A series of exhibitions celebrates CIMA’s 30 years in art
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A series of exhibitions celebrates CIMA’s 30 years in art

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Back in the 1950s, V.S. “I saw that same painting in Bal Chhabda’s home many years ago,” says Rakhi Sarkar, director, Centre of International Modern Art, Kolkata. “We not only exhibit works of modern and contemporary artists but also host seminars and symposiums on various topics around Indian art. Then there’s the Art Mela, CIMA’s annual event that promotes affordable art and thereby promotes a new breed of art collectors,” elaborates Sarkar. To create an interdisciplinary experience, the exhibition at the Visual Arts Gallery will include a musical excerpt from Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed film, Goopie Gyne Bagha Byne.

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2024: Milestones in the art world
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1 week, 4 days ago

2024: Milestones in the art world

Live Mint  

It would be hard to look at 2024 in isolation. TRANSFORMATIVE YEAR FOR ART SPACES 2024 was the year of milestones for art spaces—new ones opened up for niche themes while existing ones celebrated landmark years. View Full Image Soghra Khurasani and Saju Kunhan, ‘Untitled’, courtesy: the artists and TARQ Delhi-based GallerySKE and PHOTOINK ended the year with an announcement …

Indian art market is one of the most exciting we've seen in recent years: Christie’s CEO Cerutti
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Indian art market is one of the most exciting we've seen in recent years: Christie’s CEO Cerutti

Live Mint  

‘The Lovers’, a Francis Newton Souza artwork that made headlines at an auction of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art by Christie’s in New York in March, is one of the 10 most expensive paintings sold by the iconic British auction house this year. Guillaume Cerutti, chief executive officer of Christie’s, said the Indian art market is evolving rapidly, and …

From the fringes to the frame: Why you haven’t heard of the Modernist Prafulla Dahanukar
1 month ago

From the fringes to the frame: Why you haven’t heard of the Modernist Prafulla Dahanukar

Hindustan Times  

Gauri and Gopika, Prafulla Dahanukar’s daughters, vividly remember a retrospective of her work, held at the Jehangir Art Gallery, in 2014. But “if we look at how the narrative of Indian modern art is written, it seems as though only men were artists,” says Savita Apte, an art historian, former consultant with the auction house Sotheby’s, and founder-director of the …

Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Four Modern Indian Masters
2 months, 1 week ago

Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Four Modern Indian Masters

Deccan Chronicle  

An extraordinary retrospective exhibition titled 'The Four: Celebrating the Birth Centenary of Four Modern Indian Masters' has opened at Triveni Kala Sangam in New Delhi. The exhibition features iconic works by Francis Newton Souza, KG Subramanyan, Ram Kumar, and V.S. Gaitonde, who collectively articulated a narrative of modernity deeply rooted in Indian culture and society. It is a celebration of …

Group art exhibition in Lucknow: A riot of colours at Rang-Drishti
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Group art exhibition in Lucknow: A riot of colours at Rang-Drishti

Hindustan Times  

The ongoing art exhibition Rang-Drishti, in which 36 artists from different parts of the country are participating, is witnessing a good turnout of art lovers. Visitors and artists at the Raj-Drishti art exhibition underway at Lalit Kala Academy The artists are from Lucknow, Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Jhansi, Chennai, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and many other cities. Held at Lalit Kala …

4 events to colour up your calendar
9 months, 2 weeks ago

4 events to colour up your calendar

Live Mint  

Unique Storytelling Threshold Art Gallery is presenting a show, which is likely to appeal to both kids and adults. Titled, Immortal Tales, Fantastical Fables, this solo exhibition by Debjani Bhardwaj draws inspiration from the vibrant world of Panchatantra and Arabian folk tales. In her miniature tunnel books, the artist creates fantastical worlds, which are imbued with both the nostalgia of …

India Art Fair: Exploration of Indian art from the 18th to the 21st centuries
11 months ago

India Art Fair: Exploration of Indian art from the 18th to the 21st centuries

Firstpost  

DAG brings together modernists such as M. F. Husain, F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza and Krishen Khanna alongside Western artists who travelled to India, such as Thomas Daniell and Marius Bauer, to explore the evolution of Indian art through the 18th to 21st centuries in its exhibition, India Past & Present for the 15th edition of India Art Fair. …

Hyderabad at the India Art Fair 2024: Kalakriti, Shrishti and Dhi galleries showcase artworks in which the contemporary meets traditional imagery
11 months, 1 week ago

Hyderabad at the India Art Fair 2024: Kalakriti, Shrishti and Dhi galleries showcase artworks in which the contemporary meets traditional imagery

The Hindu  

Three galleries from Hyderabad — Kalakriti, Shrishti and Dhi Contemporary — will be making their presence felt at the 15th edition of the India Art Fair 2024, to be held in New Delhi from February 1 to 4 at NSIC Exhibition Grounds. Here’s an overview of what the Hyderabad galleries have in store for the event: Windows to the Gods …

Unique modern art voices from the Himalaya
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Unique modern art voices from the Himalaya

Live Mint  

Skarma Sonam Tashi, 27, is keeping busy hours these days. Galleries such as Siddhartha Art Gallery, Gallery McCube, Bikalp Art Center and the Taragaon Contemporary Art Gallery, among others, now regularly offer residencies and grants to promising young artists. And institutions like Unnati are taking these contemporary expressions to the world—its founder Surabhi Chaudhary is helping Tate Modern, London, curate …

Art patron Saloni Doshi opens up her collection of photographs to the public
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Art patron Saloni Doshi opens up her collection of photographs to the public

Live Mint  

Mumbai-based art patron Saloni Doshi has been collecting artworks since the age of 23. While the first edition focused on figurative and performance photography, the second edition, curated by Amit Kumar Jain, is all about landscape and abstract photography from Doshi’s collection. In the first studio, The Promised Land, people will get to see works such as Raghu Rai’s Self …

2023: New art spaces opened up, old masters ruled
1 year ago

2023: New art spaces opened up, old masters ruled

Live Mint  

In 2023, the Indian arts ecosystem regained its vitality after the slow pandemic years. “Another momentous occasion was the launch of our new publication on the fine art practice of Balkrishna Doshi, which happened at the acclaimed Serpentine Gallery during Frieze Week in London,” says Vadehra. “Arpita Singh’s first solo exhibition in London by the gallery in the summer was …

Report: The Madras Art Weekend 2023
1 year ago

Report: The Madras Art Weekend 2023

Hindustan Times  

The second edition of the Madras Art Weekend, held from November 29 to December 3, put the spotlight on the works of nearly 150 emerging and established artists, including two from abroad. These include MF Husain’s Two Women with Elephants, Ram Kumar’s The City, Krishen Khanna’s Ramu Kaa Dhaba, Jeram Patel’s Hospital series, the works of KCS Paniker, NN Rimzon’s …

AU arts exhibition evokes good response
1 year, 2 months ago

AU arts exhibition evokes good response

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The Fine Arts department of Andhra University, through the efforts of its students, successfully captivated the attention of Vizag residents with their art exhibition. The exhibition effectively highlighted the burgeoning talent of these young artists dedicated to the pursuit of fine arts. The inauguration of the exhibition was officiated by Arts College principal Prof A. Narasimha Rao and OSD …

Three new spaces for art and culture and pondering the museum’s changing mandate
1 year, 2 months ago

Three new spaces for art and culture and pondering the museum’s changing mandate

The Hindu  

Last year, on a whim, I wrote to British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor, inviting him, along with dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, and award winning West African architect Francis Kere, to create public artworks in India. But, what had driven me to this illogical invite was the fact that both Indian gallery art and public art rarely ever make magnanimous and …

Guwahati's art connoisseurs delighted by original canvasses of renowned artists
1 year, 4 months ago

Guwahati's art connoisseurs delighted by original canvasses of renowned artists

Hindustan Times  

Stylistic forms, geometrical designs and abstract landscapes of vivid and muted colours were among the myriad original canvasses of renowned artists on display at an exhibition in Guwahati, providing rare visual delight to art connoisseurs. Johny said that each region in the country has its unique modernist art practices but "many artists seldom aspire to go beyond their geographical borders …

PROFILE | ‘Art must emerge from life and its tribulations’: Ganesh Haloi
1 year, 4 months ago

PROFILE | ‘Art must emerge from life and its tribulations’: Ganesh Haloi

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 10, 2023 11:00 IST - 9 MINS READ As I was looking at the works, I intuited that they were mapping specific places from memory—recording the sediments of history experienced first-hand while also documenting the afterimages of intensely perceived natural phenomena observed over a long period of time and later revisited.” These aphoristic words are from Adam …

The ‘cheerleaders’ of the art world
1 year, 5 months ago

The ‘cheerleaders’ of the art world

The Hindu  

Art auctions aren’t unlike the stock market. Expanding the oeuvre “I think it is important as a collector to not just go ‘wide’ by buying lots of art from various artists, but also to go deep and follow an artist’s journey,” says Natasha Jeyasingh, curatorial lead for digital art platform TheUpsideSpace. The commitment and synergy of the many stakeholders — …

For the love of art, architecture, and culture of the City Beautiful
1 year, 7 months ago

For the love of art, architecture, and culture of the City Beautiful

Hindustan Times  

With an aim to spread awareness about art among the youth of the city, the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi has started a new initiative of school programmes, art workshops, and lecture series, especially for school and college students of the City Beautiful. Deepika Gandhi, associate professor, Chandigarh College of Architecture, delivering a lecture on art and architecture in the city …

An art exhibition showcases the pulsating energy of Ambadas’s canvases
1 year, 9 months ago

An art exhibition showcases the pulsating energy of Ambadas’s canvases

Live Mint  

Has everyone in India forgotten Ambadas?” The painter’s wife, Hege Backe, posed this question to noted Hindi poet and art writer Prayag Shukla on Ambadas’s birth centenary last year. The question deeply bothered Tandon, a dermatologist by profession, who felt that “it was tragic and shameful for us, as an educated, art=loving society, that this question should even be asked.” …

A new exhibition pushes the boundaries of Indian modern art
1 year, 10 months ago

A new exhibition pushes the boundaries of Indian modern art

Live Mint  

It might come as a surprise for visitors to see Thomas Daniell’s Hunting the Serow in India as part of DAG’s seminal exhibition, Iconic Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art – Edition 2. Daniell had seen—and his nephew had shot at—many forest animals in India, but they were not his main area of interest, and he probably relied on a description.” …

Exhibition brings together works by seven pioneering Indian artists
2 years, 1 month ago

Exhibition brings together works by seven pioneering Indian artists

Hindustan Times  

A new exhibition here has brought together works by seven pioneering Indian artists -- Akbar Padamsee, Krishen Khanna, Arpita Singh, Jyoti Bhatt, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Himmat Shah and Vivan Sundaram -- often credited for shaping the landscape of art in post-Independence India. Exhibition brings together works by seven pioneering Indian artists "Around the Table: Conversations about Milestones, Memories, Mappings", organised …

Exhibition to show glimpse of India's artistic development since independence
2 years, 2 months ago

Exhibition to show glimpse of India's artistic development since independence

Hindustan Times  

A new group exhibition with artworks from the likes of MF Husain, SH Raza, Ram Kumar and others will show a glimpse of the journey of Indian artists over the last 75 years. Organised by the Centre of International Modern Art, Kolkata, the exhibition aims to provide a glimpse of the overall visual space shaped by 75 years of India's …

PARAM- Exhibition of supreme conception and creativity
2 years, 3 months ago

PARAM- Exhibition of supreme conception and creativity

Firstpost  

With 15 years in the market, Divine Art opens its post pandemic ventures with a meaningful collection of contemporary Indian art from the studios of eminent artists as well as those from personal collections. Title of the Exhibition: PARAM- Exhibition of Supreme Conception and Creativity Exhibition Preview: 06th October, 2022 Timings: 6 pm to 9 pm Venue: The Stainless Gallery, …

Traditional Indian art is witnessing a contemporary makeover. And the art market is loving it
2 years, 3 months ago

Traditional Indian art is witnessing a contemporary makeover. And the art market is loving it

The Hindu  

The unusually sultry September and a busy makeshift stall, do not stop Rupsona. Speaking from Delhi, where he is showing alongside contemporary artist Manjunath Kamath, Bhajju says, “It is such kinds of collaborations that push us to think in a contemporary way.” In Singapore’s Little India, Bhajju’s collaboration with Singaporean contemporary artist Sam Lo resulted in a facade that celebrates …

Christie’s auction: An art collection that spotlights the figure
2 years, 3 months ago

Christie’s auction: An art collection that spotlights the figure

Live Mint  

Many stories unfold in Arpita Singh’s vibrant painting Feminine Fables. The themes relate to the secret world of women with their rites and activities.” The 1996 work is one of the 85 lots that will be auctioned by Christie’s in New York as part of Centering The Figure: South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art From The Collection Of Romi Lamba, …

SH Raza's centenary: Kiran Nadar talks about his immeasurable impact on the world of art
2 years, 7 months ago

SH Raza's centenary: Kiran Nadar talks about his immeasurable impact on the world of art

Firstpost  

Raza’s impact on the world of art was immense and immeasurable, says Kiran Nadar. The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art is currently exhibiting works that explore the acclaimed painter’s evolution as an artist Even though Indian painter Sayed Haider Raza, popularly known as SH Raza, settled down in France in the early 1950s, he continued to represent the country’s art …

Artists who are darning a new textile art story
2 years, 8 months ago

Artists who are darning a new textile art story

Live Mint  

Textiles have long been markers of civilisations. Questioning colonial histories: Bushra Waqas Khan The sculpted miniature garments—ivory gowns, dresses with European gigot sleeves, a dress with 554 hand-cut roses, with each bud a crystal-studded Swarovski—look straight out of a fairy tale. “Just like we have alphabets and numbers to write a sentence, Hansika forms a language with the threads and …

India Art Fair 2022: Two emerging artists from Odisha on their artworks and creative process
2 years, 8 months ago

India Art Fair 2022: Two emerging artists from Odisha on their artworks and creative process

Firstpost  

The 13th edition of the India Art Fair is a spectacular display of myriad artworks, forms, and artists. On April 1, 2022, their works were also exhibited at the 62nd National Exhibition of Art where they were among the 20 Lalit Kala Akademi awardees selected by a distinguished jury based on attributes like “quality of execution, the freshness of images, …

\'World needs art\'
2 years, 9 months ago

\'World needs art\'

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: London-based art expert Dr Cleo Roberts-Komireddi has a strong India, and in particular Hyderabad, connection, through marriage with the author and critic Kapil Komireddi, but her interest in art from Asia at large, and specifically India, stretches further back. She began reaching out to artists across south Asia, which she described as “an exciting and varied art scene but …

Narratives from Baroda in Delhi’s art scene
2 years, 9 months ago

Narratives from Baroda in Delhi’s art scene

Hindustan Times  

Among the many schools of art across the country, one hub that is known for its rich history of royal art patronage is Gujarat’s Vadodara or Baroda. Artist Ramgopal Kumawat’s artworks are among the works of 51 artists, that are on display as part of an exhibition titled The Baroda March. “Baroda has a beautiful thing I haven’t witnessed in …

Kumaon’s tranquillity comes to Delhi through canvases
2 years, 10 months ago

Kumaon’s tranquillity comes to Delhi through canvases

Hindustan Times  

The serene landscapes from India’s mountainous regions make for a sight that’s waiting to be captured. Bora, who was involved in street art work and wall paintings before setting up CBC art studio last year, shares how he makes art classes and workshops available for students in the Kumaoni region. We have been able to accomplish this along with Udhyam, …

Living Art | Nishad Avari, Christie's Specialist, discusses reasons behind increasing prices of Jehangir Sabavala's works
2 years, 10 months ago

Living Art | Nishad Avari, Christie's Specialist, discusses reasons behind increasing prices of Jehangir Sabavala's works

Firstpost  

“Jehangir Sabavala was one of the few modern Indian artists to extensively document his oeuvre. Below are edited excerpts from an interview with Nishad Avari, Christie’s [New York> Specialist, Head of Sale and Associate Vice President, South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, on famed painter Jehangir Sabavala. Christie’s first sold Sabavala’s work in 1995 as part of one of the …

65 Indian artists will get together in Italy for a groundbreaking exhibition in November
3 years, 2 months ago

65 Indian artists will get together in Italy for a groundbreaking exhibition in November

The Hindu  

Sometimes art is the best catharsis. Curated by Myna Mukherjee and Davide Quadrio in collaboration with Turin’s annual contemporary art fair, Artissima, Hub India is backed by many players from the world of culture and art. Discussing the multi-part project, the curators outlined some of the main issues in a joint statement: “Crossing the cultural rubicon between modern and contemporary …

An art exhibition for all
3 years, 5 months ago

An art exhibition for all

Live Mint  

The scene in the painting is quotidian: a family of six going about their everyday routine. A covid-inspired Phad painting by Kalyan Joshi Joshi is one of the 40-odd artists who will be part of an affordable art show, which opens on 30 July at Mumbai’s Method Kala Ghoda. “I don’t think art should be limited to any one kind,” …

Frieze New York: The art of healing
3 years, 8 months ago

Frieze New York: The art of healing

Live Mint  

If you’re feeling helpless and overwhelmed by too much reality at the moment, consider a brief reprieve in art. Frieze New York’s latest edition, whose online viewing rooms are live until 14 May, features some of the best names in contemporary art from across the world—including a glittering array of artists from south Asia. The latter—Shilpa Gupta, Anju Dodiya, Atul …

Five ways the art world is changing
3 years, 9 months ago

Five ways the art world is changing

Hindustan Times  

Art buyers are getting younger. Curators and architects are becoming more powerful Mortimer Chatterjee, who runs Mumbai’s Chatterjee & Lal gallery with his wife Tara Lal, says curators first started influencing the market after the economic downturn of 2008. In the present scenario, where it is likely that large-scale museum and institutional exhibitions will be fewer, it is likely that …

Delhi to turn into an art zone for a week
3 years, 9 months ago

Delhi to turn into an art zone for a week

Live Mint  

Come 3 April, Delhi will be divided into four art zones, featuring 37 galleries, two museums and four art institutions. This is part of the inaugural edition of a new art collaboration, Delhi Art Week, which hopes to bring public and private art institutions together to inject fresh energy into the Capital’s art scene. Akar Prakar, for one, is revisiting …

Delhi's Kiran Nadar Museum of Art comes home
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi's Kiran Nadar Museum of Art comes home

New Indian Express  

Tell us about the advantages and disadvantages of using a virtual medium for viewing the artworks? While virtual tours can never replicate the sensory experience of viewing an artwork in person, I feel that it comes to a close second. Also, the huge advantage is that virtual tours will enable access to a greater number of audiences and it will …

State of the art
4 years, 6 months ago

State of the art

India Today  

Fear, panic attacks, bouts of anxiety, and self-reflection are some of the varied emotions being stirred up by the pandemic. Traditional art is grabbing a lot of attention internationally”, says Yosha Gupta, founder of Memeraki, an online platform that retails crafted merchandise which is a mix of traditional art and contemporary fashion. “Since it isn’t clear by when we could …

The art within
5 years, 9 months ago

The art within

Deccan Chronicle  

It was beautiful to see how their faces lit up when ideas bloomed in their minds. “Art lies within everyone, but they are expressed in different ways,” says Seema, who had associated with the event Art by Children held as part of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. “They wondered if it was really an art class, but those activities are part of …

A brush with a legend: Haku Shah
5 years, 9 months ago

A brush with a legend: Haku Shah

Firstpost  

This year’s Holi left the Indian art scene a little bereft of colour with the passing of renowned artist Haku Shah. Padma Vibhushan KG Subramanyan once said of his student’s work, “The disarming simplicity of Haku Shah is deceptive.” Not so simple While an artist may appreciate the ‘deception’ of Shah’s concealed skill, it is the simplicity of his creations …

A compass for navigating contemporary art
5 years, 11 months ago

A compass for navigating contemporary art

The Hindu  

Every year, Delhi’s art season throws up all sorts of odd things. An early winter show can define a particular season, or a big retrospective of a big-name artist at a museum might yank the point into March, but one steady fulcrum is the India Art Fair that usually takes place in end January/early February, with all the shows and …

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