A showcase of rare and old Pichwai paintings along with heirloom Basra pearl necklaces at multi-brand luxury retailer Evoluzione on Khader Nawaz Khan Road in Chennai | Photo Credit: AKHILA EASWARAN The first floor of multi-brand luxury retailer Evoluzione on Khader Nawaz Khan Road is abuzz with activity. The space, usually filled with designer outfits […]
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World Kindness Day painting installation | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kindness is a virtue. It is what makes us human, we are told. World Kindness Day (November 13) serves as a gentle reminder of this. . Chennai-based Kindness Foundation celebrates it each year with a different community project that brings people in the city togetherto […]
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Art by Sitikanta Samantsinghar On a wall at Apparao Galleries, there are four abstract paintings by John Tun Sein that are colourful and chaotic. Not too far away, one can spot Chantal Jumel’s Pinpricks Tamil Geometry with intricate kolam patterns on white paper. Parth Kothekar’s intricate papercut art meanwhile, makes you stop in your tracks […]
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Autumn Serenade by Vidya Sundar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is a sprawling field of yellow against a strip of pale blue sky with towering mountains in the background — all on canvas in a painting titled Spring in Jeju by Son Ilsam at the Lalit Kala Akademi. Not too far away, a flock […]
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Chintz prints from Rijksmuseum | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The walls of DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery are vibrant with different iterations of kalamkari, from fabric to graphic design. What emerged as a form of dyeing fabrics in Masulipatnam has been rebirthed by four artists whose work has come together to create the exhibition, Travelling Patterns. Walking […]
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The artist poses with his works | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Environmental decay and degradation find expression in the Fragments of Earth and Life art exhibition at DakshinaChitra displaying Murali Sivaramakrishnan’s body of work. Each artwork is a subtle expression of the space that exists between earth and life. Murali emphasises that the degradation of […]
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Women work without shielding their eyes against the blazing whites of Thoothukudi’s salt pans The two-month long Bhin Bhini: Changing Climate, Uncertain Livelihoods exhibit at DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery looks beyond the frames of its pictures and art installations. Bhin Bhini meaning numerous is a name given to aggressive hybrid pests that ravage crops. The visual […]
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Artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is something fiery about artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy’s pencil sketches at DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery. Rivers of gazes, deconstructed bodies, faceless gods, portraits devoid of the oculus — in essence, spill over from the frame, lending the gallery fires of the artist’s subversion and dissent. A sketch by […]
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Artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is something fiery about artist Chandrasekaran Gurusamy’s pencil sketches at DakshinaChitra’s Varija Gallery. Rivers of gazes, deconstructed bodies, faceless gods, portraits devoid of the oculus — in essence, spill over from the frame, lending the gallery fires of the artist’s subversion and dissent. A sketch by […]
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For me, 2022 began in New Delhi. I was struggling to produce enough artwork for a solo show. It was scheduled to open on February 14 at Chennai’s Artworld, run by Sarala Banerjee, the world’s kindest and most affectionate gallery owner. But I live in the U.S. and had only just returned to India in […]
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