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
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Art and Friends at the Dinner Table
Collector and printmaking pioneer, Anil Relia shares stories from his printing studio in Ahmedabad that inspired some of India’s greatest modernists to use screen-printing as a medium — and in the process, became a hub of creativity and camaraderie
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Remembering Husain Sahib
Founder of Vadehra Art Gallery in Delhi, Arun Vadehra remembers M.F. Husain — artist, friend and genius — whose passion sparked those around him and inspired generations of artists who followed
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5 Questions to Thomas Ruff
What was India like in the 1800s? We caught up with the celebrated photographer Thomas Ruff who has been experimenting with early colonial era photographs archived at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
