Recent Highlights
All Stories for Public Art
From Lahore Fort to Lawrence Gardens
Haider Shahbaz • 7 years agoAbeera Saleem and Abrar Ahmed’s recent artworks make one reflect on how colonial and patriarchal binaries continue to inform our ideas and policies, interminably repeating their violence
Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan's first female graffiti artist, wants people to make art, not war
Rohininair • 8 years agoShamsia Hassani — considered Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artist — hopes to trigger conversations on subjects other than war in her home country
Sarnath Banerjee's The Poona Circle hones in on a contentious aspect of school education: Textbooks
Rosalyn Dmello • 8 years agoAt the ongoing Pune Biennale, Sarnath Banerjee's work The Poona Circle encourages young minds not to believe everything that is printed in ink, and to question textual authority
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 diary: Demonetisation, Sudarshan Shetty's vision and FOMO
Rosalyn Dmello • 8 years agoArt writer Rosalyn D'Mello was at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 during its opening week. She highlights what makes this third edition — curated by Sudarshan Shetty — unique.
How the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, now in its third edition, created an ecosystem for art in India
Shana Ninan • 8 years agoTwelve venues. 108 days. 97 artists. 31 countries. And more than half a million visitors expected. That’s the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 for you. The art extravaganza has gotten bigger, more ambitious in it third edition.
#TransformingLives: Watch how this school in Dharavi got a colourful makeover
Fp Staff • 8 years agoWatch the story of how the one-in-shambles C Survey School in Dharavi got a bright makeover from an artist in Goa, in this Slice of Life documentary
A confusing canvas: What does the public really think about 'public art'?
Julip • 9 years agoThe trick, with public art, is to try and find the balance by creating murals that are neither over-conceptionalised, nor degrade standards.