Her paintings merge the sacred with the whimsical. Her goddesses are fierce but also joyful. Parekh's painting are on display at the DAG gallery till 23 August.
Historian Pushpesh Pant delivered a talk titled Encountering Indian Food in Art and Sculpture at the National Museum in the presence of Director General BR Mani.
There’s a sad sameness to everything at the India Art Fair—even 15 years after its first edition. It’s a gate that stubbornly refuses to accommodate diversity.
Embroidery, in particular, is the new trick in town. It has come to mirror a photographic language, capturing stories and textures with an intimacy that paint & pixels fail to hold.
The government’s recent decision to revoke a customs duty exemption on Indian art was the central topic of a panel discussion at DAG in Delhi this week.
Roy’s work was instrumental in defining a unique identity for Indian art in postcolonial India. His early works, created post-1930s, featured religious icons from Hindu epics and mythology, Biblical themes and women.
There’s a specific gaze that accompanied orientalist artists, a fascination laced with condescension. 'They exoticise, they mysticise, they romanticise,' said DAG's Giles Tillotson.
Mid-1900s' women artists were often exceptional presences in artist collectives with mostly male members - providing counterpoints to prevalent narratives.
Goswamy was a maker of modern India. 'The history of post-colonial Indian art, art history, and art criticism cannot be understood without his career,' said writer Ananya Vajpeyi.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
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