Tagore show

Paintings by Rabindranath Tagore and his nephews Gaganendranath and Abanindranath bear striking contrasts and similarities.

RANA SIDDIQUI ZAMAN

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Tagore show

Paintings by Rabindranath Tagore and his nephews Gaganendranath and Abanindranath bear striking contrasts and similarities.

RANA SIDDIQUI ZAMAN

Politics of the visual

A recent exhibition of photographs and a book to go with it reflect the strength and weakness of visual politics.

Singing lines

Sri Lankan artist Tilak Samarawickrema's wall hangings are serious and compelling works of art.

PARTHA CHATTERJEE

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Golden silence

Satish Gujral likes to set aside the disappointments of the past and prefers to move on, accepting fresh artistic challenges.

RANA SIDDIQUI ZAMAN

Romance of landscapes

Anil Karanjai's landscapes in pastel, done in the last year of his life, hold a surprise for those who know him as a painter of surreal images.

PARTHA CHATTERJEE

Angst of the times

Set against a world mired in anxiety and ethnophobia, the sculptures of Sumedh Rajendran engage with the violence inherent in social hierarchy.

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