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The heady business of art parties

Cleopatra chats with Yayoi Kusama, who stands beside Raja Ravi Varma’s muse at Delhi’s Taj Mansingh—the opening scene of season 3 of the Netflix show Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives is somewhat surreal until you realise it’s set at last year’s MASH Ball for which guests had been asked to dress like they had “stepped out of a painting". Parties …

Art India Delhi Mumbai World Contemporary Art Indian

1 month ago

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Renowned artist Nikhil Chopra and his team HH Art Spaces will be the curators of the upcoming Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced here on Wednesday. 50-year-old Chopra is an artist whose work blends performance, drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture and installation. "We are thrilled to announce Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces as the curators for …

Chopra Artist Nikhil Chopra Biennale Kmb

3 months, 1 week ago

Where to get your onasadya in Kochi

The Hindu

Port Muziris Nedumbasserry Onam at Port Muziris, a tribute portfolio hotel by Marriott at Kochi Airport, will serve two iterations of the Onasadya - vegetarian and non-vegetarian. For more details contact 90726 11892 Monsoon Empress NH Byepass Savour the traditional flavours of the Onasadya, with dishes such as sambar, avial, thoran, kalan, and olan along with a range of payasams …

Onam Kochi Payasam Palada Payasams Sadya

6 months, 1 week ago

Extensive study of Periyar delta needed to find answers to questions on Muziris, says Dr. Selvakumar

The Hindu

There is a need to conduct extensive studies in the Periyar delta to have a clearer understanding of the erstwhile port of Muziris and Pattanam, the archaeological site near North Paravur where excavations conducted by the Kerala Council for Historical Research a decade ago threw up artefacts pointing to the existence of a production and trade centre between the first …

Selvakumar Pattanam Periyar Delta Muziris

10 months ago

T.N. Budget 2024 | Open air museum to be set up at Keeladi at a cost of ₹17 crore

The Hindu

Finance Minister.Thangam Thennerasu, on Monday, February 19, 2024, said an open-air museum would be constructed at the Keeladi excavation site, at a cost of ₹17 crore, to showcase the brick structures, ring wells, and factory zones that have been found during the Keeladi excavations. The Minister said that in 1924, the former Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India, Sir …

Tamil Nadu District Keeladi Open Air Excavations

1 year, 2 months ago

Installation at Kochi Biennale finds new iteration in solo show in London

The Hindu

The Hayward Gallery, the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation, and the Kochi Biennale Foundation have announced artist Amol K. Patil as the first recipient of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation-Kochi-Muziris Biennale Award, a multi-year exhibition and lecture programme spotlighting emerging South Asian artists. He is presenting his first institutional solo exhibition in the U.K. at the Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space from October …

Patil Biennale Durjoy Bangladesh Kochi Biennale

1 year, 3 months ago

Kyungwoo Chun’s experimental works on display at Goa’s Sunaparanta lie at the intersection of photography and performance art

The Hindu

Published : Sep 12, 2023 08:37 IST - 4 MINS READ “Did you have a happy childhood?”/ “Have you ever cheated on your spouse?” / “Are you honest with yourself?” / “Do you have children?” These probing questions are posed, not by a nosy neighbour or at the psychiatrist’s couch, but rather, by an artwork at South Korean artist Kyungwoo …

Children Performance Chun Choir Performance Art Kyungwoo Chun Songs Without Lyrics

1 year, 5 months ago

Kerala’s Muziris Heritage Project back in the limelight

The Hindu

Say Muziris and the faces of members of the local community and those involved in tourism and heritage activities across the sprawling cultural landscapes of Kerala’s North Paravur-Kodungalloor-Mathilakam area on the Ernakulam-Thrissur border across 150 sq km light up with pride. The MHP authorities have arranged half-a-dozen spice and heritage tour packages on board the boats which cover Paravur Synagogue, …

India Kerala Handloom Cultural Museums Project State

1 year, 5 months ago

Construction of new sea pier in Alappuzha likely to begin soon

The Hindu

The construction of a new sea pier, part of the Alappuzha Heritage Project, is expected to begin soon. Last week, District Collector Haritha V. Kumar visited Alappuzha beach and held discussions with officials regarding the construction of the pier and other projects under the heritage project. The heritage project As per the original plan, the more than ₹200-crore Alappuzha Heritage …

Heritage Project Pier Alappuzha

1 year, 6 months ago

The medieval destination city

New Indian Express

The writings of Ibn Battuta, the celebrated Moroccan traveller, tell us how Muziris stopped being a port of call on the west coast. His itinerary mentions most of the ports on the west coast, like Mangalore, Valapattanam, Pantalayini and Kollam, but ignores Muziris and Kochi, clearly hinting at the destruction of Muziris. Comparing Battuta’s travelogue with present-day geographical locations, we …

Port Kozhikode Muziris Battuta

1 year, 6 months ago

India Today Conclave South 2023: Everyone is not an artist but can become one, says Bose Krishnamachari

India Today

Eminent painter and curator Bose Krishnamachari took over the stage today at the India Today Conclave South 2023 in Kovalam, Kerala. During a session titled ‘How Kochi-Muziris Biennale democratize art?’, Krishnamachari spoke about how Kochi-Muziris Biennale helped change the perception of abstract art in India. When asked if he believes that everyone can be an artist, Krishnamachari mentioned a quote …

Art India Kerala Kochi Biennale Krishnamachari Bose Krishnamachari

1 year, 8 months ago

The fifth edition of Kochi Muzirs Biennale comes to a close with around bounty for local businesses and people

The Hindu

Curtains come down on the fifth edition of the Kochi Muziris Biennale on April 10. Domestic travellers “Tourism did not pick up in Fort Kochi till the certainty of the Biennale was established,” says tour guide Ajita Scaria, discussing how business was especially difficult through lockdown. “Thali meals have been a hit,” says Shaji of Kadai Veg Tables adding that …

Kerala Drink North Kochi Fort Kochi Fort North Indian

1 year, 9 months ago

COUNTER CULTURE | Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A throbbing rigidity

The Hindu

Published : Mar 09, 2023 10:40 IST When you make landfall in Kochi and are ejected off your antiseptic plane, the first thing you will notice, after the sudden burst of licked heat, is a giant, densely plotted mural of Mahabali. Because the biennale was interested, by and large, in a rigidity, a beautiful, sometimes striking and throbbing rigidity, but …

Art Feel Kochi Cia Mean King Vamana

1 year, 10 months ago

The Shadow Cricus: Exhibition at the Kochi Muziris Biennale is about an armed struggle for Tibetan autonomy

The Hindu

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:25 IST In 1998, India-based Tibetan filmmaker Tenzing Sonam and his partner Ritu Sarin directed a BBC documentary called The Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet, which opened a secret chapter in the history of Tibet’s resistance to Chinese occupation: about a bloody guerrilla war that continued from 1956 to the late 1960s, funded, trained, …

India China Exhibition Circus Tibetan Resistance Chinese

1 year, 11 months ago

Muzaffar Ali to showcase his lesser-known artistic works at upcoming exhibition

Hindustan Times

Celebrated filmmaker Muzaffar Ali will showcase his lesser-known artistic side outside of cinema at an upcoming exhibition, featuring the director's paintings, collages, sketches and designed objects. Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali will showcase his lesser-known artistic side outside of cinema at an upcoming exhibition The 'Muzaffar Ali' exhibition at Bikaner House here from January 11 will shed light on a variety of …

Ali Muzaffar Ali Upcoming Exhibition

1 year, 11 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: finding a new centre

Live Mint

In retrospect, In The Making, the title of this year’s Students’ Biennale, seemed a much more befitting title for the 2022 Kochi-Muziris Biennale than In Our Veins Flow Ink And Fire. The show includes Zarina’s map drawings, Atlas Of My World, Mona Hatoum’s neon globe, Hot Spot, trunks donated to the Partition Museum by a refugee, Kader Attia’s thought-provoking film, …

Art Kerala Kochi Artist Biennale

2 years ago

Late start to Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022 exposes organisational fault lines

The Hindu

Published : Dec 22, 2022 14:43 IST In what caused considerable consternation in art circles, the Kochi Muziris Biennale, one of India’s biggest and most prestigious art events, had a delayed start to its 2022 edition, which was postponed by 11 days. “Due to a variety of organisational challenges, compounded by external factors, the main Kochi-Muziris Biennale venues, including Aspinwall …

Art India Kerala Work Artists House Kochi

2 years ago

'Idam', an exhibition for Malayali artists begins at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Hindustan Times

'Idam', an exhibition of contemporary works of art exclusively for Malayali artists began at Ernakulam Durbar Art Gallery on Wednesday as part of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. 'Idam', an exhibition of contemporary works of art exclusively for Malayali artists began at Ernakulam Durbar Art Gallery on Wednesday) The exhibition gives space for installations that use modern possibilities, including multimedia, sculptures of …

Art Exhibition Artists Malayali Biennale Idam Malayali Artists

2 years ago

Boat service to link Fort Kochi and Muziris heritage areas on the anvil

The Hindu

A direct boat service is on the anvil from Fort Kochi, where the fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale got under way on Monday, to heritage sites in Muziris, a famed port which is said to have been located in the North Paravur-Kodungalloor-Mathilakam area on the Ernakulam-Thrissur border. A regular boat service in the corridor linking locales that have world-famous …

Heritage Fort Kochi Muziris Mhp Boat Service

2 years ago

After a four-year hiatus, Kochi-Muziris Biennale opens on December 12

The Hindu

The fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, called off in 2020 owing to the pandemic, will get under way on Monday. Titled ‘In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire’, the art potpourri featuring about 200 major art projects done by 90 artists from different countries will be on show across 14 venues in Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and Ernakulam, till April …

Art Kochi Warehouse Muziris Biennale House Kashi

2 years ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-2023 | Will Kochi tell a different story?

The Hindu

Away from the cacophonous chorus of heavily corporatised art festivals, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale hopes to return after three pandemic-ridden years to its foundational purpose: to give back to people their real stories, their strengths, their songs. A biennale isn’t just a collection of artworks, it can be sharing of ethos, of ways to make and survive, even flourish, and of …

Art World Work Power Kochi Rao Tell

2 years ago

Let’s talk song and satire | The mood is lighter at the 2022-2023 Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The Hindu

One would expect hope to be the cornerstone of a biennale that’s opening after three demanding years of the pandemic. And the pandemic has just added another layer of meaning to this,” shares Mario D’Souza, Director of Programmes, Kochi Biennale Foundation. The idea builds on a Konkani saying that Naik has translated: ‘In order to save a story, you must …

Art Naik Biennale

2 years ago

Beyond the installations | Things to do in Fort Kochi while attending the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23

The Hindu

The Biennale will be all encompassing in the coming few months. Untaboo — The Shadow Artists Via Kochi, a local magazine, is encouraging an ‘alternative’ discussion — bringing people together to share the stories we hold back. Goya x Thomas Girard “Thomas, a French mixologist who has worked at some of the world’s 50 best bars — from London to …

Art India Heritage Kerala French Kochi Fort Kochi

2 years ago

Why Fort Kochi and Mattancherry became the venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The Hindu

The Chinese fishing nets, centuries-old spice warehouses, ancient centres of worship and colonial bungalows lining the cobbled streets of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, all speak of a bygone era. As a space for art Co-founder of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Bose Krishnamachari says Kochi was the obvious choice of venue when the idea for India’s first biennale was mooted more than a …

Trade Kochi Fort Kochi Fort Colonial Muziris Biennale

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The heady business of art parties

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025

Where to get your onasadya in Kochi

Extensive study of Periyar delta needed to find answers to questions on Muziris, says Dr. Selvakumar

T.N. Budget 2024 | Open air museum to be set up at Keeladi at a cost of ₹17 crore

Installation at Kochi Biennale finds new iteration in solo show in London

Kyungwoo Chun’s experimental works on display at Goa’s Sunaparanta lie at the intersection of photography and performance art

Kerala’s Muziris Heritage Project back in the limelight

Construction of new sea pier in Alappuzha likely to begin soon

The medieval destination city

India Today Conclave South 2023: Everyone is not an artist but can become one, says Bose Krishnamachari

The fifth edition of Kochi Muzirs Biennale comes to a close with around bounty for local businesses and people

COUNTER CULTURE | Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A throbbing rigidity

The Shadow Cricus: Exhibition at the Kochi Muziris Biennale is about an armed struggle for Tibetan autonomy

Muzaffar Ali to showcase his lesser-known artistic works at upcoming exhibition

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: finding a new centre

Late start to Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022 exposes organisational fault lines

'Idam', an exhibition for Malayali artists begins at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Boat service to link Fort Kochi and Muziris heritage areas on the anvil

After a four-year hiatus, Kochi-Muziris Biennale opens on December 12

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-2023 | Will Kochi tell a different story?

Let’s talk song and satire | The mood is lighter at the 2022-2023 Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Beyond the installations | Things to do in Fort Kochi while attending the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-23

Why Fort Kochi and Mattancherry became the venue of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale