10 Textile Artists You Should Know
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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Memory Collector: Arpita Akhanda
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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Tanjore Painting: Celebrating India's Mastery of Colour
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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Fantastical Forms: Gurjeet Singh
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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Recording SIlence: Baaraan Ijlal
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: Women Stitching Stories in Thread
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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Material Concepts: Indu Antony
India Art Fair Artist-in-Residence Indu Antony tells us about her practice rooted in feminism and community. Step into her world in this artist film, and download a special artist poster
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A Pilgrimage to Shantiniketan
Veteran gallerist Geetha Mehra describes her frequent journeys to Rabindranath Tagore’s haven, Shantiniketan — home to many of India’s foremost modernists
