A close look at artist Anjali Venkat’s work on glass | Photo Credit: special arrangement Copper florets with a glinting red centre, complement a green, layered carpet of lotus leaves. The stray reds, in a gradient shade, draw one only a few seconds later as more foliage, all made in glass, waits to catch the […]
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A view of the show at Lalit Kala Akademi | Photo Credit: special arrangement Today, the Lalit Kala Akademi gallery is red. Many gradient shades of the colour hang heavy on the 90-odd canvases that fill the space: crimsons and reds that are sometimes sharply broken by a deviant, rogue black or grey. But they […]
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The making of a biennale is all shades of chaos. A week ago, scaffoldings, stacked prints, and the trusty measuring tape were all that characterised the preparation for the ongoing fourth edition of the Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB). But today, an elderly woman with a cascading plait, walks straight into VR mall’s makeshift gallery, once […]
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Zoo Cafe | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At the new Zoo Cafe in Guindy Children’s Park, the biggest question is, will the monkeys steal our vadais? Raj Thiru, CEO of the cafe laughs, “We’ve seen quite a few monkeys make their way here. But our diners are seated inside so their food is safe.” The […]
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It is not often that a white cube, its silence and solemnity broken only by colour and canvas on walls, gets inundated. Last week, the precursor show of the upcoming contemporary art festival Madras Art Weekend that highlighted over 60 artists from South India titled Spotlight on the South opened to a sizeable crowd — […]
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Art and spaces that hold art have for long been synonymous with quietude, hushed whispers, and silent observation. Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai on December 5, however, painted a contrasting picture. The recently-renovated gallery was bursting at the seams with over 60 artists, their 200-plus pieces of work, and enthusiastic patrons and well-wishers, at the […]
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A series of abstract artworks by A Viswam on display | Photo Credit: special arrangement Walking through Lalit Kala Akademi today envelopes one in a journey of the city’s artistic culture. For one sees the dance of Radha/Krishna on a canvas as well as their grandmother’s folktales come to life, all within the same walls. […]
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The calm waters of Pirappanvalasai Beach along the Palk Strait usually scream shades of azure under the unforgiving afternoon sun. On one afternoon in September, this stretch of white sand along the bay, saw a group of spectators snug under a tent, breaking into loud cheers. They were here from villages in and around Rameswaram, […]
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A surfer in action at Kovalam | Photo Credit: special arrangement Kovalam’s Pearl beach basks in a resplendent glow. Not of the rising sun this time, but of large floodlights erected on the shore, that put the ocean and its rippling frothy waves under the spotlight. At India’s first-ever experimental night surfing event, Kovalam’s surfing […]
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Chlorine-free pool at Blues | Photo Credit: Praneeth Reddy While Chennai now has the answer to every novice’s want for physical activity and love for sport, in the form of turfs, courts and outdoor spaces, swimming pools are still hard to come by. Recreational swimmers are almost always in search of accessible pools. Save a […]
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