February 2019

Take a peek at the rich heritage of the pre-Vedic deity through Jean-Louis Cardin’s photographs at the Pondicherry Heritage Festival Jean-Louis Cardin’s quest began with a photo of two blue horses. It was 2005, and the French architect-turned-amateur photographer was in a small temple in Saliyamangalam on a mission to learn more about India, and Hinduism. The next picture he

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Out-of-the-box A video installation by Archana Hande — more of a projection on the ground, specifically on glass pieces — delves into the camel trade between Asia and Australia in Centenary Gallery The Chennai Photo Biennale that opens this Friday turns MRTS stations, heritage buildings and other landmarks into show spaces Quick Gun Murugan stands on a railway track in

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1. Trade Show IDAC – Infrastructure Development Architecture Construction  08-10 Mar 2019   Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC), Mumbai, India LINK:  https://10times.com/idac-mumbai     2.Trade Show The Dream Home Expo  28-30 Mar 2019  Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow, India LINK:  https://10times.com/tdhe

Only Mukherjee, India’s biggest name in fashion, can fill his new home with precious antiques and textiles, then wait for the paint to peel off Sabyasachi Mukherjee doesn’t do things by halves. If you need reminding, revisit the details of his bridal lehengas for actors Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra on his Instagram account — crimson red for Chopra, with hand-cut organza

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How artist Moranngam Khaling’s new wallpapers with Asian Paints dip into Nagaland’s visual history Earthy plum walls, with vertical stripes reminiscent of a bull’s horns, caught our eye at the recently-concluded India Design ID. The abstract work — Asian Paints’ wallpaper of the year, titled ‘Mithun’, in the paint brand’s colour of 2019, ‘Awakening’ — is designed by Delhi-based Naga

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Youngsters taking pictures with a 1929 Chevrolet convertible displayed at the second edition of Cartist Yatra – 2019, at Rajiv Smruthi Bhavan in Visakhapatnam   | Photo Credit: KR DEEPAK Cartist Yatra promotes art, culture, and artistes by using automobiles as its canvas Cartist Yatra, 2019, a travelling exhibition of painted cars, rickshaws and scooters, is visiting 10 cities in a

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  Norwegian artist Tanya Busse explores local landscapes and a global crisis In a dark room in a bylane off Colaba Causeway, grey waves engulf the words, ‘The Poet’s Antidote.’ The tiny art space has been converted into a visual box, playing a 12-minute video on repeat. The film pans through Northern Norway, switching from scraggly black rock surfaces, frothy

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INK WASH PAINTING WORKSHOP  Saturday, 23rd Feb 2019 | 11:00 AM to 01:30 PM IST Jxtapose,Road Number 32,Jubilee Hills, Venkatagiri, Hyderabad, Telangana, India About The Event Ink Wash Painting methods originated from China and then were gradually adopted and modified by Japan. Paintings in black ink are called Sumie in Japan. It utilizes gradation by variations of ink and water

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Group show of 80 Artists “TIGER” 23rd Feb AT 6pm Till 1st March 2019 Between 11am – 7pm Chitramayee State Art Gallery, Hyderabad

Over the years: Baiju Parthan’s Yesterday’s Monument (City of Dreams); (right) Nilofer Suleman’s Bagh E Chaman Art Musings celebrates two decades of its existence with a year-long programme of shows It is widely known that the foundation of this pulsating city originated with the merging of seven islands. Colaba, Mazagaon, Mahim, Parel, Bombay Island, Worli, and Old Woman’s Island, were

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