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Shakuntala Kulkarni’s armoured Dior runway

Shakuntala Kulkarni’s armoured Dior runway

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On February 27, at Paris Fashion Week, Dior went back to the 60s. But instead of leaning into its ‘swinging’ tag, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri had her models wend their way around life-size, cage-like cane forms. Crafted by Mumbai-based artist Shakuntala Kulkarni, the commanding pieces placed at the centre of the runway in Tuileries […]

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Mul Mathi and the power of the source

Mul Mathi and the power of the source

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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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