Recent Highlights
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In an artistic intervention, a call to preserve and protect Mumbai's mangroves
Fp Staff • 4 years agoMake Art for Mumbai’s Mangroves is a part of a series of dynamic and creative programmes conceptualised by the Ministry of Mumbai’s Magic to create a conversation around Mumbai’s rich wetlands and drive citizen action in favour of Mumbai’s rich biodiversity.
What's the connection between LSD and bicycles? 12 artists take viewers on a psychedelic two-wheeler trip
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThis Bicycle Day, 12 Indian artists take inspiration from the culture built around the controversial substance and celebrate it with their art. The works will be printed on perforated blotting paper, as a homage to the medium through which the substance is consumed. The exhibition started on 16 April and will continue till 30 April in Method, Bandra (Mumbai).
The Nail House: Themes of loss, belongingness attached to crumbling city habitats explored in a photo exhibition
Fp Staff • 4 years agoA nail house is a term that refers to homes where residents refuse to vacate and abandon their premises despite the pressure from builder sharks, thugs and corrupt officials. The guise of re-development, and the lure of a new square foot area, couples with coercion and intimidation. A loner, a family might dig their heels into their stand-alone and crumbling habitats. Eventually, time swallows the grit and determination to hold on.
The Corona Quilt Project turns 12,000 accounts of the pandemic into art installations across Mumbai
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe Corona Quilt Project presents a diversity of experiences, celebrating the strength and the resilience of people.
In Chennai, India's largest panoramic mural created in solidarity with AIDS survivors
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe panoramic mural, titled ‘We Are’, spreads the message of shared humanity, of how people suffering or having recovered from AIDS deserve equal rights and a place in society.