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'Bombay': A visual artist's homage to the city that was, before the lockdown took over
Through a set of 64 Instagram stories, visual artist Linesh Desai has attempted to juxtapose what Mumbai was before the lockdown, with what it looks like right now, when life has seemingly come to a halt
The Filter Koffee Podcast: Prateek Arora on why wine should be considered an art form
In this episode of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Prateek Arora talks about why wine should be considered an art form.
Revisiting artist Waswo X Waswo's prescient 'Like A Leaf in Autumn' series in wake of Black Lives Matter movement
Amid the widespread protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement this year, the themes explored in Waswo X Waswo's October 2019 exhibition of miniature paintings, Like A Leaf in Autumn, feel quite timely.
Rameshwar Broota's unsettling visions of paranoias and vulnerabilities in our moment of reckoning
The tormented men, along with a butchered body, reflect the paranoias and struggles of our times, when the body needs constant attention, care and protection from the deadly coronavirus
With humour and style, ArtActivistBarbie is challenging gender inequality in the art world
ArtActivistBarbie is questioning the art world about its lack of women and other minorities' representation, and challenging its reluctance to consider the female gaze.
Natvar Bhavsar wants to paint for 1,000 years: 'People are always trying to tell a story... I have taken it out of art completely'
Natvar Bhavsar’s paintings do not reflect our immediate realities or matters of the physical world, as we know it. And yet, viewing his paintings, despite the lack of representational forms, is an intense visual experience.
The Lonely City: On art and isolation in Olivia Laing’s nonfiction, and the post-coronavirus world
In The Lonely City, Olivia Laing draws unique parallels between artists, contemporaneously reflecting on her own experiences of feeling alienated in a city filled with too many people — who don’t have the luxury to take a moment to stop and correspond with another human being’s sadness.
Art in the time of coronavirus: Indian artists channel lockdown experiences into insightful, evocative works
Art is serving various functions during the coronavirus lockdown, from expressing individual agency and keeping up the momentum of protest to offering a sense of catharsis and entertainment.
In Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma levels the playing field between artist and muse
The relationship between male artist and female muse has been as deeply unequal as it is romanticised. Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire upends that narrative.
With Mithila art, women in Nepal's Janakpur brought about a socio-cultural renaissance
Women in Nepal's Janakpur have found a new lease of life, full of hope, optimism and self-worth, by taking to the region's ancient traditional art of Mithila painting.
Alexander Gorlizki on his new retrospective and finding inspiration in the 'intimacy' of Indian miniature art
Inspired by Indian miniature painting, Alexander Gorlizki combines the surreal and the mundane in a series of paintings, textiles and sculptural objects.
As technology and social media transform Indian art and design industry, tracing the impact on indie scene and creators
While the essence of art remains the same, technology and social media have been transforming the Indian design industry and independent art scene.
Where does my data body live? Thoughts on the online trail we leave behind
For each of our physical bodies, intimacies and experiences, we have several data bodies, too. Ranging from the websites we visit to the CCTV footage we meander into, these digital bodies are not simply extractive data points, but extensions of our very selves. They paint complex portraits of who we are — or at least, who companies believe us to be.
Indian children need to develop their STEM skills, too dependent on textbooks says ex-NASA engineer
He said, children should not just be engaged in rote-learning, or trying to do things in only the way they have been taught.
Remembering Haku Shah: New retrospective pays homage to Gandhian artist, whose practice was inseparable from his political beliefs
Haku Shah's death at the age of 84, after a long illness on 21 March last year, has stirred renewed interest in his art practice.
Amid anti-CAA, NRC protests, artists in India are creating — and sharing — a portrait of dissent
Protest art and music have been at the forefront of the nationwide agitations against the CAA and NRC. Comics, illustrations and posters created over the past few weeks have helped raise awareness about the flaws in the NRC and CAA, while also refuting the government narrative surrounding these policies.
World AIDS Day: A life-long disease that is transmitted by sex, childbirth or infected needles
There is no cure for HIV/AIDS but a treatment is called ART is highly recommended for anyone suffering from this disease.
In Kalakki mashups, how cinema and art collide to lend new life and meaning to films, their characters
Juxtaposing art and cinema isn’t new — a number of popular internet pages do it, but when Chennai's Charles Britto and Mohammed Salegh started Kalakki in September, little could they have predicted its immediate popularity.
It's time to take down the Mona Lisa for the sake of the Louvre, art and millions of aficionados
It is time for the Louvre to admit defeat. It is time for the Mona Lisa to go
Of Rembrandt, his artistic style, and ambition, amidst budding Indo-Dutch relations of the 17th century
A new exhibition at the CSMVS in Mumbai titled India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt explores the artistic dialogue and cultural influence between the countries during the 17 century.