Collecting things I think must be a universal, natural phenomenon that is inherent in human behaviour. All of us willy-nilly end up collecting something or other.

All the important cities of Europe and America have a beautiful tradition of creating space for the art and artists – be it the hill on Montmartre in Paris, the Palace plaza in Rome, the Leister Squar

India is going through the throes of a strange, albeit lopsided growth in the visual arts sector. On one end of the spectrum is the abnormal boom in prices, on the other is a certain derivative quality that has found its way into the art itself in the last half-a-decade. This derivative quality, that was virtually the hallmark of paintings done in the 70s and early 80s, had seen a paradigm shift in the mid 80s that continued right up to the early part of this decade.

The Internet — the ultra fast information highway of the last quarter of the previous century and the present decade — is the new information devta of this century.

No art can possibly exist in isolation. It is the culmination of myriad interrelated experiences of dance, music, theatre and, of course, art.

I have never understood this race for brands in anything – be it clothes, shoes, watches, bags or, for that matter, even cars. I find it disgustingly middle class and very wannabe.

The white heat of the Madhya Pradesh plateau is almost blinding. The sandstone of the Gwalior fort glistens in the heat.

To call M.F. Husain merely the infant terrible of the art world would only be stating the obvious.

The recent report from Christie’s about the “god of all household utensils”, Subodh Gupta’s work remaining unsold send tremors of shock in the art world where he was considered the ro

The glittering lights of Dubai belie the blistering heat outside the air-conditioned comfort zones that envelop you like an artificial bubble. The glass facades of the buildings render them faceless as they hide any signs of life within. Mostly designed by sun-starved Europeans who, in their bid to let the sun in, have gone overboard and made these gigantic structures