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Rewriting Gender Through The Lens: Indian Photographers Challenging The Norm

#longread, Columns /

Prachi Sahasrabudhe Part 2- “Play like a girl”: Deconstructing gender roles via the lens. The essay focuses on breaking down the binary between the masculine and the Feminine through concepts like bodies, gender, and sports. The series of works under discussion are by the contemporary photographers Karen Dias, Prarthana Singh and Uzma Mohsin as they […]

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The Gloom Behind Dark Academia: Unveiling Its Origins and Inspirations in 11 Fascinating Facts

Do You Know? /

Vaishnavi Srivastava If you have scrolled through Tumblr, TikTok or Instagram in the past couple of years, chances are the phrase “Dark Academia” is not foreign to you. However, if you’re someone who stays away from the apps and the ever-emerging trends of the present generation, don’t worry bestie, we’ve got you! (bestie: {adj}, internet

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‘Landing in a Soup’: The Many Controversies Surrounding the Whitney Biennial

Columns /

Saptarshi Ghosh The Whitney Biennial is one of the most popular and globally significant art shows, organised by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Featuring art of lesser-known contemporary American artists, it is a trendsetter in the world of art and has been responsible for bringing artists like Georgia O’Keefe, Jeff

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Going Through A Change Of City: Artist Maredu Ramu And His Art

Exhibitions /

Ved Prakash Bhardwaj   The environment we live in is changing quickly, especially in urban areas. Although villages are now also experiencing change, urban areas are experiencing it more quickly. When we return to our city after a while, it gets harder to recognize. The drive for growth significantly alters both our present and our

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Imaginarium 3.0: Emami Art’s Commitment To Promote Artists In The Country

News /

Tsuktiben Jamir One of India’s most important art galleries, Emami Art in Kolkata and is unwavering in its support of contemporary, modern, and historical content. The gallery develops dynamic, broad-based, and varied parallel programming by concentrating on a future-forward, sophisticated, multidimensional approach. They are renowned for hosting museum projects, art fairs, seminars, artists-in-residency, art prizes,

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A 12 day festival hosted by Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society to celebrate the Indian arts

News /

Tsuktiben Jamir Established in 1949, Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) was formed with a vision “to enrich lives and build communities through aesthetic appeal and arts contribution as a premier Indian arts institution.” Their mission is multifaceted and caters to a wide range of goals including the initiative to impart the Indian arts to

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Drawing Bridges Between Cultures and Exploring Shared Human Experiences: The Art of Arup Lodh and Anchal Gupta

Artists of the Week /

Iftikar Ahmed Artists of the week Artist of the Week is a special category that recognises and highlights the works of talented artists.  Each week, two new artists are featured, showcasing their unique styles, techniques, and themes. From emerging artists to established veterans, the Artist of the Week category celebrates creativity and diversity in the

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“Bridget Riley: Mastering Optical Illusion Through Colorful Geometry”

On This Day /

Vaishnavi Srivastava April 24th, ON THIS DAY “If you can allow the colour to breathe, to occupy its own space, to play its own game in its unstable way, it’s wanton behaviour, so to speak. It is promiscuous like nothing.” -Bridget Riley Today is the legendary British painter and fashion designer Bridget Riley’s 92nd birthday.

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The Art Of Music Album Covers

Columns, Featured /

Saptarshi Ghosh The way in which we experience music today has radically changed. In times when bleeding-edge technologies are so closely enmeshed with our daily lived experiences, it is only logical that our insatiable demand for convenience has birthed streaming platforms, which can magically summon any song at any instant. Gone are the days when

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