Bakula Nayak describes herself as a raconteur. Old bills, journals, an old alarm clock, a half-filled bottle of ink with torn label, she collects it all and breathes new life into them. These vintage objects […]