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So many people have such fond memories of him as a person, as an artist, as a friend and for the art world as the true game changer that he was.

The horse as a metaphor for freedom

Husain's horses need no introduction. I once asked him what the horse stood for, and he had unhesitatingly replied:...

2 Aug 2018 12:26 AM IST

Paintings of Tapan Dash on display at an exhibition

An unbroken thread

Rivers of memory intersect rivers of life, moving and pausing as if to weave the melodies and fecund fibres.

26 July 2018 3:47 AM IST

The Calico Museum of Textiles (above) and a collection of textiles at museum (below). Courtesy: calicomuseum.org

Are museums preserving or mummifying culture?

Shops attached to the museums should do replicas and create a niche for themselves.

19 July 2018 1:46 AM IST

Why has Bollywood divorced handlooms?

Even though I am non-filmy, I still bought similar looking sarees several years later when I found them by chance.

12 July 2018 6:46 AM IST

The romance of unsung song

The romance of unsung song

It reads like a melancholic and over-romantic story replete with imagery out of Rusva's Umrao Jaan.

28 Jun 2018 2:08 AM IST

Molela terracotta sculptures with airplanes and electric trains cheek by jowl with traditional icons, and icons with mobile phones in one of the hands!

Need to bridge art and crafts schism

India's nearly 49 million craftspersons and weavers live in easily identifiable pockets.

21 Jun 2018 7:29 AM IST

Ditto for toys from Banaras. Earlier they were available mostly in vermillion hues, but over the years their palette has changed to include blue, ochre, and Indian pink.

Let's forget Barbie, go desi

I recall a few years ago an artist had created an installation resembling a giant ocean wave.

14 Jun 2018 6:50 AM IST

Games people play for 'revival' of handlooms

The point I am trying to make is that these sarees were essentially worn by farm workers, fisherfolk and the like.

7 Jun 2018 1:12 AM IST

Kota Neelimas paintings at the Metaphors of the Moon exhibition World Tree

Metaphors of nature to the fore

Nature is constantly changing. It is constructive and sometimes destructive.

31 May 2018 1:17 AM IST

A candle walk, remembering Tagore, on the concluding day

Where the mind is without fear

It is a very logical thing that your freedom ends where mine begins.

24 May 2018 1:29 AM IST

The problem is not the cause. It is not even the frequency of the donations. My problem is the Indian attitude to daan or charity.

Taking art and artists for granted

In one type of camp artists are expected to paint and give the work to the host at the destination itself.

17 May 2018 1:44 AM IST

What constitutes fake art?

Senior artists are known to disown many of their earlier works after having become associated with a particular style in...

10 May 2018 1:51 AM IST