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Reena Saini Kallat and Jitish Kallat: The couple who believe that art is what cements their relationship

Valentine Couple /

Saptarshi Ghosh Reena Saini Kallat and Jitish Kallat Reena Saini Kallat is a renowned artist whose practice spans drawing, photography, sculpture and installation. Born in 1973, Reena investigates history, collective memory, identity and nationhood through her art. She often works with materials like official records, state constitutions, maps and archaeological surveys. Reena is married to […]

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He is towards nature, very much connected to the people and to philosophical world views. I’m just the opposite: Pooja Iranna

Valentine Couple /

Saptarshi Ghosh Pooja Iranna and G. R. Iranna Pooja Iranna is an eminent sculptor and installation artist. Through her works, she engages with issues like globalisation and its impact on urban spaces. Before training as an artist, she wanted to become an architect. One can consequently discern a predilection towards architectural forms in her art

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The Fallacy of the ‘Mini-Bean’: When art becomes the fetish of the rich

Opinion Feature /

Manjeera Controversy seems to be the British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor’s middle name and the sculptor is yet again under the spotlight this month after the unveiling of his highly anticipated public sculpture in Manhatten. Resting at the foot of the Jenga Tower, this artwork looks as if it is being crushed under the massive weight

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The Materiality of Mourning in the works of Doris Salcedo

Artist Profile /

Manjeera Mourning itself becomes an alienated task in societies torn apart by constant war and strife; and this is the gap that Colombian visual artist and sculptor Doris Salcedo wishes to address. Her works, which often utilise mundane everyday objects that gain profound significance in the context of war and the trauma it produces, are

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As Abir Pothi Turns Two

Columns, Featured /

Founder: Ruby Jagrut Ekla Cholo Re by the poet, musician and artist Ravindra Nath Tagore suddenly hit me in 2020 and kept humming me back in a loop for some time. Our foundation, Abir India, was intended to support young and emerging artists, which had given me strong beliefs and generous validation, but here we

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