culture

Proma Chakraborty -April 6, 2021

Myriad hues What: Described as a figurative artist and a modernist, Arpita Singh still makes it a point to stay tuned in to traditional Indian art forms and aesthetics, like miniaturist painting and different forms of folk art, employing them regularly in her work. In this latest body of watercolours on paper and oil paintings […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 26, 2021

With Holi right around the corner, Patriot has curated a list of events around the city, to make your celebrations even more colourful    Holi Festival @ Punjabi Bagh Club Delhiites start your countdown because Punjabi Bagh Club is hosting the biggest Holi festival called Rang Bahaar, the festival of colours. The festival will have […]

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Proma Chakraborty -March 2, 2021

Back with a contemporary twist, after being performed over 500 times, in this post lockdown version of the play, Mirza Ghalib deals with issues plaguing 2021 Hugely popular, highly acclaimed and widely travelled in India as well as abroad – Pierrot’s Troupe’s ‘Ghalib In New Delhi’ is back. One of India’s longest-running comedies, it returns […]

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Proma Chakraborty -January 26, 2021

Clay work What: One of the oldest human inventions, pottery has been around since before the Neolithic period, with objects dating as far back as 29,000 BC. Kiran Nadar Museum of Art presents an indigenous workshop series that will introduce the basics of pottery – ‘Terra Joys’. The ancient clay craft of Ramgarh, Rajasthan will […]

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Proma Chakraborty -January 20, 2021

Shades of grey What: Gallery Blueprint 12 is all set to launch their new gallery space with Vipekha Gupta’s first solo show titled ‘Oscillations’. Over the years, Vipeksha has worked on themes inspired by her meditative practices, mostly Vipassana.  Known for her monochrome and grey meditative drawings, Vipeksha’s works are schematic capturing the process of […]

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Proma Chakraborty -January 5, 2021

Engaging initiative What: PRAF Participatory an initiative by Prameya Art Foundation is back with its third edition. The initiative invites international artists to develop a project with the participation of emerging artists and scholars in India exploring the possibilities of meaningful, intimate, and informal exchanges. As part of its intent to supplement conventional pedagogy, this initiative […]

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Patriot Bureau -November 23, 2020

Culturally challenged What: To commemorate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December annually, an online exhibition of photographs by Vijay S. Jodha shot in India and abroad featuring portraits of some of the world’s finest and most inspiring performing artists who happen to be physically challenged is being hosted. Titled ‘Born to […]

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Proma Chakraborty -October 27, 2020

Bringing together the works of two diverse artists, Chitra Ganesh and Manjunath Kamath, Gallery Espace is hosting a unique online exhibition on Art In Touch  Two artists with very different visual vocabularies are comparable in the way both use pastiche and fantasy to interrogate reality and open new ways of considering the world Gallery Espace […]

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