On this day On 17 October, the Indian art world remembers Lalita Lajmi (also spelled Lalitha Lajmi). She was a painter whosedetermination outlasted decades of being overlooked. Born on 17 October 1932 in Calcutta, she passed away on 13 February 2023 at the age of 90. Over a career of more than sixty years, she […]
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At Frieze Masters 2026, Indian Modernism offers a complex, transnational history in its own right. The fair—running at The Regent’s Park, London, from 14–18 October foregrounds overlooked twentieth-century practices, including a rare international presentation of work by modern India’s abstractionist Ganesh Haloi. Spanning works from the mid-1950s through the 1970s, the presentation traces a pivotal
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The KNMA Dance Festival 2026, curated by dancer and choreographer Leela Samson, opens at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, on October 15 and runs until October 18. Titled around the many expressions of love in Indian literature, music and oral traditions, the four-day festival presents 14 performances, including six special commissions, across classical, folk, ritual and
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On this day, Russian painter, war artist, and traveller Vasily Vereshchagin was born. Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (14/26 October 1842 – 13 April 1904) was a Russian painter, war artist and traveller, and one of the first Russian artists to win wide fame abroad. He is best remembered for unflinching war scenes such as The Apotheosis
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Losing one of the Pillars of Indian Contemporary Art, the community tries not to mourn but celebrate Nagy I was a cub reporter when I first met Peter Nagy in Mumbai. It was as an artist that I met him rather than the curator behind so many significant exhibitions, and the Founder of Nature Morte,
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A small room looks bigger when the eye can travel freely: light colours, good lighting, raised furniture and less clutter do most of the work. You don’t need to knock down walls or spend a fortune. Whether it’s a compact 1BHK bedroom, a rented studio or a tiny home office, the same principles apply. Designers
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The sale of Tyeb Mehta’s Rickshaw Puller for ₹69.1 crore brings renewed attention to one of the most influential figures in Indian modern art. Beyond its auction value, the painting reflects the artist’s evolving visual language, his engagement with the human condition and his enduring contribution to modernist painting in India. The sale of Rickshaw
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A New Tool on the Drawing Board Artificial intelligence (AI) is entering architecture offices across India. Architects are treating it like a fast, tireless assistant that can test ideas, check numbers and draw options in minutes. The use of AI is particularly important for a country like India. Our cities are growing fast, land is
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Born on 12 October 1797, Utagawa Hiroshige was one of Japan’s most celebrated ukiyo-e artists, renowned for his evocative woodblock prints depicting landscapes, changing seasons, and everyday life. Hiroshige transformed ordinary scenes into poetic visual experiences through his delicate use of colour, atmospheric perspectives, and masterful depictions of rain, snow, and mist. His iconic series,
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Every October, World Space Week (October 4–10) invites people around the globe to look up and celebrate humanity’s journey beyond Earth. There’s no better way to join in than by trying astrophotography, the art of photographing the night sky. What Is Astrophotography? Astrophotography, also called space photography, is the practice of photographing celestial objects and
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