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

Change of scenery: How Indian offices are able to switch art in their corridors every so often

A clutch of young companies are renting artworks and photographs to corporations who want a new look every few months.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Jun 24, 2018 · 11:30 am

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