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Drawing Room: Vandana Kothari on K G Subramanyan's striking murals

India, Aug. 6 -- Anyone who visits the Design Department of the Kala Bhavana art school at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan will be familiar with the striking black-and-white mural that adorns... Read More


Drawing Room: Vandana Kothari on K G Subramanyan's striking murals

India, Aug. 6 -- Anyone who visits the Design Department of the Kala Bhavana art school at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan will be familiar with the striking black-and-white mural that adorns... Read More


Drawing Room: Manjot Kaur's paintings birth rebellion and entwined truths

India, July 24 -- If I had to describe Manjot Kaur's work in a word, I would call it ferocious. Very few works of art, even brave ones, are truly ferocious. While most of us fear the entanglement of ... Read More


Drawing Room: Manjot Kaur's paintings birth rebellion and entwined truths

India, July 24 -- If I had to describe Manjot Kaur's work in a word, I would call it ferocious. Very few works of art, even brave ones, are truly ferocious. While most of us fear the entanglement of ... Read More


Rooted in hard truths

India, July 11 -- Imagine a coconut tree. Now, imagine rows upon rows of human figures, painstakingly carved from wood and pinned onto the tree with long, sharp nails. Their bland expressions normalis... Read More


Drawing Room: Vinu VV's wooden sculptures showcase the trauma of casteism

India, July 10 -- Imagine a coconut tree. Now, imagine rows upon rows of human figures, painstakingly carved from wood and pinned onto the tree with long, sharp nails. Their bland expressions normalis... Read More


Drawing Room: Vinu VV's wooden sculptures showcase the trauma of casteism

India, July 10 -- Imagine a coconut tree. Now, imagine rows upon rows of human figures, painstakingly carved from wood and pinned onto the tree with long, sharp nails. Their bland expressions normalis... Read More


Rajnesh Kumar on Bikash Bhattacharjee's haunting works

India, June 26 -- Even if you've only glanced at a work by Bikash Bhattacharjee, who passed away in 2006, you'll probably find it hard to get it out of your head. The works are often creepy, unpleasan... Read More


Rajnesh Kumar on Bikash Bhattacharjee's haunting works

India, June 26 -- Even if you've only glanced at a work by Bikash Bhattacharjee, who passed away in 2006, you'll probably find it hard to get it out of your head. The works are often creepy, unpleasan... Read More


Despair, then hope: Making sense of A Ramachandran's sumptuous art

India, June 12 -- A Ramachandran, who passed away in 2024 at age 89, passionately encouraged artists to "develop a visual language and grammar of their own" when he was alive. Anyone who struggles to ... Read More