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How windows bring joy in the times of lockdown gloomSubscriber Only
April 19, 2020 07:00 IST
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.
Sun, Apr 19, 2020
Chef Floyd Cardoz, a Bandra favouriteSubscriber Only
March 26, 2020 03:18 IST
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.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
A glimpse into the world of Mehlli Gobhai whose works held many secretsSubscriber Only
March 22, 2020 06:30 IST
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
Fri, Mar 20, 2020
COVID-19 hits Navroz celebrations in MumbaiSubscriber Only
March 21, 2020 05:08 IST
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.
Sat, Mar 21, 2020
Art in Quarantine
March 17, 2020 00:45 IST
COVID-19 casts its shadow on museums and art soirees across India while galleries explore online sales.
Mon, Mar 16, 2020
Women protesters make ‘Azaadi Quilt’ with slogans and motifs embroidered on scrap clothSubscriber Only
March 14, 2020 11:27 IST
About 40 women have been making an ‘Azaadi Quilt’, with motifs and slogans in English, Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu embroidered on it, through the efforts of a group called 'Amplifying Mumbai Bagh'.
Sat, Mar 14, 2020
This video shows what police should do when a woman complainant wants to file a case
March 13, 2020 00:40 IST
In a new video by Agents of Ishq, Lavani artistes urge the police to respond to women complainants better
Fri, Mar 13, 2020
Anish Gawande on how publisher Popular Prakashan’s foundation collection bridged art, literature and theory
March 10, 2020 00:03 IST
In the last 95 years, Popular Prakashan has brought out notable titles in Marathi and English by authors such as Romila Thapar, Bhalchandra Nemade, Vijay Tendulkar, Jayprakash Narayan and Amol Palekar.
Tue, Mar 10, 2020
Anju Dodiya: ‘The creative process is a violent one’Subscriber Only
March 07, 2020 17:45 IST
The Mumbai-based artist on not being defined by her self-portraits and why it’s important for women to speak up.
Tue, May 19, 2020
Nirav Modi assets auction: MF Husain work fetches Rs 13 crore — his highest everSubscriber Only
March 06, 2020 03:59 IST
His Battle of Ganga and Jamuna: Mahabharata 12 (1972) sold for Rs 13.44 crore (including buyer’s premium), making it the highest selling work by the artist.
Fri, Mar 06, 2020
Fashion historian Christopher Breward on close ties between fashion and art
March 02, 2020 00:15 IST
Fashion historian Christopher Breward, who will become the director of the National Museums Scotland next month, on how the brocades, silks and chiffons of historical portraiture are good fashion lessons.
Mon, Mar 02, 2020
Bihar Museum set to host India’s first museum biennaleSubscriber Only
February 25, 2020 04:14 IST
Anjani Kumar Singh, chairman of the Bihar Museum’s advisory committee, advisor to the CM and former chief secretary of Bihar, said that the first edition of the Bihar Museum Biennale will feature only Indian institutions.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
The Chemould Couple
February 24, 2020 00:10 IST
A film on the late gallerists Kekoo and Khorshed Gandhy honours their legacy to Indian art and shows how art and politics are never far removed.
Sun, Feb 23, 2020
Mumbai: New galleries for Harappan necklaces, coins from Gupta eraSubscriber Only
February 22, 2020 02:05 IST
Sabyasachi Mukherjee, CSMVS director general, said: “People are attracted to royal jewellery collections... When we looked at our collection, we realised that the jewellery of the common person is as important as royal collections.”
Sat, Feb 22, 2020
Shanta Gokhale’s latest book draws an intimate portrait of Shivaji Park
February 20, 2020 06:15 IST
Gokhale’s portrait of Shivaji Park restores the neighbourhood’s heterogeneous character, starting with some of the earliest historical evidence of the people who migrated here when Mumbai was still a cluster of islands and the only “natives” were fisherfolk and Adivasis.
Thu, Feb 20, 2020
How designer Riten Mozumdar shaped modern Indian aesthetics and sensibilitiesSubscriber Only
February 15, 2020 10:00 IST
An exhibition on the designer showcases how he blurred the lines between art, craft and design and used block printing and calligraphy long before other Indian artists mad it fashionable to paint textiles
Sun, Feb 16, 2020
Air India story told through its archivesSubscriber Only
February 15, 2020 03:47 IST
The exhibition plays host to many artists who were part of AI’s legacy — R K Laxman, Mario Miranda, notable french artist Tomi Ungerer, The New Yorker’s cartoonist Peter Arno and even Salvador Dali, who created an ashtray for AI.
Sat, Feb 15, 2020
Vinod Balak’s works comment on the production of religion and catapult viewers into a euphoric dystopia
February 10, 2020 03:02 IST
Balak provides a lot of detail in his paintings, and tucked away in them are religious and mythological figures. Particular paintings comment on religious invasion that is coincident with ecological invasion
Mon, Feb 10, 2020
Hutatma Chowk is a monument to police brutalitySubscriber Only
February 06, 2020 18:30 IST
Hutatma Chowk or Martyrs’ Square in Mumbai commemorates the 107 killed in police firings during the movement for the creation of Maharashtra state in 1955-56.
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
International day of zero tolerance against FGM: 27 short films break silence around khatna through personal storiesSubscriber Only
February 06, 2020 02:46 IST
The day marks the movement against a human rights violation that is practised across the world, in which a woman’s external genital organs are cut, pierced or removed for cultural or non-medical reasons.
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
Adding dash of communal harmony to century-old patachitra artSubscriber Only
January 29, 2020 04:43 IST
The theme of communal harmony is a recurrent one in Bahar Chitrakar’s paintings, especially in the years following the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya.
Wed, Jan 29, 2020
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival: Facing financial crunch, closing event shifts from Asiatic stepsSubscriber Only
January 26, 2020 02:28 IST
The decision was taken by the Kala Ghoda Association in the face of a financial crunch, after its title sponsor, a media organisation, pulled out. The closing weekend concerts, which have previously hosted star singers such as Apache Indian, KK and Shaan, will now move to Cross Maidan.
Sun, Jan 26, 2020
A look at the Zakir Hussain Maquette, featuring the maestro in various avatars
January 24, 2020 00:30 IST
Dayanita Singh’s latest book is as much about her as it is about tabla virtuoso, Zakir Hussain.
Fri, Jan 24, 2020
This mela aims to make art affordable for all
January 23, 2020 06:20 IST
After Kolkata and Delhi, CIMA’s affordable art mela expands its horizons to Mumbai.
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
Pallavi Paul’s latest work comments on the ‘authenticity’ of citizenship
January 20, 2020 00:10 IST
Emergency thermal blankets and voices from the past come together in artist Pallavi Paul’s work.
Mon, Jan 20, 2020Journalism of Courage
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