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The making of a monograph

Jitish Kallat on trysting with painting after a five-year gap, what India’s return to the Venice Bie...

making |

Earth Day: A strong message for Delhi, through Gond art

In town for his latest show, Pardhan Gond artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam focuses on celebrating, wo...

message | Strong | Earth |

Jyoti Bhatt’s black and white frames are slices of rural life

He has donated his collection to the upcoming Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru

Slices | frames | white | Bhatt | rural | Jyoti |

A house for murals in Kerala

Mural artist Saju Thuruthil gives Kerala’s mural art a place of pride with Art and Mind, a resident...

murals | House |

Merging documentary, fiction and mythology

Vasantha Yoganathan uses landscapes, still life and staged scenes in a contemporary reimagining of t...

Documentary | fiction |

Making art accessible

An ongoing show is encouraging its visitors to see, touch, feel and create their own artistic works...

making | accessible |

Calcutta chronicles

Before heading to the 58th Venice Biennale, photographer Soham Gupta shares why he loves to capture...

chronicles | Calcutta |

A mélange of cultures

Showcasing different art forms, “Connections” brought to fore thought provoking musical ideas

Celebrating a rare bond

At a time when Kashmir is the focus of attention, Benoy K Behl’s film “The Monasteries of Rinchen Za...

Celebrating | bond |

Batting for dyeing

With the revival of crafts in Kutch, Prakash Naran Vankar who almost gave it up, went back to it wit...

Dyeing | batting |

Reaching out to the enthusiast

Sree Koodalmanikyam Devaswom, Irinjalakuda, organises a series of workshops to educate participants...

Enthusiast | reaching |

When Instagram gives a platform to young artistes

From music compositions to art work, young artistes are increasingly using Instagram to take their w...

Instagram | Platform | artistes |

Clutter’s last stand

From CDs to toothpaste tubes, Dhiraj Sharma uses all kinds of junk to create art

Clutter | Stand |

Krishna Setty’s new works look at “real and ethereal things that exist at the same time”

For World Art Day, dive into artist Krishna Setty’s latest collection, which challenges viewers to w...

ethereal | Exist | things | Krishna | works |

The world seems a funnier place with Paul Fernandes’s quirky illustrations

His new book is a “happy haphazard tour,” with stops at Mumbai, Goa, Mangaluru and Kerala

illustrations | place | Fernandes | Paul | quirky |

Dealing with rejection: New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast on turning anger into humour

Roz Chast, author-cum-cartoonist, recounts her journey as a cartoonist and tells how she has been co...

Turning | Anger | Roz | Humour | dealing | rejection | Yorker |

Evocative telling

A three day festival on women harikatha performers brought very talented artistes on stage

Telling |

Karishma Naran on her multi-media art

With a recent outing at Saatchi’s The Other Art Fair, Karishma Naran on exploring her cultural ident...

Multi | Media |

The aesthetics of everyday objects

Serendipity is the philosophy that artist Kavita Issar-Batra works and lives by

aesthetics | Everyday | objects |

Pocket-sized art machine: Shibu Arakkal embraces smartphone photography

Arakkal, who came up with ‘iPhonography’, wants to propagate the niche art of smartphone photography...

Embraces | smartphone | Sized | machine | pocket | photography |

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