[ad_1] Nilgiri Chilappan | Photo Credit: Special arrangement At the intersection of art and science, lies the realm of botanical illustration. For Suresh Ragavan, a bird artist, who has served as a botanical illustrator at the Botanical Survey of India for over 33 years, this realm has not only been a source of his bread…
[ad_1] A student paints the wall of a house at the tribal settlement in Perumpara in Malakkappara as part of an art camp | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At a tribal settlement in Perumpara Colony in Malakkappara, a hilly region on the Kerala-Tamil border, a few children sit down to paint. They have just got a…
[ad_1] When the artworks of three generations of a family come together, it is more than a showcase of artistic talent. It is a heart-warming event tinged with emotion, memories and love. Sethubandhanam, an exhibition at the Durbar Hall Art Gallery, chronicles a family’s journey in art. A tribute to the late artist, writer and…
[ad_1] A picture of zen. This is how most remember the late Malaysian artist Sivam Selvaratnam, a pioneering female voice in the still-growing melting pot that is post-Independence Malayan art. The ‘zen’ was not just limited to her personality — her canvases spoke of a quiet confidence. Deeply meditative at times, and unpredictable at others,…
[ad_1] From Yamini Mohan’s show | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In a corner of the gallery space at Kashi Art Cafe in Fort Kochi, facing two paintings, sits a sculpture made of scrap metal, the torso of a man bent forward, as if curling inward. One can feel the weight on him, the burden could…
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[ad_1] Change is inevitable, and more often than not, unpredictable and unconforming. It is the only thing that can challenge the status quo, and enable transformation. In his latest exhibit titled Metamorphosis, Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi, 44, holds on to this idea of change and celebrates it through 59 pieces of carefully composed artworks. “For the…
[ad_1] The artists at work | Photo Credit: special arrangement Echoes of the Coromandel, an art show currently exhibited at DakshinaChitra Museum, Chennai, takes viewers on a voyage along the south-eastern coast of India, previously a thriving maritime connection to Southeast Asia. Developed by a team of ten interns working through the museum’s year-long Dak…
[ad_1] A painting by VS Gaitonde | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT This weekend, for three days (from May 3 to May 4), Kochi will get to experience artworks by some of India’s compelling voices across time and tradition at Raja Varma Hall, Taj Malabar. The works of artists such as VS Gaitonde, B Prabha, Manu…
[ad_1] Last week, poet Aamir Aziz accused Anita Dube, one of India’s leading contemporary artists, of using his words without permission in four artworks exhibited at Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi. The phrase in question, Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega (Everything will be remembered), became a rallying cry during the 2019-2020 protests against the Citizenship…
