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Designer Harpreet Narula explores rhythm and abstraction in first solo art show

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- There is a certain tactility to the Rhythm of Life series on view at Art Explore, New Delhi. In these abstract works, part of designer and visual artist Harpreet Narula's first so... Read More


'Second Nature': An exhibition where art, tech and ecology intersect

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Walking through Second Nature presents a bit of a paradox. From solidified light and dissolving landscapes to imagery that changes with real-time weather data, there is evidence o... Read More


Princes, Fakirs, and Soldiers: exploring 19th-century India through the art of Emily Eden

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- A s you walk through the exhibition, Princes & People of India: Portraits by Emily Eden at DAG, New Delhi, it feels as if the sights and sounds of 19th-century India are coming to... Read More


The rise of the female figure in protest art

New Delhi, July 31 -- In 2020, an image of a woman wearing a tricolour hijab with poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz's words, Bol ke labh azaad hai tere, on her lips became synonymous with the agitation against the... Read More


Desi Cultures is back with a week-long fermentation festival

New Delhi, July 18 -- More often than not, when you start exploring a culture's culinary identity, one of the first things you should look at is its ferments. The sharp funk of Korean kimchi, the umam... Read More


Finding your tribe: The new support systems for singles

New Delhi, July 17 -- Modern society seems to be in the throes of a quiet invisible crisis. With the shrinking of traditional support structures and collapse of real-time connections in a hyperconnect... Read More


Chosen families: How atypical households are creating their own pockets of care

New Delhi, July 17 -- Oggattu, togetherness or oneness in Kannada, seems like an apt name for this communal space. It's a property on the outskirts of Mysuru that Rupsa Mallik and her five friends-Cha... Read More


A new show looks at how colonial cartography and climate change altered the rhythm of the Indus

New Delhi, July 12 -- Can you ever order a river to do your bidding? Toronto-based artist Shahana Rajani asks this question in the film, Lines that World a River. This new iteration of her moving imag... Read More


How artist Subhakar Tadi turns to urban walls as inspiration for his powerful canvases of protest and power

New Delhi, July 11 -- At Akara Contemporary, Mumbai, a large-scale oil painting comes into view. Subhakar Tadi's Window of Prophetic News stands out for the stark blue wall-like structure looming larg... Read More


Inside 'Vichitra', a show that honours forgotten labour and gestures

New Delhi, July 4 -- The everyday lives of women have been a central theme in Soma Das's works for long. Drawing on the miniature painting tradition, she creates vignettes from a woman's life, magnify... Read More