It’s a line repeated so often in studios and green rooms that it feels like a universal truth. But the sharper truth is this: art doesn’t pay because we have allowed it not to. Systems don’t remain broken on their own; they survive because we feed them with our choices, our yeses, our silences. Artists […]Read More
Ankita Talreja A fusion of traditional techniques, cultural influences and modern styles, the space of contemporary Indian art is teeming with a constant influx of ideas undertaken by the artists of the present times. Reflecting on their unique perspectives and experiences, shaped by their cultural heritage and the political, social, and economic realities of the […]Read More
Last week was sad for the dance community as they mourned the death of renowned Bharatanatyam dancer and guru, writer and research scholar Lakshmi Vishwanathan. She was 78, she had chest congestion and had been on medication, she complained of breathlessness in the morning and passed away suddenly, according to her sister and Carnatic vocalist […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Hailing from Abohar, a small town in Punjab, where her father is a progressive horticulturist known for setting up one of the first English rose nurseries in the state, Shikha Setia grew up delving into the slow and easy pace of all that closeness to farm and the earth offers. Perhaps that […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Her passion for writing inspired her to curate an entire collection of paintings where. Artist Rita Jhunjhunwala is presenting 40 of her poetry works that she penned over four decades, with a painting each representing the poem, at Living Traditional Centre (LTC), Bikaner House, New Delhi from September 24-28. Titled Bheegein Lakerein, […]Read More
Upasana Kaura Artist Seema Pandey is fascinated by duality, by the ubiquitous presence of contradictions around, by the ambivalence within oneself, and within Nature. And this is what reflects in her artworks. Her ongoing show at Triveni Gallery, New Delhi, Where the Sky is Pink and Clouds are Green shows these dualities she experiences. An […]Read More
Anurag Kaul Just 19, but Gauri Minocha is already an artist par excellence. A Psychology student at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, Gauri is showcasing 60 of her artworks at the solo show, The Journey Has Just Begun, tomorrow at Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. “These works depict my journey as an […]Read More
Benoy K Behl About 3,500 years ago, deities were created in Vedic Indian thought. These embodied the world of nature around us and provided us a deep connection to the forces which control our existence. The later deities of the Upanishadic period and the Puranas are the personifications of concepts and qualities. These qualities are […]Read More
Ashish Khokar A for amiable. C for camaraderie. Ashwani Chopra was a jovial, happy, helpful, happening photographer who served Delhi’s art field, selflessly. Pay him, don’t pay him but he continued to smile. He always had a good word for most. Came to halls to take photos of dancers and musicians unobtrusively. Others do drama, […]Read More
Team L&M “Nature means movement, fulfilment, warmth, mellowness, harmony, exuberance, a celebration of life, indeed the very Joie de vivre,” says artist Jyoti Nagpal, adding that she paints simple objects of nature and strives to portray the luminosity and stillness of the stopped moment.” The artist of light, as Nagpal is known, is currently having […]Read More
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