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

Century-old diaries and frayed bills get new backstories in the work of artist Bakula Nayak

In her latest exhibition ‘Intimate Strangers’, the Bengaluru-based artist uses vintage ephemera as a canvas for her paintings.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Aug 24, 2018 · 03:30 pm

A rare look at the early works of VN Jyothi Basu, one of India’s most accomplished artists

The exhibition ‘Portraits and Landscapes on Paper’ comprises Basu’s works from the 1980s and ’90s, many of which are prescient of our world.

Ranjit Hoskote

· Aug 17, 2018 · 11:30 am

Before Bhanu Athaiya, the Oscar-winning designer, there was Bhanu Athaiya, the modernist painter

An upcoming exhibition in New York examines who were the members of India’s Progressive Artists’ Group and throws up some revealing answers.

Zeenat Nagree

· Jul 31, 2018 · 11:30 am

A Canadian museum is displaying Raghubir Singh’s iconic photographs with a #MeToo tag

As the Royal Ontario Museum exhibits works of the late photographer, who has been accused of sexual assault, it is starting a dialogue on #MeToo in the arts.

Aparita Bhandari

· Jul 27, 2018 · 11:30 am

How post-World War II advertisers sold customers on a future of automation

Artists offered us a vision of a luxurious suburban lifestyle.

Darren Garrett

· Jul 19, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Photos: How artists of the past imagined our present (and future)

In the 19th century, rapid technological change was the catalyst for artists to start visualising the future – and flight was a common theme.

Darren Garrett

· Jul 10, 2018 · 08:30 pm

One of India’s leading artists is offering free art on Instagram for anyone to download and own

Nalini Malani is creating animations on her iPad and sharing them on social media.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jul 05, 2018 · 11:30 am

At an exhibition of Kashmiri Pandit and Muslim artists in Srinagar, there was despair and hope

At ‘Concourse’, there was sorrow at the ‘unhappy situation’ in the Valley, but also satisfaction that the exhibition had brought together communities.

Rayan Naqash

· Jul 01, 2018 · 11:30 am

‘Admonish me if I call myself Hindu or Muslim’: SH Raza’s art was an exploration of spirituality

A major retrospective traces the evolution of one of India’s finest modernist artists.

Vikram Zutshi

· Jun 28, 2018 · 11:30 am