Uma Nair

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Indian art odyssey for Obamas in hotel lobby

Barack and Michelle Obama are housed in the nation’s finest hotel that showcases a premier collection of contemporary Indian art.

Ecological concerns sprout on trees and leaves

No more does the green mothering of moss, knit the shadow of light, and man becomes the observer of what man has done to the forest.

Multiple facets of feminine impression

Think of the fantasy of Chagall, the poetry of Tagore and the myths of the Indian idiom; Jayasri Burman’s “Fables and Folklore” opens at Jehangir in Mumbai today, and between sculptures and paintings,

Pot on platter: Clay’s constancy connects one to nature

Exacting in techniques and priding herself in the prowess of creating pots and platters off the wheel, Ira Chaudhri’s humble showing at the woman artist’s show at Shridharani Gallery was a lesson in l

The beauty of wired existentialism

The power of history and the potent symbol of gesture come together in this historic showing at the Maeght Foundation at St. Paul de Vence in France.

Revisiting little brown man

Perhaps nothing quite prepares you to see a garland, of `5 notes ,carefully coerced into a neat pista-toned wafer whimsy decoration.

When art transcends space

Getting an artist to create works with the walls of a gallery as canvas is a grit-filled reckoning and only the likes of Renu Modi could have pulled off this articulation with so much verve.

Time stands still!

Many moons ago, S.C. Sekhar regaled photography lovers in Delhi with a few brilliant black and white pictures shot in the bylanes of Kerala’s villages and tea shops.

A synthesised voice

Puneet Kaushik’s works hung from corners of the wall — the conceptualisations were so gently transitory in tone.

A photographer’s poignant ode to Mother Teresa

THE FOLDS of her sari seem smooth compared to the folds of her skin; the ageing wrinkled hands clasped in silent prayer are but a token of love, faith and deep devotion. This panoramic study of Mother Teresa becomes the citadel of contemplation in Raghu Rai’s tribute to “The Saint of the Gutters”. At the Visual Arts Gallery, the

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.