Visual Art
Recent Highlights
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Treibor Mawlong on Meghalaya's art scene, and how he creates his bold works in wood
Manik Sharma •Through his drawings, Treibor Mawlong merges graphic novels and comics, the innocence of everyday things with the weight of the colour black
Hip-Hop meets Bollywood: Artist Jasmin Sehra's portraits blend two distinct aesthetics
Neerjad •GST: Taxing visual art, while mega money maker actors, sportspersons are exempted, is absurd
Vandana Shukla •This baseless discrimination under GST has put the art market, as such limping due to the impact of demonetisation, down to gasping for sheer survival
Visual artist Jayesh Joshi on his creative process and the future of art in India
Shenjitbasu •Jayesh Joshi, a student of the Srishti School of Art Design and Technology, says that people in India have started to appreciate art in their lives, not just in museums and galleries.
Badass Indian pin-ups: Art that challenges what an Indian woman looks like
Siddhid •The battle against sexism has evolved and it rages on, but we must say, it’s never looked as good as it has in the form of these Indian pin-ups!
Sarnath Banerjee's The Poona Circle hones in on a contentious aspect of school education: Textbooks
Rosalyn Dmello •At 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
How the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, now in its third edition, created an ecosystem for art in India
Shana Ninan •Twelve 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.