A Bengaluru artist shows how plants talk to each other through the internet of fungus

Dhara Mehrotra’s paintings and installations provide a glimpse into a universe that has existed for millions of years but only recently been understood.

Priyanka Sacheti

· Jan 13, 2019 · 11:30 am

The Bahujan Art Festival in Mumbai gives marginalised communities a space to raise their voices

‘All universities call artists to perform, but at most festival lineups, the Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi folks are relegated to academic sessions on caste.’

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Dec 23, 2018 · 11:30 am

As Panjim turns 175, an art exhibition celebrates its rich past and flags the threats to its future

‘Panjim 175’ highlights the ‘wonderful dualities’ in the socio-cultural fabric of Goa’s capital.

Arti Das

· Dec 21, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Meet the Tamil artist who is preserving memories of ‘surviving the war’ in Sri Lanka

Sanathanan Thamotharampillai’s art focuses on the themes of memory, loss, home and self.

S Senthalir

· Dec 15, 2018 · 11:30 am

Temple City meets Smart City: The first Bhubaneswar Art Trail questions rhetoric behind development

The inaugural Trail features the works of well-known names, such as Sudarshan Shetty, Sharmila Samant, Gigi Scaria and Arunkumar HG.

Kamayani Sharma

· Dec 10, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Interview: How Kochi Biennale’s first female curator made the event more inclusive

Anita Dube has worked towards creating a platform where marginalised artists speak but ‘not as victim’.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Dec 06, 2018 · 11:30 am

Why isn’t artist Dashrath Patel’s brilliance widely recognised? His protégé Pinakin Patel explains

‘People only want to see…branded iconified art and he was too absorbed in his craft to care about being iconified.’

Chandrima Pal

· Dec 03, 2018 · 03:30 pm

An art exhibition in Delhi shows how deception can be used as a tool for social commentary

‘Babur ki Gai’ uses parafiction to retell history and question gender politics.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Nov 11, 2018 · 11:30 am

India’s navratna artists understood that the ‘idea of a nation isn’t about pomp and glory’

An exhibition in Mumbai weaves a rich narrative about nationhood from the works of the nine artists who were declared national treasures in the ’70s.

Damini Kulkarni

· Nov 07, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Through markers of identity and layered personal references, an Indian artist explores belonging

‘Batin’, self-taught artist Jahangir Jani’s solo show in Mumbai, uses diverse elements such as cement and satin to touch upon culture, religion and love.

Zeenat Nagree

· Sep 21, 2018 · 03:30 pm

India loves colour. So why is colour-field painting yet to gain a strong foothold in the art world?

Perhaps because it lacks the figuration that dominates Indian art.

Georgina Maddox

· Sep 16, 2018 · 03:30 pm

The inaugural Indian Ceramics Triennale puts an oft-ignored art under the spotlight

‘Breaking Ground’ at the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur features the work of 47 ceramicists from India and abroad.

Kamayani Sharma

· Sep 08, 2018 · 11:30 am