India Art Fair 2025 | Who is the Indian art collector?

India Art Fair 2025 | Who is the Indian art collector?

Within six hours of day one at the India Art Fair, curator Alaiia Gujral has sold 10 pieces of the collectible design showcase ‘Shifting Horizons’. In the dimly-lit, sparsely-decorated booth, she has brought together pieces by 17 emerging designers, including a fibre-board, teakwood and brass swing, natural dyed rattan and white ashwood stools, and a […]

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M.F. Husain and the question of censorship

M.F. Husain and the question of censorship

As a teenager, each time I crossed the boundaries of good behaviour, my father would remind me of the saying, ‘With freedom, comes responsibility.’ Liberty has an inseparable second half — that of being held accountable for actions. And the balance between these two seemingly opposite ideas inevitably comes with tension. This applies to how […]

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Mumbai’s 2025 art face-off | Art Mumbai and IAF Contemporary set to compete next November

Mumbai’s 2025 art face-off | Art Mumbai and IAF Contemporary set to compete next November

No riding boots were to be found at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Race Course in the middle of November. On a Saturday afternoon, braving traffic, an unseasonal temperature spike and the risk of whiplash, well-heeled visitors to Art Mumbai walked into a veritable garden of curiosities at the race track. The question was, which to stop at […]

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‘The Orientalists’ Benares’ exhibition opens at Mumbai Gallery Weekend

‘The Orientalists’ Benares’ exhibition opens at Mumbai Gallery Weekend

With pomp and spiritual fervour pulsing in its narrow alleys and grand temples, the ancient city of Benares has always drawn the curious and the creative. While the Gangetic city’s backdrop of sacred rituals and timeless traditions continues to captivate even today, Ashish Anand, CEO and managing director at DAG, points out how for centuries […]

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Henry Singleton’s painting of Tipu Sultan now in India

Henry Singleton’s painting of Tipu Sultan now in India

Giles Tillotson, curator of Tipu Sultan: Image & Distance, an exhibition in New Delhi on the visual history of the Anglo-Mysore Wars, explores the public narrative surrounding these events over two centuries Giles Tillotson, curator of Tipu Sultan: Image & Distance, an exhibition in New Delhi on the visual history of the Anglo-Mysore Wars, explores […]

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