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Souza’s monsters mirror society’s ugly truths
A moving tribute to artist Francis Newton Souza in his birth centenary year.
Janhavi Acharekar
Art
In a parched landscape, a dance competition keeps artists’ dreams alive
The Prakriti Excellence in Contemporary Dance Awards has created an ecosystem for dancers in India, where resources and opportunities remain scarce.
Ranjana Dave
Art
Art and the political imagination
An ongoing exhibition in Paris upholds Palestinian right to statehood by displaying works by artists from populations uprooted or exiled by violence.
Rahaab Allana
Art
‘Sanitary Panels would not have been possible without the Internet’: Rachita Taneja
This election season, the webcomic has covered everything from ethics of NOTA to the media’s softball interview questions to Prime Minister Modi.
Aditya Mani Jha
Arts & Culture
‘I don’t think Indian theatre is at a crossroads’: Amal Allana
The theatre director talks about her biography of her father, Ebrahim Alkazi, a pioneering force in Indian theatre.
Ritika Kochhar
Arts & Culture
Art of resistance: Venice Biennale, 2024
At the 60th edition, works on politics, war, sexuality, identity, and anticolonial defiance converge to make a grand statement against oppression.
Shaikh Ayaz
Art
K.G. Subramanyan (1924-2016): Artist, activist, provocateur, teacher
An exhibition celebrating Subramanyan’s centenary asks us to critically engage with his legacy to reaffirm his place among India’s greatest artists.
Soumitra Das
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Manoj Bajpayee: ‘Hindi filmmakers should go back to the drawing board’
After COVID, Hindi mainstream cinema is confused, and there is a “desperate attempt to entertain” that was not there before, says the actor.
Trisha Gupta
Will the plans for a new National Museum put priceless artefacts at risk?
Despite the Centre’s reassurance that the collection will stay in the present premises for the time being, the project remains shrouded in mystery.
Eshan Sharma
Raghu Rai: Life in the raw
Stories of grandeur, religious experiences and political ambition jostle with those of everyday ecstasies, hardships, sorrows, humour, even ennui.
Malavika Karlekar
The saint, the song, and the social revolution
A new music project titled Anbenum Peruveli radically reinterprets the work of the 19th-century Tamil poet-prophet in the year of his bicentenary.
Abhirami Girija Sriram
A date with Apollo
How an exhibition of sculptures at Mumbai’s CSMVS allows one to look at antique art not from the usual vantage point of Europe but of India.
Vishakha N. Desai
Allah Baksh’s Mahabharata paintings retell a timeless saga
Each image in this resplendent box set reproducing over 5,000 Mewari paintings of the epic from the 17th century is just as fresh and ebullient today.
Manjula Padmanabhan
A captivating exhibition uncovers surprising links between theatre and nation building
Re:Public explores Delhi’s forgotten theatres, their connection to the city’s architecture, and how they shaped the capital’s cultural identity.
Trisha Gupta
Can code save us? ‘this.generation’ explores the intersection of art, technology, and ecological solutions
Generative art meets earth-saving solutions in a Goa exhibition that pushes boundaries of creativity and sustainability.
Janhavi Acharekar
Ustad Rashid Khan (1968-2023): Maestro whose music transcended time and genre
Deepa Ganesh
The fine art of a coarse India
In 2023, Modi government co-opted much of Indian art, but the resilience of a few artists who challenged this dominance emerged as a silver lining.
Sumesh Manoj Sharma
Moving body, still photo: Reflections on the relationship between dance and photography
Reimagining dance photography through rhythm and flow.
Sadanand Menon
Homage to leisure: G. Reghu’s sculptures on show at Seagull
The sculptor’s work, currently on display at Kolkata‘s Seagull Bookstore, speaks of a quieter, simpler way of life, away from urban hustle.
Ishita Sengupta
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