Art

Artist Subodh Gupta on why he continues to work with steel utensils, aluminium buckets: 'They are heavy with stories & emotions'

Artist Subodh Gupta grew up in a railway town in Bihar in the 1960s and '70s, and trained at the College of Art, Patna, from 1983 to 1988. Now he's returning to Patna with an exhibition at the Bihar Museum.

Among India's first major abstractionists, Bimal Das Gupta's art pays homage to the country's natural beauty

Delhi event: Around 90 artworks by the late Bimal Das Gupta—watercolours, oils, acrylics—are on show in the Capital for two days. The last time his works were shown was 10 years ago.

International Festival on Indian Dance 2024: Time for a major Indian dance evolution?

Sangeet Natak Akademi Chair Sandhya Purecha hopes the 2024 International Festival of Indian Dance, from October 16-21, will be like a 'manthan', churning ideas to 'grow the dance culture of India'.

Delhi Contemporary Art Week: Young South Asian artists tell stories of home, weave memories in textile

The seventh edition of Delhi Contemporary Art Week at Bikaner House sees the coming together of six leading galleries of Delhi, showcasing over 100 artistes from India and neighbouring countries.

Jayasri Burman: ‘I won’t paint a lehenga after Radhika Ambani’s, I won’t be able to reproduce a second like that’

Painter and sculptor Jayasri Burman talks about hand painting Radhika Merchant's Shubh Aashirwad lehenga, her student days at Santiniketan’s Kala Bhavan, feminist iconography in her work, and artist FN Souza in his birth centenary year.

Largest Indian contingent at Art Dubai: Nearly 50 artists, gallerists & curators showcased at art event in Dubai

Nearly 50 Indian artists, gallerists and curators – including marquee names like Shobha Broota, Mithu Sen, G.R. Iranna, Chitra Ganesh, among others

Jaipur’s Sculpture Park gets cosmic installation by acclaimed Berlin artist Alicja Kwade

The expansive installation composed of spherical rocks and mirrors questions our understanding of reality. Kwade’s works have appeared in a range of biennials, from the Venice Biennale to Desert X, and in venues such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Paris’s Place Vendôme.

Mumbai’s newest gallery, Akara Contemporary, will host gen-next artists

A spin-off of Akara, the new gallery Akara Contemporary is housed inside a century-old mansion in south Mumbai's Colaba, and will house the new generation of South Asian and global artists.

Mallika Sarabhai: ‘There won’t be any gender or caste discrimination in Kalamandalam’

Kerala Kalamandalam’s new chancellor, the Ahmedabad-based classical dancer-activist, will bring her years of experience of running Darpana Academy of Performing Arts to Thrissur’s nearly-century-old arts institution, and has already instituted gender-equal changes on the campus.