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How a bunch of South Asian artists’ collectives are trying to find connections through art

September 26, 2025 1:21 pm

At a venue in the Capital's South Extension, South Asian artistes are finding ways to connect to each other through art and common ideas

Carol Huh, Associate Curator of Contemporary Asian Art, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Photo by Robert Harrell.

‘Printmaking from India is gaining attention and is an exciting area to explore': Carol Huh of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

June 19, 2025 4:09 pm

Body Transformed at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art explores the presentation of the human figure through the lenses of printmaking and photography

My agenda is to make sure that South Asian people get due credit: Lilly Singh

March 06, 2022 1:42 pm

Speaking on the inaugural day of the Jaipur Literature Festival 2022, the comedienne-host said that Hollywood, although taking small steps towards representation, still "really struggles with diversity in true sense".

Soul Searching

July 22, 2014 12:57 am

The venue is continents away from the place of origin, in the US, at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM).

Setting the Record

August 30, 2013 1:58 am

International Director of Asian Art at Christies,Hugo Weihe has been the face of the auction house in India for over a decade. Now,as Christies braces to strengthen its base in India,the New York-based auctioneer is leading from the front. He talks to Vandana Kalra about Christies debut auction in the country and young talent in the region

Setting the Record

August 28, 2013 5:37 am

He was holding the hammer when Indian art achieved its record prices. International Director of Asian Art at Christies,Hugo Weihe has been the face of the auction house in India for over a decade. Now,as Christies braces to strengthen its base in India,the New York-based auctioneer is leading from the front. He talks to Vandana Kalra about Christies debut auction in the country and young talent in the region

Sabavala Fetches Record Sum at Bonhams

June 09, 2012 12:17 am

It was the last stage of Padma Shri awardee Jehangir Sabavala artistic career a celebration of the stylised human figure as pilgrim,wanderer and survivor of cataclysm.