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Bharti Kher’s Alchemies at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
by Manmeet K. Walia
Bharti Kher’s major solo exhibition, engaging with identity, materiality and the evolving role of sculpture in contemporary art, stands tall in the midst of racial turmoil in the United Kingdom.

24 Sep 2024

“Women Can’t Carry Easels”
by Arundhati Bhan
The ongoing exhibition, Of Spaces of Their Own, at Akar Prakar, New Delhi, braids together the modernist legacies of a range of 20th-century women artists in post-independence India.

24 Sep 2024

Curating Nalini Malani: The Fragility of Time
by Radhika Sharma
Puja Vaish discusses unseen works from Nalini Malani’s early oeuvre in the 1960s and ’70s, revealing interdisciplinary experiments and socio-political engagements that carry contemporary resonances.

24 Sep 2024

Joya Mukerjee Logue: Luminous Recall
by Gayatri Sinha
The artist’s first exhibition in India is both a memorial and a tribute to her family home and childhood days in Ambala.

24 Sep 2024

Have Our Public Institutions Aided Open Discourse around the Visual Arts?
by Critical Collective
In a second edition, reputed Indian gallerists speak of a non-Eurocentric, South Asian model for art practices, and the extent to which the Indian market and institutions support the arts ecosystem.

23 Aug 2024

Intertwined Journeys: Handprints of Gulammohammed Sheikh
by Ravikumar Kashi
The first half of a two-part retrospective at Gallery Sumukha explores the many phases of Sheikh’s experiments with printmaking and its ties with his painting practice.

23 Aug 2024

A Sunset of Emptiness and Power: Amitava Das and Mohan Samant at KNMA
by Shankar Tripathi
The two ongoing retrospectives make us aware of abstract physiognomies in precise anatomies - some ghostly as apparitions, some athletic, playing with what is tangible.

23 Aug 2024

It Runs in the Family: Revisiting the Art of Rustom Siodia and Cumi Dallas
by Neerja Deodhar
A look at the Parsi father-daughter duo’s contribution to Indian landscape painting and portraiture and their legacies within the Bombay art world.

23 Aug 2024


ART, MEDIA AND LAW

Electoral Symbols, EC and the Visual Terrain of Indian Elections
by Sruthi Muraleedharan
A study of the shifting political, ideological and aesthetic ideas and agendas reflected in the symbols allotted to prominent Indian political parties by the Election Commission since 1951.

26 Jun 2024

Biswin Sadi: Politics and Popular Readership in Urdu Print Culture
by Umara Zainab
Focusing on the Delhi-based magazine, Biswin Sadi, the writer examines the role of Urdu political commentary and cartoons in critiquing state structures.

23 May 2024

To See or Not to See…That is the Question
by Ganesh V. Shivaswamy
On the origins of the concept of “obscenity” in art, the debates around it and its evolution as a societal and legal construct.

24 Apr 2024

Art in the Indian Constitution
by Umara Zainab
The illustrations in the Indian Constitution must be recovered and contextualized within the guiding principles that went into the nationalist ethos and history-writing in the 1950s.

26 Feb 2024

The Sounds of Radio in India
by Vebhuti Duggal
This article looks at how radio policies affected the creation of sound standards on All India Radio and produced and maintained a citizen-listener over the decades.

23 Jan 2024

Soap Advertising: Decently Negotiating Law, Identity and Nation
by Sreyashi Mukherjee
On the navigation of notions of decency and obscenity through female-centred soap commercials from the 1980s and 1990s.

22 Dec 2023

Queer and Here: Sexuality in Hindi Cinema
by Madhavi Menon
A look at how we understand queerness in India, and Hindi films which do or do not count as “queer-friendly”.

27 Nov 2023

The Many Memories of Bahadur Shah Zafar and Hindustan
by Umara Zainab
The subcontinent’s last Mughal emperor holds a mirror to older pasts of a syncretic 'Hindustan' that were later usurped by a more tightly controlled narrative of 'British India'.

26 Oct 2023


ART AND DESIGN

Narrativizing Fibre and Textile
by Arundhati Bhan and Radhika Tulsian
Apparao Galleries’ latest textile exhibition, Entwined Edition 2, centralizes fabric as a medium of expression, by weaving a tale of cloth and fibre around notions of the body, mind and soul.

23 Aug 2024

Turban Jewels in the Baroda Gaekwads’ Bejewelled History
by Sandhya Bordewekar
The history of the sarpech reveals the special ceremonial and ornamental attention it found with the Baroda royals, who commissioned international jewellers to customize special designs for them.

23 Aug 2024

The Multifaceted Design Identity of Khurja Pottery
by Dhruv Dalvi and Sharfaa Hayath
A centuries-old centre of traditional pottery, which works with Mughal designs and patterns, struggles to retain its heritage identity under the pressures of modern techniques and mass market demands.

24 Jul 2024

Shadows of Japan in the Built Heritage of Tagore’s Santiniketan
by Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay
A reflection on the design of Tagore’s Santiniketan ashram that found inspiration from his encounters with Japan’s artists, architecture and way of life.

26 Jun 2024

In Conversation with Gunjan Gupta
by Namrata Ghosh and Radhika Sharma
On the designer’s use of Indian craft traditions that inspire her works,which aims to blur the boundaries between art and design.

23 May 2024

Realizing a Dream: The Enduring Legacy of Bhanu Athaiya
by Gayatri Sinha
On Bhanu Athaiya’s transition from art to costume design, and how, over five decades, she determined a nation’s sense of style.

23 Apr 2024

Domestic Architecture and Mercantile Identity in Colonial Chettiyar Country
by Meena Azhagappan
On the architecture of the grand residences built by the Nattukottai Chettiyars in the 19th and 20th centuries.

25 Mar 2024

More than Meets the Eye: Reading Between the Threads
by Damini Kulkarni
Currently on display at Mumbai’s National Gallery of Modern Art, Sutr Santati demonstrates how threads of gentle subversion can be teased into and out of the fabric of dominant narratives.

23 Jan 2024


art history


CINEMA/OTT

Swastika Mukherjee: An Actor on Her Own Terms
by Debotri Ghosh
Mukherjee’s versatility shines through in her on and offscreen personae, enabling her to emerge as a strong voice within the Bengali film industry, Bollywood and the national OTT space.

Vasan Bala's Courageous Filmmaking in Jigra
by Sachin Sharma
Bringing together different cinematic styles, this Bollywood melodrama meets Asian jailbreak thriller also makes an important political statement.

Suchitra Sen: The Quintessential Star
by Smita Banerjee
Mrs Sen enjoyed a successful career in Bengali films but struggled to be taken seriously by the media, which questioned her entry into the industry, her language, acting abilities, and haughty demeanour.

Saeed Mirza: The Filmmaker Poet
by Radhika Tulsian and Sachin Sharma
Saeed Mirza sharply critiqued society through his working-class heroes and created new possibilities for cinema to move out of the boxes of religion, class, art and mass.

Shabana Azmi: A Will to Act
by Nasreen Rehman
This essay does a deep dive into her early years, drawing on valuable memories and insights that frame Azmi’s trailblazing career.

Championing Female Voices in Malayalam Cinema
by Darshana Sreedhar Mini
Menon has charted an unusual path for herself within an otherwise male-dominated cinema landscape.

Mapping Spirits and Folklore in the Maddock Supernatural Universe
by Mithuraaj Dhusiya
A study of recent Bollywood hits reveals a new kind of horror-comic verse, which combines elements from regional myths and legends with contemporary social messaging.

A Crack in Contraband History: The Mysterious Death of Divya Bharti
by Sachin Sharma
Referring to Silpa Mukherjee’s recent talk, this article discusses how Bharti’s sudden, tragic demise exposed the hidden nexus between the Bombay film industry and illicit capital flows in the 1990s, amidst media sensationalism and communal biases.


Lens Based Practices

In Conversation with Chandan Gomes
by Mrinalini Vasudevan
Gomes opens up about his debut short film, Alma (2024), his struggles in shifting from photography to filmmaking, and the future of experimentation in both mediums.

Filming Fictions: Visual Culture in the Princely States
by Sucheta Chakraborty
Tracing the 20th-century blossoming of film and photography in Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur and Kolhapur, the exhibition Chitramahal highlighted alternative media histories and regional trysts with modernity.

The Changing Face of Photojournalism in India
by Critical Collective
Remembering the legacy of Danish Siddiqui, this discussion addresses the factors that shape crisis coverage within photojournalism.

The Popular Culture of Photographing Death in Varanasi
by Shan Bhattacharya
A review of Gaurav Madan’s film Barah x Barah, which explores death at the Manikarnika Ghat.

Ram Rahman: Shifting Perspectives
by Saraswathy K. Bhattathiri
A study of photographer, curator and activist Ram Rahman's large body of work.

Situating Raghu Rai in A Thousand Lives

A review of the master lensman's latest retrospective at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, which focuses on his photojournalistic frames and images of important personalities, captured between 1965 and 2005

Conversation with Divya Cowasji
by Gayatri Sinha
Photographer and documentary filmmaker Divya Cowasji opens up about her Parsi antecedents and the subjects that inspire her.

Heritage Urbanity: A Region and Its Identity
by Akash Bharadwaj
On how the creation of a new identity for Bihar is rooted in the assimilation of its cultural heritage and plans for urban development.


CC ARCHIVES

Every Side of the Story: Of Detours, Digressions and Convergences
by Damini Kulkarni
Gulammohammed Sheikh's latest exhibition reimagines the traditional form of the kavaad to create a multi-dimensional world of allegory that speaks to our times.

For One to Be So Many: The Many Semblances of K.G. Subramanyan
by Sneha Biswas
Featuring over 200 works spanning seven decades, the retrospective-scale exhibition celebrates the artistic genius of the modernist, K. G. Subramanyan on the occasion of his birth centenary year.

Feminism in Flight: Remembering Gogi Saroj Pal
by Meera Menezes
Celebrating Gogi Saroj Pal (1945-2024), a feminist painter, printmaker and sculptor, who mined mythology and social history in recasting the female form.

Centenary Tribute to F.N Souza (1924-2002)
by Critical Collective
On the evolution of the works of F.N Souza and how they stand within the context of contemporary sensibilities.

In Remembrance: Kavita Singh (1964-2023)
by Saloni Mathur, Jyotindra Jain, Parul Dave Mukherji and Deepti Mulgand
Colleagues, collaborators and students remember Kavita Singh's vitality and intellectual engagement iin India’s cultural sphere.

Theatre Mementos: Reading Bengali Theatre Playbills from the 1940s
by Amreeta Das
These playbills provided insights on the socio-political world of the times and the lives of lesser-known stage practitioners. (2023)

Tracing Ravishankar Raval’s Art Pedagogy in the Gujarati Periodical Kumar
by Vasvi Oza
Ravishankar Raval advocated for new approaches to art education in colonial India through the magazine, Kumar. (2023)

The Santiniketan School of Art
by Benode Behari Mukherjee
The article traces the significance of the Kala Bhavan in the evolution of modern art in Bengal while exploring the impact of Abanindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose. (1935)

MUSEUMS

New Kid on the Block: Mumbai’s Museum of Solutions
by Neerja Deodhar
The institution widens the scope of a children’s museum, celebrating modes of learning that find limited space in traditional schooling, and viewing children as agents of change, capable of confronting social and ecological issues.

Museum Making in India Today: Conversation with Eka Resources
by Namrata Ghosh
New and upcoming museums in the country reveal how they incorporate Indian design practices and build on collaborations between local and foreign firms.

Kolkata Police Museum
by Namrata Ghosh
Tracing police history from the colonial to the early 2000s, the museum provides a glimpse into the formation, evolution and functioning of the city police while raising questions about the politics of representing institutional histories.

Interrogating India’s First Museum Biennale at the Bihar Museum
by Namrata Ghosh
The article raises important questions about the use of the word ‘biennale’ while examining the impressive museum the event is located in.

Representing a History of Violence: The Partition Museum in Delhi
by Umara Zainab
The recently inaugurated museum highlights Delhi’s experience of violence and displacement in the wake of the 1947 Partition.

A House for Mr Roy
by Mrinalini Vasudevan
DAG’s recent acquisition of and plans for the Jamini Roy House in Kolkata gives hope for a new model of museum-making in India.

Praying at the Museum: The Ancestral Home of Swami Vivekananda
by Namrata Ghosh
On the eve of Swami Vivekanand’s death anniversary, the author visits his house-museum, which also serves as a place for worship.

The South Asia Gallery at the Manchester Museum
by Virginia Whiles
This gallery becomes the first permanent space in the UK to celebrate subcontinental art history and the culture of the South Asian diaspora.


Curators and Exhibitions

Nation as Exhibit: The Long Shadow of T.N. Mukharji
by Gayatri Sinha
Remembering T N Mukharji, the first Indian curator at an art institution, known for his internationally mounted exhibitions in the 1880s.

Artists and the Weather Station
by Namrata Ghosh and Radhika Sharma
28° North and Parallel Weathers brings together art, science and digital intervention in tracking weather changes in regions along latitude 28° North.

In Search of New Horizons: Muhanned Cader's Island in the Sky
by Mrinalini Vasudevan
The landscapes captured in the Sri Lankan artist's first solo exhibition in India become metaphors for themes of home, belonging, exile and multicultural identities.

Revisiting Another Master: Ram Singh Urveti
by Umara Zainab
The myths and legends of the Gond community have found new life in the painterly canvas of Urveti over the last three decades.

When Artists Reimagined ‘The Waste Land’
by Radhika Sharma
Art Heritage’s exhibition revisits T. S. Eliot’s classic, Reimagining The Waste Land, through the works of five contemporary Indian artists.

Crisis in the Critical Zone
by Namrata Ghosh
This travelling exhibition seeks to draw attention to the ever-growing challenge of climate change by focusing on the fragile environment of the critical zone that sustains all life on Earth.

Form and Ritual: Arti Kadam’s Sculptural Exploration of Everyday Grace
by Deeksha Nath
The artist’s inaugural solo exhibition, House of Objects, reveals her ability to transformutilitarian objects and tasks into meditative, ritualistic tools and practices.

Review of Someone is getting rich
by Virginia Whiles
The works of 16 contemporary artists on display at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam reveal how the afterlife of the colonial project remains silently embedded in the financial sector today.


artists

In the Forests of the Night
by Jesal Thacker
Tara Sabharwal’s mnemonic works bridge the conscious and the unconscious worlds, while their textural patterns and splurges of colour explore the idea of creation through the lens of the ‘wild’ and the ‘sublime’.

Three Narratives of Displacement
by Gayatri Sinha
A 2007 show of Chittrovanu Mazumdar’s works at 1x1 Art Gallery emphasizes how his practice addresses displacement through an informed hybrid perspective of personal, cultural, and social contexts.

Cracks in the Wall
by Adwait Singh
Ayesha Singh explores intercultural exchange in the pre-globalization world, while drawing attention to the vulnerability and transience of built architecture.

Baaraan Ijlal: Hostile Witness
by Gayatri Sinha
Baaraan Ijlal studies her chosen site as a witness to history and situates it within the context of demolition and repurposing that has gripped Indian cities and their built heritage.

Trough Traces: Arunkumars’ Arbitration on the Transforming Ecosophy of Food
by Anshuman Dasgupta
TRACT explores the interactions between food and ecology through various mediums and motifs.

Caryatid - A View Point
by Chaitanya Sambrani
Shakuntala's caryatids are supporters of the structure of society, which engage in a series of actions and gestures related to ideas of carrying, connecting and balancing.

The Last Sanctuary: Vasudevan Akkitham
by Gayatri Sinha
“Vasudevan Akkitham sets up a dialogic interlude, one that traverses personal history and the legacy of art to reflect on the present.”

Dilip Chobisa: Visual Illusion, Visual Allusion: Private Dairy, Public Participation
by Deeksha Nath
On Dilip Chobisa's imaginative experiments with the notions of space and architecture.


Artists Groups and Collectives

Drifting Threads: Cholamandal Artists’ Village over fifty years
by Ashrafi S Bhagat
Ashrafi Bhagat traces the past, present and future of the Cholamandal Artists' Village in Chennai.

How to Feel a Leak?
by CAMP
CAMP elaborates on their work, THE RADIA TAP(E)S as part of The Ungovernables, New Museum, New York Triennial (2012).

CONA: Points of Reflection
by Hemali Bhuta
Hemali Bhuta on the founding of CONA as a pedagogical structure for artists.

New Group: In conversation with Amitava Das and Mona Rai at New Delhi, April 23, 2014

Amitava Das and Mona talk about the formation of the New Group in 1974.

The Calcutta Group - Its Aims and Achievements
by Prodosh Das Gupta
Prodosh Das Gupta highlights the premise of founding the Calcutta Group in 1940.

Indian Society of Oriental Art
by James H. Cousins


Artists Conversations

A Conversation on Caste, Labour and Art with Vikrant Bhise
by Critical Collective
The young Bombay-based artist discusses his engagement with Ambedkar’s teachings and the stories of the Dalit community depicted in his paintings.

Architectures of Momentum: In Conversation with Rameshwar Broota
by Critical Collective
The artist’s oeuvre has been a long-standing testament to how he addresses the passage of time in defined forms and abstractions.

On 1Shanthiroad: In Conversation with Suresh Jayaram
by Mallika Visvanathan
As 1Shanthiroad Studio and Gallery completes 20 years, Suresh Jayaram speaks about the nature of the space and its future in a post-pandemic world.

Conversation with Gigi Scaria
by Sohorpem Kazingmei
The artist highlights the centrality of city landscapes in his work, while speaking of his experiments with printmaking as part of his artistic process.

On Nature and Abstraction: An Interview with Ganesh Haloi
by Namrata Ghosh
The artist talks about how his early life and experiences greatly influenced his practice.

how many songs from a single note?
by Shaunak Mahbubani
Shaunak Mahbubani interviews artist, Rah Naqvi about her recently closed exhibition, how many songs from a single note?

Today is Better than Yesterday: In Conversation with Surekha
by Mallika Visvanathan
Surekha speaks about her recent works displayed at 1Shanthiroad, Bengaluru, made in response to the feelings of stagnation and loss which characterized the first waves of Covid-19.

Pieces of Home: In conversation with Tanmoy Samanta

The artist discusses his latest series of works created in the midst of the pandemic, which reconsider the ideas of home and earthly existence, using pigment, rice paper and shape-shifting collages.


ON GENDER

Fluid Bodies, Plastic Trends: Beauty in the Age of Instagram
by Avilasha Ghosh
The ‘fashion beauty complex’ continues to regulate women’s bodies and beauty under the garb of new discourses around self-care, health and body positivity on social media.

Rituparno Ghosh and the Queer Folks of Bengal
by Kaustav Bakshi
A look at how the late Bengali filmmaker emerged as a queer icon by making public a precarious, marginal, dispossessed life.

Conversation with the Aravani Art Project
by Critical Collective
On the use of collaborative public art projects, especially murals, to empower the trans community across small and big cities in India.

Afrah Shafiq and the Art of Play
by Mrinalini Vasudevan
Shafiq, who works at the intersections of technology and art, opens up about the women who have inspired and found their way into her stories.

Minto and the Begums of Oudh
by Shilendra K. Singh
On the role of Bahu Begum, the widow of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula, and Bhabi Begum, the widow of Nawab Wazir Asaf-ud-Daula, in the Anglo-Oudh political relationship of the 19th century.

Reading Silenced Identities Through Visual Archives: Indian Travelling Ayahs in Service of the British Empire
by Arunima Datta
On the ayahs (Indian maidservants) employed by elite Indian and European families.

The House as Stage: Keyabat Meye and the Lives of Bengali Women
by Namrata Ghosh
The queer-feminist collective, Samuho explores the changing position of Bengali women in 19th-century society.


AESTHETICS THEORY

Anandavardhana's Treatment of Aprastutaprasamsa
by P. K. Narayana Pillai
The essay discusses the degree of novelty in Anandavardhana’s theory of dhvani, and the rhetorician’s opinions regarding the contributions of his successors towards the theorization of dhvani. (1957)

A Critical Survey of the Ancient Indian Theatre Accordance with the Bharata Natyasastha and its Commentators
by Subba Rao
Construction of ancient Indian theatre, as propounded in Bharata's Natyashastra is interpreted in an objective manner by comparing the theoretical with the practical aspects. (1953)

An Outline of Indian Aesthetics
by Nagendra
On the various speculations pertaining to the nature of Beauty in the Indian context and the contribution of Indian poetics and philosophy in its formulation. (1934)

The Dynamism of the Indian Concept of Rasa
by K S Ramaswamy Shastri
On the concept and origin of Rasa in Indian aesthetics and the development of its elements. (1935)

Some Modern Critics and Ancient Texts on the Aesthetic Value of Hindu Images
by N.V. Mallavya
On the aesthetic and iconographical aspects of ancient Indian sculpture as outlined in the Agamas and Shastras. (1942)

Anandavardhana’s Treatment of Pratibha in Relation to Dhvani
by K. Krishnamoorthy
On the concept of Pratibha or creative imagination brought about by the agency of Dhvani. (1950)

Peculiarities in the Alamkara-Section of the Agni-Purana
by Suresh Mohan Bhattacharya
On the unique modes of treatment accorded to Alamkara and its constituent elements in the Agni Purana. (1960)

Studies in Dhvanyaloka, the Adivakya in Dhvanyaloka
by V.A. Ramaswami Sastri
On the importance of dhvani in communicating the essence of emotion inherent in poetry and drama. (1955)


CURATING SOUTH ASIA

Entangled Pasts, 1768-Now: Art, Colonialism and Change
by Deeksha Nath
A recent exhibition at London’s Royal Academy explores the legacies of Britain’s imperial past, and the role art played in shaping narratives of empire, enslavement and resistance.

Memory Fields in the Art of the Global South: A Review
by Gayatri Sinha
Andreas Huyssen's deeply perceptive reading of key artists creates a transnational view of the recollection of trauma and its invocation in contemporary art.

Parvez's performative gestures:The subversion of the capitalist art economy
by Deeksha Nath
The author writes on performance and lens based artist Parvez’s seven month long project in Switzerland questioning the presumptions around audience interaction and the sites of art presentation.

Restless Creations: Adeela Suleman's Art for Social Change
by Virginia Whiles
Virginia Whiles speaks with sculptor Adeela Suleman on her use of found objects and dark humour in her work, as a way of exploring social and ecological violence, tragedy and censorship in Pakistan. (2021)

Positionings
by Salima Hashmi
With Bani Abidi's nomination for the Böttcherstraße prize, Salima Hashmi writes on a generation of Pakistani women artists' work "as a site for mutinous content and personal empowerment.” (2020)

TANTRA: Enlightenment to Revolution
by Virginia Whiles
The author reviews the ongoing exhibition at the British Museum through a ‘socially distanced’ critique, following online talks and exchanges with colleagues. (2020)

Contesting and coalescing voices from Dhaka Art Summit
by Mustafa Zaman
In its 5th edition, DAS invited the voices of different communities, giving them a chance to articulate in their own terms, the legacies of colonial/postcolonial modernity. (2020)

Lahore Biennale: ‘between the sun and the moon’
by Virginia Whiles
The second Lahore Biennale stages a polyphony of artistic voices weighing in on the shared cultural and political history of South Asia and the Middle East. (2020)


CC Books

Book Review: Photo-Attractions
by Malavika Karlekar
Ajay J. Sinha’s latest book unearths the performance-based collaboration between Indian dancer Ram Gopal and American photographer, Carl Van Vechten.

Book Review: History of Urban Form of India
by Sandhya Bordewekar
Pratyush Shankar's book looks at indigenous models of urban planning that emerged in response to local geographic, historical and socio-economic orientations.

Doing History at a Slant: Remembering the Kasauli Art Centre
by Arushi Vats
A review of Belinder Dhanoa’s Kasauli Art Centre (1976-1991)

Book Review: Postnational Perceptions in Contemporary Art Practice
by Kamayani Sharma
Bindu Bhadana examines the art of Chitra Ganesh, Tejal Shah and Nikhil Chopra.

Review of The Planetary King: Humayun Padshah
by Umara Zainab
Ebba Koch's new work provides a holistic picture of the oft-maligned Mughal emperor, Humayun, through a study of his interest, beliefs, ideology and cultural contributions.

Pushpamala N. and "the Artistic Ways of Viewing the Sacred"
by Annapurna Garimella
The book is a collection of articles reflecting on Pushpamala N.’s reimagination of popular images within the framework of nationalism and motherhood.

The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum: A Palimpsest of the Past and Present
by Amrita Gupta Singh
Mumbai: A City Through Objects - 101 Stories from the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum allows for an exploration of the city of Bombay/Mumbai through the lives of several objects in the musuem.

Golconda-Hyderabad : Imaging History
by Gayatri Sinha
In a project spread over several years, Dr Hans Winterberg and Thomas Luttge document the decaying historical monuments of Hyderabad.


CC REFERENCE

Sahmat: Moments in Collapse
by Umara Zainab
The exhibition is an urgent intervention for critical thought, an exercise in remembering and creating a distinct point and space to force us to imagine a different future.

Karbala and Other Symbols-M.F. Husain
by Gayatri Sinha
Husain's Karbala, bearing its message of persecution and painted during the Gulf War returns with extraordinary prescience, in its staging at the Venice biennale.

Imagining Liminality: The Flux at India’s Cultural Thresholds
by Neerja Deodhar
The unsaid and the hidden-across architecture, history and time-assume centre stage at an exhibition hosted by Mumbai’s Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre.

Lipstick Stories: ‘Middle-Class’ India Gazes at Itself
by Neerja Deodhar
Roshan Chhabria’s latest solo show employs observational humour and a kitschy style toreflect on the common man’s aspirations and insecurities.

A Centenary Tribute to K.G. Subramanyan
by Vasudha Chatterjee
Remembering one of 20th-century India's most prolific and prominent modernists, who was a renowned artist, writer, teacher and institution builder.

Ameen Sayani (1932-2024): The South Asian Radio Star
by Vebhuti Duggal
The essay looks back at Ameen Sayani's stardom in light of his passing, and about the legacies of his flagship programme, Binaca Geetmala.

Review of Common Ground: Where Our Truths Meet
by Namrata Ghosh
The second edition of the Indian Ceramics Triennale brings together artists from 12 countries that engage with landscape, identity, history and culture.

Conversations with Three Contemporary South Asian Women Artists
by Namrata Ghosh and Radhika Sharma
Anoli Perera (from Sri Lanka), Bushra Waqas Khan (from Pakistan), and Pooja Duwal (from Nepal) reflect on their practice.