Passage I | Photo Credit: Kalpit Gaonkar In Mumbai’s parks, abandoned buildings and intersections where birds are fed, a wayfaring multi-disciplinary artist from Bandra, Sarika Bajaj, hunts for discarded feathers. These are her tools of expressionism as well as a medium for articulating ecological concerns. “I have been working with feathers for nearly 12 years,” […]
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Artworks for Padm at Bikaner House from January 30 | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT India’s first curated platform for contemporary sculptural art, Padm, is hosting its inaugural exhibition. Conceptualised by Sakshi Ruia and curated by Falguni Bhatt, the show brings together a series of ceramic and stone sculptures by 14 contemporary artists showcasing the cultural […]
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Sculpture of Karimeen (pearl spot), an original work of Bronze Age Sculpture Foundry | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mariya Chedathi and her Cow, a small sculpture in mixed media with a glazed ceramic finish, of an elderly woman attired in the traditional chatta and mundu sits on the shelf of Bronze Age, a recently-opened sculpture […]
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Sculptor Himmat Shah at Bikaner House | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When I meet Himmat Shah at Bikaner House in Delhi, I cannot guess from his demeanour — joking, laughing and gently flirting with the guests — that he has just turned 90. We are at Under the Mask, an exhibition that opened at Bikaner […]
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There was a time, in a newly independent India, when Shanti Dave’s name was inescapable in Indian art circles. Dave, among the country’s original Modern abstractionists, was one of the first batches to graduate under the great N.S. Bendre’s tutelage from the M.S. Baroda School of Fine Arts. Almost immediately, he had been invited to […]
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Kate Malone in her London studio | Photo Credit: Dan Fontanelli The year was 1986. British potter Kate Malone, then 24, had flown down to India with her husband to meet their friends — visual artist Ravindra Reddy, and sculptors Trupti Patel and Dhruva Mistry in Ahmedabad, with whom they had forged a deep friendship […]
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Iconart gallery’s initiative attempts to foster better interaction between emerging artists Iconart gallery’s initiative attempts to foster better interaction between emerging artists Hyderabad-based Iconart gallery has made an open call for entries, inviting artists to participate in a 30-day art challenge. Artists specialising in mixed media and watercolour paintings, drawings, sculpture and printmaking can participate; […]
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This year, the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition gave out prizes in all the usual categories: painting, quilting, sculpture. But one entrant, Jason M. Allen of Pueblo West, Colorado, didn’t make his entry with a brush or a lump of clay. He created it with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that turns lines of […]
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Printed on stainless steel and paper, George K’s photographs of Southern temples, Madras Central Jail and Kashmir paint a dreamy landscape of past, present and existentialism Printed on stainless steel and paper, George K’s photographs of Southern temples, Madras Central Jail and Kashmir paint a dreamy landscape of past, present and existentialism George K is […]
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