How do you take art out of its ivory tower and make it affordable for middle-class Indians?

Rakhi Sarkar’s CIMA Art Mela, which makes its Delhi debut this year, offers works by 82 top artists.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Apr 26, 2018 · 11:30 am

How a blind artist in Turkey is challenging the understanding of colour

Esref Armagan paints and draws using not only colour but also shadow, light and perspective in his unique imaginative scenes.

Simon Hayhoe, The Conversation

· Mar 28, 2018 · 09:30 pm

The artist of ideas: 81-year-old Zarina Hashmi’s new show revisits the themes of her life and work

Weaving Darkness and Silence offers the viewer deep insights into Hashmi’s body of work while allowing for introspection, too.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Feb 28, 2018 · 11:30 am

While everyone was fixated on India Art Fair, an anti-art fair stole the show with its energy

The Irregulars Art Fair in Delhi wanted to create a platform that supports young or relatively unknown artists and encourage new, bold conversations.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Feb 24, 2018 · 11:30 am

A practice of plenty: A retrospective puts the spotlight on five decades of Vivan Sundaram’s work

The exhibition, in Delhi, attempts to serve as a powerful narrative construction of the artist’s diverse, often extemporaneous corpus of work.

Khorshed Deboo

· Feb 10, 2018 · 03:30 pm

In artist Riyas Komu’s new work, you can see how far India has drifted from its founding ideals

‘Holy Shiver’ aims to examine where India has come from, and the direction it is evolving in.

Rahul Kumar

· Feb 08, 2018 · 03:30 pm

The next generation of India’s folk artists is breaking from the traditions of their parents

Younger artists are contemporising the forms by filtering them through their experiences of living in a city, and travelling to residencies and art fairs.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jan 29, 2018 · 11:30 am

A Sri Lankan artist’s colourful paintings record nature’s beauty and imminent decline

Senaka Senanayake’s work is arresting in its technique and palette and underlying message of conservation.

Chanpreet Khurana

· Jan 19, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Vamona Navelcar: Goa is finally celebrating the artist who reflects all its complexities

The octogenarian and his work demonstrate Goa’s historic connections to many worlds.

Arti Das

· Jan 08, 2018 · 03:30 pm

A brush with history: A forgotten 400-year-old fort in Rajasthan gets a second life through art

The Sculpture Park at Madhavendra Palace in Jaipur aims to engage visitors through the works of Indian and international artists.

Rahul Kumar

· Dec 14, 2017 · 03:30 pm

A book designer talks about digital collages and what it takes to interpret words

Seagull Books’ Sunandini Banerjee, who is exhibiting her digital collages in Delhi this month, talks to writer Sandip Roy about books and art.

Sunandini Banerjee

· Dec 12, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Why is some art so ridiculously expensive and what drives people to buy it (despite low returns)?

Research shows paintings aren't always good investments. The reason for sky-high prices paid for high-end art is likely due to other factors.

Bronwyn Coate, The Conversation

· Nov 30, 2017 · 11:30 pm