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'Typecasting: Photographing the People of India': An exhibition critically examines the ethnographic image

New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The link between the rise of photography and anthropological studies in the 1850s is inextricable particularly in India. The camera became a means to explore, investigate and cla... Read More


Aranyani's pavilion brings together architecture, conservation and design

New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- A spiral structure comes into view in the middle of Sunder Nursery. The chaos of the traffic leading up to this heritage neighbourhood in Delhi gets left behind as you approach t... Read More


How geopolitical tensions and inequality are fuelling auto-narrative art

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Across the world, it is a time of charged geopolitics, marked by widespread crackdowns on civil liberties and freedom of expression. Can the art world be unaffected by all the con... Read More


In the spotlight: Art practices rooted in the land and its people

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- At first glance, Kulpreet Singh's Extinction Archive stands out for its intricacy. The 40-year-old Patiala-based artist draws likenesses of endangered or extinct beetles, amphibia... Read More


Grace Lillian Lee, an indigenous Australian designer reinterprets her culture through a futuristic lens

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Grace Lillian Lee's woven artwear-akin to ceremonial totems and warrior armours-stands out at the India Art Fair. These sculpted dresses catch the eye for their form and colour, o... Read More


The body as canvas: Exploring the evolution of performance art

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Last weekend a group of people were blindfolded and led through a path littered with obstacles while a narrator offered mysterious commentary like "If you speak plainly, you are p... Read More


What to see at the India Art Fair 2026

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Layered narratives come to the forefront at the NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi. Resurgence and renewal form the basis of Paresh Maity's large-scale Recycle of Life, an outdoor pro... Read More


A preview of India Art Fair 2026: Personal histories meet material memory

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Layered narratives come to the forefront at the NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi. Resurgence and renewal form the basis of Paresh Maity's large-scale Recycle of Life, an outdoor pro... Read More


25 years on, Kutch returns to quake-resistant 'bhunga' structures

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- Twenty-five years ago on the morning of 26 January 2001, Gujarat was rocked by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, its intensity touching "extreme" on the Mercalli intensity scale. With ... Read More


'Bloom at Dusk': A major solo showcases Jodhaiya Bai Baiga's unique artistic language

New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Colours seem to have spilled onto the walls of Ojas Art as paintings by the late artist Jodhaiya Bai Baiga light up the gallery. Her works feature two of her favourite motifs, dr... Read More