New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- In the passing away of Arpita Singh (89), India loses its high priestess of Indian contemporary art. In the work of over six decades, collectors, art lovers, artists and pedagogues must delve deep into her phases of abstraction as well as human figures and her love for language. One remembers her shows at Vadehra Art Gallery, often cohesively curated by Sonia Ballaney. Her small watercolours, works on canvas and sometimes, drawings, caught your gaze. Each canvas had its own unique field of expression, but many revealed her penchant for blending small human figures with graphic abstraction, the entire space filled with multiple elements. Once, I remember asking who was Singh's most regular buyer and I was told it was Na...