May 20, 2019 00:08 IST
Her choice to write couplets, in Braille, under most of her art works, successfully fulfill her purpose, of showing how society turns a blind eye to situations.
Mon, May 20, 2019May 15, 2019 00:12 IST
The show speaks about the inner struggles everyone goes through, with the help of the experiences of 12 contemporary artists and their videos, sculptures and canvases. Curator of the show Ashna Singh believes that the biggest war is from within.
Wed, May 15, 2019May 10, 2019 01:28 IST
‘Afghani Vignettes’ offers an oddly colourful view of a place inflicted with violence for years
Fri, May 10, 2019April 26, 2019 00:27 IST
A photo exhibition tracing Anne Frank’s life talks about the Holocaust and how similar forms of discrimination exists even today
Fri, Apr 26, 2019April 19, 2019 00:20 IST
Unrequited love, class divide, and refugee crisis are central in director Feisal Alkazi’s latest musical adapted from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities
Fri, Apr 19, 2019April 18, 2019 00:47 IST
Using the help of unknown facts and intimate details of what happened before and after the massacre, it examines whether the fateful event was a well-planned conspiracy by Dyer to confine those gathered inside the premises, which was devoid of any escape route.
Thu, Apr 18, 2019April 12, 2019 01:13 IST
Presented by the Bengali theatre group Dhumketu, the play is riddled with statistics. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, India has the sixth-highest female suicide death rates in the world; and more than one lakh people have committed suicide every year, over the last decade.
Fri, Apr 12, 2019April 11, 2019 00:41 IST
An exhibition in Delhi traces the stories and the themes within one of India’s oldest syles of embroidery, Kantha.
Thu, Apr 11, 2019April 10, 2019 00:25 IST
A Shakespearean adaptation of Romeo and Juliet presents modern-day realities
Wed, Apr 10, 2019April 10, 2019 00:05 IST
Abstract artist Sheila Makhijani asks viewers to make sense of her lines, brimming with a life of their own.
Wed, Apr 10, 2019April 09, 2019 00:15 IST
The meeting held in memory of Haku, the late Valod-born artist, a Padma Shri awardee, Rockefeller Foundation fellow, and Kala Ratna awardee, had well-known names from the art fraternity, who gathered on Saturday evening in the Capital.
Tue, Apr 09, 2019April 05, 2019 00:55 IST
The productions examine the sufferings of the modern-day women through the mythological characters of Draupadi and Shoorpanakha.
Mon, Apr 08, 2019April 03, 2019 01:00 IST
These mixed media works on display at Nature Morte are captured in pitch dark. For them, Pande photographed the ring roads in Delhi with long camera exposures at night, using the motion of taxis, traffic and lights as his guiding force.
Wed, Apr 03, 2019March 28, 2019 00:05 IST
For more than six years, Singapore-based Indo-British artist Kavita Issar Batra, during her early morning walks, has been enamoured by everything she has found on the footpath pavements or in parks. Right from the fiery red, yellow and orange leaves of autumn trees, twigs and withered flowers to even the footpath brick that has fallen […]
Thu, Mar 28, 2019March 25, 2019 00:51 IST
Kachru recalls how Shah travelled to Tamil Nadu, while at NID, to work with potters and villagers who made terracotta horses for their guardian deity, Ayannar. He had a group of the life-size horses sent to the campus that stand even today.
Mon, Mar 25, 2019March 23, 2019 04:22 IST
Born on March 26, 1934 in Surat, Shah donned many roles, including that of a cultural anthropologist, curator, and an author on folk and tribal art and culture.
Sat, Mar 23, 2019March 21, 2019 01:05 IST
The exhibition is at Art Alive gallery, S-221, Panchsheel Park, till April 10, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Thu, Mar 21, 2019March 19, 2019 00:10 IST
Contemporary dancer Surjit Nongmeikapam’s recent piece draws on Manipur’s turbulent history
Tue, Mar 19, 2019February 04, 2019 00:55 IST
The Indian Express Film Club screens The Silent Revolution and discusses the power of speech
Mon, Feb 04, 2019February 01, 2019 00:20 IST
The 11th India Art Fair highlights global concerns, from the refugee crisis and migration to gender violence and feminism
Sat, Feb 02, 2019January 23, 2019 00:25 IST
Satish Gupta’s latest solo comprises sculptures, paintings and installations, offering his renditions on life and its experiences. His canvas Roaring Sea — Still Mind I shows a Buddha-like figure meditating calmly near the ocean.
Wed, Jan 23, 2019January 18, 2019 00:14 IST
This year’s edition of Habitat Photosphere fuses environmental sustainability with culture. Ahmed is one of the four awardees of the Photosphere Fellowship — who were selected through an open call from among hundreds of entries — along with Juhi Saklani from Delhi, Thulasi Kakkat from Kochi and Zishaan A Latif from Mumbai.
Fri, Jan 18, 2019January 15, 2019 00:17 IST
An exhibition explores if India’s queer community has actually benefitted from their new-found legal freedom
Tue, Jan 15, 2019January 09, 2019 00:05 IST
In this exhibition, Santosh Kumar Das portrays Krishna as a flute player, a musician, a dancer and a god holding a mountain on his finger tip in his Krishna series, many of which form the crux of over 40 works on display.
Wed, Jan 09, 2019January 07, 2019 00:47 IST
Eight Bangladeshi artists submerge themselves into their country’s tumultuous history, universal repercussions of war, and inclusivity of art
Mon, Jan 07, 2019