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