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‘The Future is Born of Art’ Commission by BMW and India Art Fair will be the first-ever BMW car wrap commission to be awarded to an Indian artist. Meet the four shortlisted artists and learn about their awe-inspiring designs
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Artist Ayesha Singh shows us Delhi through her eyes, and tells us about her fascination with the city’s multi-layered history
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Mural-like paintings on cloth that depict folk and religious stories of nomadic communities in Rajasthan, Phad is one of India’s oldest and richest artforms
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Founder of Cymroza Art Gallery, Dr. Pheroza Godrej looks back at Bombay of the ’60s — and the history of the gallery as a first-of-its-kind meeting ground for artists, writers, musicians and a new Indian imagination
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The artist, curator and cultural activist known for his politically-engaged performances reminisces on a trip back to his village in Maharashtra over the summer — and time spent reliving his childhood past-times
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From art and architecture to hidden gems – our insider guide to India’s ‘City of Dreams’
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Take a scenic journey to the Himalayas to explore Aipan, a traditional Indian ritual and artform practiced by women of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand to decorate the walls and floors of their homes
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Artist Dia Mehhta Bhupal brings us into her colour filled studio where she reconstructs the spaces most familiar to us
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From pioneering modernists to wildly innovative contemporary artists, we explore 10 essential textile artists who have been weaving wonders in cloth from India and South Asia
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Meet India Art Fair Artist in Residence, Arpita Akhanda, who explores history through family photographs, maps and postcards — and download a special artist poster inspired by the relationship between the river and her body
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Award-winning artist and Etsy maker Swarna Raja walks us through the creation of a Tanjore painting — and its tradition of representing Indian gods and goddesses in rich evocative colour
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India Art Fair’s Artist in Residence Gurjeet Singh likes to tell stories in the form of soft sculptures. Watch him at work in his Chandigarh studio and download his specially designed artist poster
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In this BMW film, we meet artist and archivist Baaraan Ijlal in her New Delhi studio and follow her as she paints the city’s hidden sounds and stories
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Kantha is an embroidery and stitching technique from Eastern India that makes use of a simple running stitch to create beautiful and complex textile pieces. Here, we follow Kantha artist Deepa Guha Thakurta, as she explains the extraordinary history of this craft — and the freedom it inspires in its makers to this day
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Raja Ravi Varma’s depictions of women are often dismissed as sentimental or idealised, but his Mahaprabha sits apart from these dainty goddesses. Historian Manu S. Pillai writes about the magisterial woman whose dark, forbidding gaze inspired this little-known painting
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Veteran gallerist Geetha Mehra describes her frequent journeys to Rabindranath Tagore’s haven, Shantiniketan — home to many of India’s foremost modernists
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Ishara Art Foundation presents Growing Like A Tree: Static In The Air, the second iteration of the exhibition Growing Like a Tree curated by…
September 11-December 9, 2021
Ishara Art Foundation, A3, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
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Alturaash Art presents Ae Mohabbat: Traversing Historical Romances, a show curated by Uma Nair and featuring six works by Pradiptaa Chakraborty in which he…
October 10-December 9, 2021
Alturaash Gallery, 147, DLF South Court Mall, Saket, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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CIMA Gallery presents Noise of Many Waters, a retrospective of Paresh Maity’s work curated by Rakhi Sarkar. Over 120 artworks spanning forty years of…
November 12-December 11, 2021
Centre of International Modern Art, Sunny Towers, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Aicon Art presents Tender is the Night, the New York debut solo of Youdhisthir Maharjan. The exhibition is a mid-career retrospective of the artist,…
November 5-December 11, 2021
Aicon Art, 35 Great Jones Street New York, NY, USA
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India Art Fair in collaboration with Etsy India presents its second ‘Creativity Hour’ workshop — on Madhubani painting. The workshop will be led by…
December 11, 2021 4 pm
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Emami Art present Bhū: The Act of Becoming, an ensemble exhibition of contemporary ceramics. A mystical word in Sanskrit, “Bhū” has an array of…
November 13-December 12, 2021
Emami Art, 777 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass , Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Vadehra Art Gallery presents a solo show by the painter A. Ramachandran featuring his latest bodies of work, Subaltern Nayikas and Lotus Pond. Besides the…
November 15-December 12, 2021
Vadehra Art Gallery, D-40 Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Emami Art presents NS Bendre: Drawings, Sketches, Watercolours, an exhibition that brings together some 40 rarely shown artworks on paper from across the artist’s…
November 13-December 12, 2021
Emami Art, 777 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass , Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Art Exposure and Birla Academy of Art and Culture present CAST, an exhibition of sculptures by Paresh Maity. The artist’s unique shapes and forms…
November 14-December 16, 2021
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 108-109, Southern Ave, Lake Terrace, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Wrightwood 659 presents We Shall Defy, an important exhibition of images and texts that illuminate the life and work of the renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist,…
October 8-December 18, 2021
Wrightwood 659, 659 W. Wrightwood Chicago, USA
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Gallery Art Exposure presents a solo exhibition of new works by Jayasri Burman, River of Faith, the artist’s most significant exhibition to date. Strongly influenced…
12-19 December, 2021
Bikaner House, Pandara Road, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Threshold Art Gallery presents Bind/Bound, a group exhibition bringing together 6 artists: Achia Anzi, Gargi Raina, Rubaba Haider, Ruby Chisti, Sumakshi Singh and Shanthi…
November 8-December 20, 2021
Threshold Art Gallery, C-221, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Gallery Veda presents Kala from Deccan, a group show curated by Erramilli Annapurna celebrating art from Hyderabad. Popularly known as ‘The City of Pearls’,…
November 27-December 23, 2021
Gallery Veda, 4/22, Ruthland Gate, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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The Embassy of Israel in collaboration with Alliance Francaise presents In Another Green, a show exploring the dynamics of colonialism in Israel through the…
5-23 December, 2021
Alliance Française de Delhi, 72, KK Birla Ln, Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, India
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Galerie Isa presents the first duo exhibition of Maha Ahmed and David Brian Smith, A Gentle Breeze curated by Jamila Adeli. The exhibition includes…
October 21-December 24, 2021
Galerie Isa, Kamani Chambers, Ramji Kamani Marg, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Experimenter – Ballygunge Place presents Adorning Shadows a solo show by Radhika Khimji in which the artist explores the body, its transitory nature and…
October 23-December 24, 2021
Experimenter - Ballygunge Place, 45 Ballygunge Place, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
