Art & Deal Magazine – Monthly Magazine

Plural India at Visual Arts Gallery from 18th to 23rd October

October 19, 2022 Art & Deal

For serious art collectors, the process of editing their collection is as emotional an affair as it is to add. Anjani Kumar Singh, a prolific and avid art lover, who is the force behind the truly international Bihar Museum holds an art exhibition titled Plural India at Visual Arts Gallery from 18th to 23rd October. Also launching a book […]

FLIGHTS OF FANCY: ABU DHABI ART – Rajesh Punj

October 1, 2022 Art & Deal

With everything of our lives online for many months of the pandemic, and the visual becoming the video experience, a much anticipated return to the real has the 2021 edition of Abu Dhabi Art making up for lost time, with the realisation of many of the ideas originally conceived of for the previous year’s fair. […]

THE VENICE BIENNALE – Uma Prakash

October 1, 2022 Art & Deal

Venice Biennale 59 was fascinating, invigorating and extremely engaging. Curator Cecilia Aleman’s Milk of Dreams shares its title with surrealist artist Leonora Carrington fantastic book and illustrations with the same name. It describes a constantly changing magical world brought about by the prism of imagination. By appointing predominantly women artists and curators, Aleman’s releases a […]

COMPANY PAINTING VISUAL MEMOIRS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY INDIA- Gaurav Kumar

October 1, 2022 Art & Deal

A lengthy black tattoo line running from a tribal woman’s nose up to her forehead may be a mark of her caste or tribe. She is carrying a parrot in her hand. The woman is dressed in a white sari with a crimson border that is twice or three times wrapped around her waist to […]

WHEN THE NEEDLE IS THE BRUSH: IN CONVERSATION WITH GOPIKA NATH -Gaurav Kumar

October 1, 2022 Art & Deal

A significant element of material culture is textiles. They might be considered as works of art, as cultural symbols, as technological objects, or as commodities. The textile arts reflect much of what is valuable in any society metaphorically. They are a fundamental human activity. Textiles provide for people’s basic requirements, but they can also help […]

FLUID EMOTION: DISTILLED ECSTASY

September 30, 2022 Art & Deal

DEVESHI GOSWAMI CAPTURES THE JUXTAPOSE OF FREE-FLOWING EMOTIONS AND THE FEELING OF ECSTASY THAT EMANATES FROM IT. Presented by Sanchit Art, the show will be held at Shridharani Gallery from 1st to 9th October. Her art resonates with the playful abundance of a carefully regimented palette. Paper, mostly white and unprimed, plays the role of a fertile soil […]

SHRINGĀRI – Upasana Bhattacharya

September 22, 2022 Art & Deal

Sometimes I wonder, how overwhelmed a curator must feel, when he decides to put together a leviathan number of artworks, each outstanding, into one tangible assemblage. How does he screen, how does he eliminate, and how does he win his battles with the inevitable overthinking? The book Shringara of Shrinathji, by Mapin Publishing, is one […]

WEAVING AVANT-GARDE- – Krispin Joseph PX

September 22, 2022 Art & Deal

Making textile is considered itself an art practice in antiquity. The continuing exercise of creating and transforming the richness of the cloth in the contemporary art world is an enduring activity. Weavers are indigenous art practitioners engaging with cultural settings in old times, creating clothes for wear, and imaging artistic identity through making the clothes. […]

EARTHLY MANIFESTATION OF LORD SRI VISHNU AT SRIRANGAM- Apurva Sinha

September 22, 2022 Art & Deal

‘vede rāmāyane caiva purāne bhārate tathā ādāv ante ca madhye ca harih sarvatra gīyate’- Bhagavad Gita Imagine, you are in a meditative loop and you wait for the religious experience to happen which could be in the form of a set of “emotions” or “feelings”. Now, how do these insights or experiences help us orient […]

THE REVIVAL OF THE TRIBAL MANADANA ART OF RANTHAMBORE: Ensuring sustainable livelihood to the downtrodden tribal women painters- Prof. Dr. Chinmay Mehta

September 22, 2022 Art & Deal

When we go through the history of Modern Art we find how French modernists were liberated from the age-old conventional naturalistic and photorealistic trends in art. Modern French painters started exploring alternative art forms of other countries breaking all the national boundaries for the creation of revolutionary art styles. In Picasso’s phenomenal creative venture of […]

FEMALE BIOPICS IN INDIA: ALTERNATIVE NOTIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS – Saraswathy K Bhattathiri

September 22, 2022 Art & Deal

Life writing had entered formally intoliterary genre in the 18th century with the Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell but its earliest traces are as old as Plutarch’s writings on emperor Alexander. Biographies intend to focus on larger-than-life/ eminent personalities with an intention to narrate with ideological presuppositions and an appearance of universal truth. […]

EXPRESSIONS OF NATURE – Vikash Nand Kumar

September 22, 2022 Art & Deal

“Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations. Treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective.” -Paul Cezanne Nature has always fascinated mankind by its sheer beauty, power, and ingenuity. Many examples can be seen in poetry, art, and other mediums since ancient […]

Rita Jhunjhunwala presents a beautiful confluence of poetry and paintings in her solo exhibition ‘Bheegi Lakeerein’

September 17, 2022 Art & Deal

24 th to 28 th September | Living Traditions Center (LTC), Bikaner House, New Delhi Celebrated artist Rita Jhunjhunwala presents her solo show BHEEGI LAKEEREIN at Living Traditions Center (LTC), Bikaner House that will be inaugurated on 23rd of September and continue till 28th September. A unique exhibition that combines poetry with art, the show is curated […]

People, Moments, Lives: Portraits by Sanjeet Chowdhury- Ranu Roychoudhuri

September 3, 2022 Art & Deal

As a representational genre, portraiture has a long and diverse history provoking intellectual debates across cultures and generations of artists, subjects, patrons, curators, critics, and viewers. It manifests in varied media as one of the most versatile forms to visually comment on the meaning of being human in a society. Portraits oscillate between mimesis and […]

In Conversation with “FOREST MAN” Bulu Imam-Gaurav Kumar

September 3, 2022 Art & Deal

Padma Shri Bulu Imam is a gem that many people are unaware of. He is an archaeologist, a revivalist of tribal paintings, and the recipient of the Gandhi Foundation’s International Peace Award for his humanitarian efforts. He is a big-game hunter turned environmentalist, as well as an archaeologist, and a revivalist of tribal paintings. He […]

How Women Became A Medium of Social Critique For Artist Bikash Bhattacharjee – Sneha Gautam

September 2, 2022 Art & Deal

A mention of artist Bikash Bhattacharjee brings to mind the large repertoire of his spellbinding portraits, which depicted Bengali people from different classes and social milieus, especially women. Portraying his subjects with minute details of their form and depth in their gaze, the artist deftly mastered the effects of light and shadow that rendered his […]

India Art Fair 2022: Celebration for enthusiast art lovers – Uma prakash

August 31, 2022 Art & Deal

The 13th India Art fair held at NSCI was a wonderful celebration for enthusiast art lovers who flocked to the venue regardless of sultry weather and a revival of a few Covid cases. This much waited fair returned after two years and the visitors embraced it. It contained a plurality of spirit that reflected the […]

The Lost Pair – Saraswathy K Bhattathiri

August 28, 2022 Art & Deal

Review on the solo show ‘Is Today Better than Yesterday’ by Surekha Sharada at 1 Shantiroad Studio/Gallery, Bangalore, 17th -24th May 2022. Surekha Sharada is a contemporary visual artist based in Bangalore. Her works have been exhibited in various national and international museums like San Jose Museum (USA), Museum Guimet (Paris), Kunst Kruezberg (Germany) Kunstraum […]

Rokeya Sultana – Gaurav Kumar

August 27, 2022 Art & Deal

Exhibition of works and launch of monograph at Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, 6th -26th June 2022 This knee-buckling collection of more than forty years of Rokeya Sultana’s art, which is most known for dealing with themes of women, sexuality, and feminism, should be it if you only have […]

ART MAGNUM & GOLF GREEN GALLERY PRESENT NIRMAYA SPARSA BRINGING BENGAL ART TO DELHI

August 8, 2022 Art & Deal

A rich representation of master artists the show comes alive on 12th August 2022 at Shridharani Gallery. Art Magnum and Golf Green Gallery present ‘ Healing Touch (Niramaya Sparsa)’, a group exhibition featuring eminent modern and contemporary artists from Bengal and showcasing the cultural richness of the region. The exhibition shall in many ways depict the response of the […]

‘Can we Talk’ – a solo show by Mohd. Intiyaz at Method Kalaghoda

August 4, 2022 Art & Deal

Date – Ongoing until 21st August Address –Method Kalaghoda – 86, Nagindas Master Rd, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001 Description – Many hardships are not unique, yet despite being a reality shared among many, things are difficult to talk about openly.Method Kalaghoda to present their ongoing show titled – Can We Talk? a collection of works […]

Bind/ Bond – Uma Prakash

August 3, 2022 Art & Deal

Threshold Gallery’s latest exhibition Bind/Bound speaks to a wide variety of contemporary concerns from bonding to the necessity of acceptance. It examines the fragility of human existence, and speaks about life and the human spirit on a most profound level. This show follows the ethos of an earlier thought-provoking exhibition titled Bakhiya, curated by Tunty […]

Inherited Arts Forum at India Art Fair 2022 Exploring the world of indigenous art forms in India-Chhavi Jain

August 3, 2022 Art & Deal

Indian lore is rooted in storytelling, iconography and symbolism that, in grandiose or mundane forms, surrounds us inevitably. From the first known source of communication, take the logosyllabic script and signs found in caves dating back to the Indus Valley civilisation as an example, to eventually evolving into a diverse vocabulary from local traditions, cultures, […]

Spirit from bondage to freedom: An Interview with Sonali Chaudhari – Yeindrila Das

August 3, 2022 Art & Deal

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated. -Auguste Rodin Sonali Chaudhari is a Visual Artist based in New Delhi, India, having studied Fine Art at the prestigious College of Art in Delhi, till 1999. Sonali loves […]

Affect to Effect: an interview with Julia Crabtree and William Evans – Rajesh Punj

August 3, 2022 Art & Deal

For British duo Julia Crabtree and William Evans sculpture, and the sculptural experience, have less to do with fixed forms, those that become the icons of the modern age, theirs is an almost adolescent interest in materials and matter that appear ugly and uneasy on the eye, that might crack under the weight of expectation. […]

ZAMIN: HOMELANDS- CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS AT JNAF – Harshada Mane

August 1, 2022 Art & Deal

On the momentous occasion of the 100 years of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) coinciding with the artist S. H. Raza’s centenary, Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation (JNAF) presented Zamin: Homelands, showcases a thoughtfully curated collection of the artist’s work between the 1960’s and 70’s. The exhibition title Zamin is inspired by one of S.H. […]

Prominent singer Bhupinder Singh passed away at the age of 82 in Mumbai on July 18 at a Mumbai Hospital.

July 19, 2022 Art & Deal

Renowned ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh, known for crooning classics like ‘Do Diwane Shehar Mein’, “Naam Gum Jayega” and “Dil Dhoondta Hai”, died on Monday due to suspected colon cancer and COVID-19-related complications at a city hospital, his wife Mitali Singh said. He was 82. Many Bollywood celebrities and fans took to Twitter to mourn the […]

Famous artist Achuthan Kudallur at 77 passed away in Chennai on Monday morning, July 18

July 19, 2022 Art & Deal

Famous artist Achuthan Kudallur, 77, passed away in Chennai on Monday morning, July 18, from an illness associated with ageing. The artist was admitted to a private hospital in the city after becoming ill over the previous few days. He was a member of the Madras Art Club, which was based out of Chennai’s Government […]

Artist Suvigya Sharma allies with OwlUnited to protect globally endangered species

July 12, 2022 Art & Deal

Renowned international miniature artist Suvigya Sharma partners with OwlUnited- a revolutionary NFT project uniting business, charity, and digital art, towards their mission to protect endangered species globally. Suvigya a TEDx speaker and an artist known for his miniature paintings, fresco work, heritage restoration, and life-size portraits, recently made news about his first collection of NFTs […]

AKSHYA PRATISTHAN PRESENTS BROTHER’S @2022 WITH ITS 27TH EDITION; SUPPORTS SPECIALLY-ABLED CHILDREN

July 11, 2022 Art & Deal

For the first time since the pandemic, the cultural melange will offer the best of Indian sustainable brands, as Akshya Pratisthan Brother’s @2022 continues to support a conscious lifestyle. When: 12th July Where: Ballroom, Hyatt Regency, New Delhi Timings: 10.30am – 8pm Entry: Free Media Contact: Karishma +919873458574 Established in 1988, Akshya Pratisthan, a pioneer […]

Editorial

June 30, 2022 Art & Deal

Dear Readers! Along with the creative process, art is constantly changing. In this sense, art can increase public awareness of a variety of social issues and foster positive social change because artistic process has a social responsibility to the audience. artists who have consistently been interested in issues of social or political order while keeping […]

Interweave Consulting Marks Pride Month with Critically Acclaimed Play ‘Ek Madhav Baug’

June 14, 2022 Art & Deal

Bangalore, 14th June, 2022: As part of its initiatives to mark Pride Month, Interweave Consulting, a leading Bangalore-based inclusion solutions consulting firm is hosting a virtual reading of the critically acclaimed play Ek Madhav Baug, from 3:30 – 5:00 pm on June 20, 2022. The reading will be performed by artist Mona Ambegaonkar and will […]

Gallerie Nvyā presents a solo show by Aparna Bidasaria titled “FALAK – Meditations on the Banyan” that showcases a tapestry of evocative paintings of the Banyan Tree, curated by Uma Nair

June 8, 2022 Art & Deal

What: A solo show by Aparna Bidasaria: “Falak – Meditations on the Banyan” presented by Gallerie Nvyā When: Opening on 18th June, 2022. The exhibition will be on view till 25th June, 2022 Where: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Bikaner House, between Pandara Rd, &, Shahjahan Rd, India Gate, New Delhi 110011 Preview: 18th June 2022, Saturday. 5:30pm to […]

British Council’s ‘India/UK Together Season of Culture’ to boost artistic collaboration between emerging artists

June 8, 2022 Art & Deal

A landmark programme that marks India’s 75th anniversary and celebrates the bilateral relationship between the two nations Digital innovation and inclusion take centerstage as 1,400+ artists from India-UK showcase their collaborations in dance, music, theatre, poetry, literature, visual arts and creative technology Academy and Grammy award winning composer A. R. Rahman announced as the Season Ambassador […]

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai, welcomes the Rotary Club of Bombay For a Tour of The Indian Textile and Costume Gallery at CSMVS

June 7, 2022 Art & Deal

In 2015, The Indian Textile and Costume Gallery, the first in the city of Mumbai, was established at the CSMVS Museum. CSMVS has a modest but substantial collection of around a thousand textiles which can best be termed as an interesting mix of historical and representative textiles. Textile traditions of India have altered enormously in […]

a|n Gallery Proudly Presents

June 7, 2022 Art & Deal

“Joyfulness – Works of Liu Cheng Mui and Liu Tung Mui”First joint exhibition of the artist-sisters in a decade (6 June, 2022, Hong Kong) The joy of childhood is the theme of a|n Gallery’s newest exhibition, held from 9 – 24 June, 2022. This exhibition features the works of Liu Cheng Mui, one of Hong Kong’s […]

Corporates support KASHISH 2022 to kick start June Pride Month

May 30, 2022 Art & Deal

South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ+ film festival will also be supported by consulates, NGOs and media organizations. The 13th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest LGBTQ+ film festival will kick start June Pride Month with its hybrid festival this year. KASHISH 2022 will be held from June 1-5th at Liberty Cinema […]

Tangled Hierarchy Curated by Jitish Kallat 2 June–10 September 2022

May 27, 2022 Art & Deal

Including contributions by: Kader Attia, Kim Beom, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mahatma Gandhi, Zarina, Mona Hatoum, Partition Museum, Sir Roger Penrose, Paul Pfeiffer, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Roger Shephard, Homai Vyarawalla, Alexa Wright John Hansard Gallery, part of the University of Southampton, is pleased to present Tangled Hierarchy, an exhibition that centres on a collection of five humble yet […]

French May Arts Festival 2022 & Chinachem Group Jointly Present Interactive Digital Sculpture INTRAVERSE by French artist Ophelia Jacarini and French Traditional Gourmet Market by French GourMay Unboxing Arts and Sensation in the community

May 21, 2022 Art & Deal

French May Arts Festival joins hands with Chinachem Group again, presenting a unique interactive dance performance by French artist Ophelia Jacarini, whichwill be shown at Central Market and NINA MALL. Alongside the French Traditional Gourmet Market, one of the highlights of the 13th of the French GourMay Food and Wine Festival, French May invites Hong Kong residents to unbox […]

Exposição “Lisboa, digna de nota – pinturas de Natália Gromicho” já foi vista por milhares de pessoas nas primeiras 2 semanas

May 19, 2022 Art & Deal

Entre 5 de maio e 26 de agosto algumas das estações mais movimentadas do Metro servem de palco para a reconhecida artista Natália Gromicho (www.nataliagromicho.com) apresentar “Lisboa, digna de nota – pinturas de Natália Gromicho”, uma exposição de pintura inserida nas comemorações do 25.º aniversário de carreira desta artista portuguesa. Esta exposição insere-se no âmbito do programa de […]

From Street to Knit Group Show at D2 Place

May 19, 2022 Art & Deal

Showcasing Works of Street Artists from Hong Kong & France Inspired by Textile Heritage alongside 15 Knit-artworks Transcribing from the Street-artworks Celebrating the sixth year of partnership, LAWSGROUP and French May Arts Festival collaborate with street art gallery L’Epicerie Fine HK and three street artists from France and Hong Kong to present a curated group […]

Upaj: A Visual Feast-Jyoti A Kathpalia

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

There’s The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci’s artistic representation of the most iconic meal in the history of humankind. More than five centuries later is Anjolie Ela Menon’s mural Upaj, the story of every Indian supper – actually every meal by every Indian. It is a weaving of the rich diversity of India in its […]

Strange Attractors – Uma Prakash

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

Bharti Kher’s incredible sculpture exhibition titled Stange Attractors, presented by Nature Morte, consisted of nostalgic, mysterious and melancholic works, boldly unfolding a visual narrative. Kher’s employs a wide range of materials to bewilder, mesmerize and repel. The artist’s unique visual language depicts a deep understanding of the cosmos. She uses the outlandish to make observation […]

Studio Kishangarh- Path of Grace – Visited by Gaurav Kumar

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

“ With Studio Kishangarh my endeavour has been to not just create contemporary miniatures, but also develop the art in a sustainable, natural manner.” – Princess Vaishnavi Kumari Kishangarh, located off the Jaipur highway on a fast-lane expressway, is a harmonious blend of sophisticated and rural India. You’ll find yourself in the centre of a […]

Intervening the City: An Epistemological Montage- Saraswathy K Bhattathir

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

Review of UNRULY SYNTAX, a solo show by Ravi Kumar Kashi at Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore. (4th December 2021 to 22nd Jan 2022 Artist Ravi Kumar Kashi holds a BFA in Painting from Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore, MFA in Print Making from MSU, Baroda, MA in English from Mysore University and been a recipient of various grants […]

Looking at Matsya—35 mm: Sanjeet Chowdhury-Ranu Roychoudhuri

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

Photographer-collector-film-maker Sanjeet Chowdhury’s photoessay title Matsya—35 mm is crafted out of years of engagement with fish culture in the port-cities of Calcutta (Kolkata) and Bombay (Mumbai). For at least two decades, Sanjeet looked at fish in their diverse forms as a signifier of cultural practices, a commodity, and an aesthetic object. Indeed, his meticulous attention […]

Night Will Fall an interview with Christian Boltanski – Rajesh Punj

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

Speaking from his home in Paris, at a moment when it was impossible to meet in person, this was possibly one of, if not the last, major interview given by Christian Liberté Boltanski, before his untimely death in the summer of 2021. In hindsight it reads as a remarkable testament to the artist’s energies and […]

View Finders: Henri Cartier- Bresson and Parmanand Dalwadi-Dr. Seema Bhalla

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

The advent of the camera in the 1840s revolutionised not only the way people viewed the world and their lives but it also altered the world of visual art and steered it towards the direction that impacted it immensely. All of a sudden, it obviated the necessity of rendering art as closely as possible to […]

RAJESH DEB’s Neverland Post Office-Observed by Gaurav Kumar

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

Rajesh Deb (1979, Dharmanagar, Tripura) is an artist who sees political overtones in everyday life. He exposes the social and political concerns of his time and constructs a satirical universe that runs concurrently with reality. By conjuring up disturbing pictures, he removes the veil on the many worthless features of today’s world. A Rabindra Bharti […]

Birds of Passage: Sunanda Khajuria-Kainaat Fatima

May 2, 2022 Art & Deal

Art has always been an expression of inner emotions, intuitions, and aspirations to a majority of people. It has always been a method of expressing one’s perspective on the world, which is an extension of the personality for many. On the other hand, beauty has always been a measure of a feeling’s impact. One often […]

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