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The sacred and the profane in summer
May 21, 2026, 3:12 PM IST
Raseel Gujral’s Dakhini I Dili at Bikaner House is the mingling of the sacred and the profane. Neatly aligned into a medley of vintage Pichwais, Tanjores and Ravi Varma’s oleographs with a trio of sculpted…
May 21, 2026, 3:12 PM IST
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A pedagogue and premier printmaker
May 14, 2026, 2:13 PM IST
Think of Tantra as a timeless tradition that goes back to antiquity. Distinguished Indian pedagogue and printmaker Dipak Banerjee went on a French Scholarship to Paris and Oslo.William Hayter’s Atelier 17 gave him the proficiency…
May 14, 2026, 2:13 PM IST
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A gallery in Chennai at 60 Years
May 7, 2026, 2:37 PM IST
At Artworld Sarala’s in March, this year , they were getting ready to celebrate 60 years at the Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai, and Sarala Daruwala Banerjee invited me to her gallery to gaze at her…
May 7, 2026, 2:37 PM IST
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Raghu Rai the Indian colossus
April 30, 2026, 12:08 PM IST
India lost a colossus in the realm of photography in the passing away of 83 year old Raghu Rai on 26th April 2026.A self taught photographer whose first image was that of a donkey rose…
April 30, 2026, 12:08 PM IST
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Earth Day explorations reflected in art
April 22, 2026, 12:28 PM IST
Earth Day is a reminder of the beauty of the earth and all that there is within. In terms of art and its myriad hues and branches, materials play an integral role in the creation of…
April 22, 2026, 12:28 PM IST
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Anjolie Ela Menon’s lens of evolution
April 14, 2026, 10:03 PM IST
Anjolie Ela Menon’s Revisitations that opens at Shridharani Gallery ,Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi is about the creation of a coalescence of human heads and still life subjects born of a melding of visual narratives. Split into two…
April 14, 2026, 10:03 PM IST
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Christie’s brings a stellar Indian suite to Mumbai
April 7, 2026, 9:58 AM IST
Abstract masters VS Gaitonde and Biren De, a slew of divine Ganesh Pynes a kinetic set of KK Hebbars, a gorgeous butterfly by Jogen Chowdhury and an enchanting Meera Mukherjee sculpture this collection at the…
April 7, 2026, 9:58 AM IST
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Tom Vattakuzhy’s surreal signature at KMB
April 2, 2026, 12:13 PM IST
Indian contemporary master Tom Vattakuzhy’s suite of works at Kochi Muziris Biennale consisted of a surreal creation of works created for short stories .Amongst all the works what stood out was his prowess as well…
April 2, 2026, 12:13 PM IST
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Satish Gujral at Bikaner House
March 25, 2026, 11:53 AM IST
The small rotunda taken up by the Arzaani Atelier at Bikaner House spawned into a historic 100 year tribute for Raseel Gujral Ansal’s father the polymath , Satish Gujral. Walking into this exhibition of…
March 25, 2026, 11:53 AM IST
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Paresh Maity’s vintage vitality
March 19, 2026, 6:16 PM IST
Can there be a city as evocative—and romantic—as Venice ? As actor and art lover Sharmila Tagore stood and gazed at Paresh Maity’s magnum opus of Venice compositions as resonant embers on canvas as well…
March 19, 2026, 6:16 PM IST
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Seven stellar wonders at Pundoles
March 11, 2026, 3:32 PM IST
The Pundoles Fine Art Sale on March 12th , 2026 , is a testimony to an art lover’s paradise in terms of acquisitions as assets of multiple orders and moods. Collecting art is a passionate…
March 11, 2026, 3:32 PM IST
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Maya Burman’s Gardens of Song in Mumbai
March 4, 2026, 2:55 PM IST
In this month of March that belongs to women the world over it is good to look at the versatile art practice of Maya Burman whose show concluded in Mumbai at Art Musings last month. In…
March 4, 2026, 2:55 PM IST
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Japanese artist enthrals Bikaner House
February 25, 2026, 7:35 PM IST
Opening today at Bikaner House is the small 50-painting show by 81-year-old Japanese artist Komugai Minoru. Self-taught artist who began life as a designer, his travels around the world taught him to dabble in silver…
February 25, 2026, 7:35 PM IST
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Jalsa celebrates Indian art in Singapore
February 18, 2026, 2:15 PM IST
Opening in Singapore on 28th February is Jalsa, a modern and contemporary Indian art show that celebrates Indian masters as well as seasoned emerging voices.Top of the line are veterans like Krishen Khanna, Ram Kumar,…
February 18, 2026, 2:15 PM IST
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Sculptural history happens at IAF 2026
February 11, 2026, 4:19 PM IST
At a single booth at the India Art Fair 2026 two international sculpture heavy weights rubbed shoulders with each other. India’s international star Subodh Gupta rubbed shoulders with the world renown Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian,…
February 11, 2026, 4:19 PM IST
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Remembering Manjit Bawa’s enchanting world
February 4, 2026, 4:25 PM IST
The solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by the late contemporary artist Manjit Bawa titled The Storyteller, featuring a selection of ten canvases and eighteen works on paper ranging in the mediums of pastel, pencil, charcoal, ink, and…
February 4, 2026, 4:25 PM IST
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Seven evocative images of Kerala
January 28, 2026, 3:00 PM IST
10 photographers were flown to Kerala for 5 days by Kerala Tourism and taken to varied places and requested to shoot images. From these images the exhibition Lenscape Kerala is a kaleidoscope of images that sift and…
January 28, 2026, 3:00 PM IST
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Transcending time and mortality
January 21, 2026, 9:26 PM IST
Photographer and printmaker , Jyoti Bhatt’s photographs done as a study more than 60 years ago , became a traversing of tradition through the tapestry of time and button holed mortality. Just opened at Ahmedabad at…
January 21, 2026, 9:26 PM IST
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Sudip Roy’s singular watercolour and rustic bronzes at Habitat Centre Delhi
January 14, 2026, 11:20 PM IST
Sudip Roy’s Hooghly watercolour and sculptures The Habitat Centre welcomesthe New Year with a monumental Hooghly watercolour titled Moon River, as part of TOI’s Art of India sale, along with 6 bronze sculptures that whisper…
January 14, 2026, 11:20 PM IST
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Jayashree Chakravorty’s earth songs at KMB
January 7, 2026, 11:01 PM IST
At Kochi Muziris Biennale’s Anand Warehouse, Mattancherry in Kerala, Reena Lath of Akar Prakar Gallery, unveils Jayashree Chakravorty’s moorings of momentous journeys and the fragility of the earth. Monumental and contemplative is Shelter for the…
January 7, 2026, 11:01 PM IST
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