Deepa Shyam’s first solo exhibition, Circular Scatter — गर्रा (Garra), curated by Georgina Maddox, has opened at Kalamkaar Gallery, Bikaner House, New Delhi, on 29 October 2026 and remains on view until 3 November. The opening was graced by Ashok Vajpeyi as Guest of Honour. A debut with a lineage Shyam is the wife of […]
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In his upcoming solo exhibition in Goa, artist and writer Santanu Borah cuts up the Assamese Gamosa and remakes it in myriad ways. Reculture, Santanu Borah’s solo exhibition opening at Sadhana Dell’Arte in Goa on 6 November, asks us to look at the Assamese Gamosa closely. In this new body of work, the artist experiments
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On This Day Bob Ross would have turned 84 today. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, on 29 October 1942, the soft-voiced painter with the permed hair made 403 episodes of The Joy of Painting between 1983 and 1994. Three decades after his death in 1995, he is arguably more famous than ever. The man behind
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Anupam Sud’s most comprehensive retrospective, In the Etched Trace of Time: Six Decades of Anupam Sud, is now on view at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi, from October 24 to November 24, 2026. Presented with Dhoomimal Gallery, the landmark exhibition traces the veteran artist’s journey across printmaking, painting, drawing and watercolour,
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Jogen Chowdhury, the painter whose dense webs of cross-hatched ink gave Indian modern art some of its most unsettling and tender human figures, died on Sunday morning at Ruby General Hospital in Kolkata. He was 87. Chowdhury, who also served a term in the Rajya Sabha for the Trinamool Congress, leaves behind a body of
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Swati Gupta is the founder and principal designer of Bluedot Design, bringing over two decades of experience across interiors and furniture. Trained at APIED, Gujarat, she practices a minimalist, warm aesthetic focused on functionality, material honesty, and careful detailing. Her work balances global influences with Indian context, collaborating with artisans to create handcrafted pieces and
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The modern gaze encompasses a peculiar arrogance as we look back at the past. We view history as a linear narrative of progress; a transition from the primitive to the sophisticated, or from puritanical ideology to liberal beliefs. However, a closer inspection of visual and literary archives from the Indian subcontinent reveals that the past
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Abir India brings a series of hands-on art workshops to this year’s Ahmedabad International Book Festival, inviting visitors to explore their creativity from 24 October to 1 November 2026 at the Event Centre, Sabarmati Riverfront West, Ahmedabad. Rooted in Abir India’s commitment to making art accessible and nurturing creative talent, the workshops bring the joy
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Shagun Agarwal is a multidisciplinary artist and psychologist, who treats making as a way of staying with feelings long enough for them to take shape. Working across drawing, installation, textiles, sculpture, and text, Agarwal draws on her background in clinical psychology and community mental health to explore how memory, gender, queerness, and vulnerability shape who
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Photographer and visual artist Raihan Vadra has alleged that the management of Delhi’s Bikaner House forced him to take down most of the artworks in his solo exhibition, No Idea Is Final, hours before its preview on Wednesday. The removed photographs documented the recent youth protests in Delhi. Vadra, son of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi
