Mul Mathi and the power of the source

Mul Mathi and the power of the source

There is a fine spot in Mumbai’s industrial Snowball Studios — the site of the Mul Mathi exhibition — to quietly absorb the scale and ambition of a collaborative exercise that intersects art, craft and textiles. From there you see Manu Parekh’s original  Evening Chanting glowing in the distance, while closer to your right looms the […]

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Dior makes a strong statement at the Gateway of India

Dior makes a strong statement at the Gateway of India

Among the country’s fashion cognoscenti, the pressure began building mid-March when the announcement was made: that the French luxury house Dior would be presenting its latest Fall 2023 collection at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai. Of the 99 models, most were South Asian, a first for a calendar collection, and making for a […]

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Mumbai is taking the museum outdoors — with public art festivals

Mumbai is taking the museum outdoors — with public art festivals

Last December, St+Art India Foundation returned to Sassoon Docks after a five-year hiatus. Since then, the ongoing Mumbai Urban Art Festival (MUAF) has seen large murals wrap around the facades of old warehouses, abandoned shrimp factories turn into industrial art galleries, and the streets overflow with visitors braving the fishy smell, with kids and the […]

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