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Krispin JosephPX

Krispin Joseph PX, a poet and journalist, completed an MFA in art history and visual studies at the University of Hyderabad and an MA in sociology and cultural anthropology from the Central European University, Vienna.

Melvin Edwards: New Political Vocabulary of ‘Lynch Fragments’

Artist Profile /
Melvin Edwards

Melvin Edwards (1937–2026), who died last week at 88, was a Houston-born sculptor and activist who was raised during segregation and portrayed Afro-American lives in abstract terms. He first studied painting at the University of Southern California before turning to welding in 1959. Building on this distinctive artistic foundation, Edwards crafted intricate, abstract assemblages from […]

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Manjot Kaur: Interspecies Agency and the Rewriting of Myth

Interview /
Manjot Kaur

Artist Manjot Kaur’s paintings, the lush, liminal world interprets the Indian miniature tradition and seeks novel ways to present it, producing a new lexicon and visual delight. As we know, painting is the art of seeing, and it enlarges and broadens the viewer’s world when engaged with. This is achieved in Kaur’s painting through translating

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Smita M. Babu on Paakkalam: Weaving Memory, Labour, and Landscape

Kochi Muziris Biennale /

The paintings from Smita M. Babu’s series ‘Paakkalam’, exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, traverse the geographical peculiarities of the Ashtamudi Lake shore in Kollam, a region with numerous unique characteristics. Smita’s works, which hint at various aspects related to the coir industry, including occupations, history, and traditions, stand as a testament to how an artist

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Jompet Kuswidananto on Ghost Ballad: Singing Histories of Resistance

Kochi Muziris Biennale /
Jompet-Kuswidanantos

Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto presents ‘Ghost Ballad,’ a site-specific installation at Pepper House, as a part of the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2025–26), marking the journey from dictatorship to democracy and bringing together once-thriving, banned music and performances. The work uses his signature objects of ‘bodiless’ figures to gather the fractured chronology of Indonesia, acting as

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In Conversation with Birender Yadav on ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’

Kochi Muziris Biennale /
Birender Yadav

What happens to work culture and workers’ lives when viewed through the lens of art, subject to the artist’s interpretation, as in Birender Yadav’s? The uniqueness of Birender Yadav’s artwork ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’ (2025), exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, lies in the fact that it renders visible the politics and aesthetics of

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Art of Ugur Gallenkuş: Fragments of War and Collage as Witness

Artist Profile /
Ugur-Gallenkus

The art of Turkish collage artist Ugur Gallenkuş proves that wartime is not only about war but also about thoughts and movement against it. As attacks against Iran have begun following the Russian-Ukrainian war and Israel’s ongoing aggressions in Palestine, anti-war art creations are also gaining attention on social media. Ugur Gallenkuş’s works are a

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Malak Mattar: A Homeland Painted in Memory, Art After the Bombing

Artist Profile /
Malak Mattar

War shapes people’s socio-political life and, thus, their artistic expressions, and it changes like any other experience. Palestinian artists Malak Mattar, whose lives and experiences with prolonged conflict have been personally affected, depict war as a mirrored experience with details. The experience of war, like other experiences, leaves its imprint, and following it, one can

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Threads of Memory: War and Diasporic Identity in the Art of Samar Hussaini

Artist Profile /

In a world where conflict frequently shapes society, War continues to play a major role in political, historical, artistic, and cultural tales. Ongoing geopolitical concerns, such as unexpected attacks and conflicts in the Middle East, serve as a reminder that War is an enduring reality that transforms civilisations, geography, memory, and identities rather than just

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