Benita Fernando

Bhanu Athaiya passed away in the early hours of Thursday in Mumbai. She had been diagnosed with meningioma in 2012 but had continued to work; her last costume design was for the Marathi film Nagrik in 2014.

Kaumudi Munshi, known as the “Nightingale of Gujarat”, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday at Somaiya Hospital in Sion due to Covid-19.

Experimental and political, Blurring Boundaries is a visual art project by six artists

Despite this mettle and a list of safety guidelines, Mumbai’s restaurants, bars and cafes managed only a lukewarm comeback on Monday – the first day of reopening after they were shut down in March.

The map has been created specially for a campaign called ‘Biodiversity by the Bay’, initiated by Ministry of Mumbai’s Magic, a youth collective for climate action.

A new digital series aims to educate audiences on how to read paintings by contemporary Indian artists

A bookseller and a tennis player, a doctor and a child, among others, recall the shape of life before coronavirus

With successive sales landing records for the artist, it’s important to note that among the ten most expensive Indian artworks, seven are by Gaitonde.

Street-tough yet suave, this “Bombay biryani” was just one among many in Jafferbhai’s inventory. He was reputed to conjure up recipes based on people’s expectations and memories of a once-upon-a-time biryani. How many such recipes he knew could be anyone’s guess.

Like several other establishments in the city, Wayword & Wise was closed to the public owing to Covid-19 safety precautions. It reopened on August 1 and customers have only trickled in since

From a sales point of view, gallerists believe that reopening their spaces will not make much of a difference, considering that collectors are comfortable with online purchases.

Artist Gaurav Ogale brings collaborators across entertainment and theatre for an ongoing series of poetry, book readings and spoken word

Photographer Gauri Gill on revisiting her series 'Nizamuddin at Night' with a new montage and photographing her Delhi neighbourhood during the lockdown

Over a century later, the stories of the time - from a migrant exodus to sweeping state powers - have an uncanny resonance to its ongoing battle with COVID-19.

About 3,000 families of coastal and riverine fisherwomen from 11 states, including Kashmir, Rajasthan, Manipur and Odisha, are expected to benefit from the proceeds of Fotos for a Cause

The free archive will be launched on Saturday on Pink List India’s website, marking a year since the Modi government secured its second term.

“We cannot expect to host a large number of visitors together in one spot for public tours, lectures or workshops till a vaccine has been produced and is available to all,” said Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, the managing trustee and honorary director of Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Byculla.

By pitching into the crisis, the volunteers have felt the scale of deprivation acutely.

Proceeds from sale of donated artworks by artists such as Ram Kumar, FN Souza, Arpita Singh and Prajjwal Choudhary will go to various funds and grassroots NGOs

A new initiative encourages illustrators and designers to create custom-made posters for organisations involved in COVID-19 relief work.

This enhanced sense of urban alienation has made many turn to American artist Edward Hopper, whose depictions of mid-century America often figure empty rooms and cities that frame a lone human, looking out of windows, lost in a private soliloquy.

Cardoz, who succumbed to COVID-19 on March 25 in New York City, was very much a Bandra boy and a participant in its vibrant cultural life.

The artist’s first retrospective, spanning 70 years of his art, is on at Mumbai’s NGMA, curated by art critics Ranjit Hoskote and Nancy Adajania. The show underlines how Gobhai didn’t like the ‘seduction’ of colours and went on to be best known for his abstract paintings in earthy shades — grey or brown

This year, the traditional festivities, which include a lavish bhonu of Parsi delicacies and a visit to the agiary, were toned down, in keeping with advisories to tackle the spread of COVID-19 in India.