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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicIndian artists

Topic: Indian artists

Hanif Kureshi—the artist who converted Delhi’s Lodhi Colony into the first art district in India

Kureshi was living the super-hero life. Doing his advertising job in the day, and by breathing life into the street walls with his graffiti at night.

Indian cubism has lines that sing and dance. It doesn’t have the anxious edges of the West

DAG's latest exhibition 'Deconstructed Realms: India's Tryst with Cubism' takes visitors on an immersive journey through the evolution of Cubism in India.

Painter Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh lived on Rs 50 as student. His father pushed him to study

Artists and admirers gathered to celebrate the 87-year-old post-Partition painter, art historian, and poet Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.

Malayali artist A Ramachandran saw poverty for the first time in Kolkata. It changed his art

A. Ramachandran's early works reflected engagement with urban anxiety and socio-political unrest. He later realised that art transcends social commentary.

Roses, dava khana—artist Seema Kohli rebuilds her ‘Pind’ in Pakistan through new exhibition

The exhibition, Khula Aasman, is a visceral journey through the fault lines of memory and migration, tied to the cataclysmic rupture of Partition.

What do Manjit Bawa and Abanindranath Tagore have in common? Reinventing miniature art

Art historian Geeti Sen showed how five artists— Abanindranath Tagore, Manjit Bawa, Waswo X Waswo, R Vijay, and Nilima Sheikh —expanded India’s miniature traditions at her Delhi book launch.

Indian artists must get ready for a new freedom movement. Ashok Vajpeyi’s rallying cry

Poet Ashok Vajpeyi delivered the lecture ‘Our Arts: Our Society’ in memory of Kapila Vatsyayan, the grand matriarch of cultural studies and a preeminent practitioner of the arts in India.

India wasn’t ready for Naina Dalal’s nude paintings in 1960s. At 90, she gets her solo exhibition

Naina Dalal developed her art when the first wave of feminism was still gaining momentum. A week-long exhibition of her works is being held at the Travancore House in New Delhi.

4 Indian artists set to debut at Santa Fe festival—inspired by Warli, Madhubani, local roots

‘As many as 265 Chinese visual artists participate at Santa Fe. Even small countries like Kenya send 32 people. And we’re going there for the first time,’ said Amrinder Kathua.

‘I Will Draw my Own Laxman Rekha’—Gogi Saroj Pal reimagines Indian myths free of male gaze

Pal’s work redefined the female form. She was considered a feminist even before the term arrived in India. An exhibition of her work is on display at DAG, Janpath till 25 May.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

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.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

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.