Hard times haven’t hit art that hard

Tuesday 19 May '09

“In the times of recession, it becomes clear who is collecting art for the sake of it and who looks at it as a pure investment,” says Dr Hugo Weihe, International Director, Asian Art at Christie’s, the UK-based auction house.

Stamp Collection

Sunday 17 May '09

With a new solo in Milan, Reena Saini-Kallat and her rubber-stamp installations are making a mark

Hope for art lovers as modern art gallery wakes up from slumber

Friday 15 May '09

The cultural ministry of India has issued a government order and a four-member administrative committee has been formed to look after the smooth running of the National Gallery of Modern Art’s Mumbai branch.

Don’t Pinch Me

Monday 11 May '09

The galleries might be preparing for a lean summer, but it is the perfect time to strike a good bargain if you are looking out for that art work that does not pinch your pocket.

Art Direction

Monday 20 April '09

One has often wished for a comprehensive map that would lead art lovers to the important galleries in India.

Art Direction

Monday 20 April '09

One has often wished for a comprehensive map that would lead art lovers to the important galleries in Delhi. Now Japa Arts Initiative provides maps that makes gallery hopping easy not only in Delhi but in Mumbai as well.

Reader Friendly

Friday 17 April '09

When it began in 1990, Bombay Dost was a self-funded, black-and-white magazine. Ashok Row Kavi, the founder editor of the first registered LGBT...

Art Direction

Friday 17 April '09

One has often wished for a comprehensive map that would lead art lovers to the important galleries in Delhi.

Direction art

Tuesday 14 April '09

One has often wished for a comprehensive map that would lead art lovers to the important galleries in the city of Mumbai...

Punk Art

Monday 13 April '09

Grainy old negatives revived and reprinted as photographs, old photographs taken out from the album and put up in a gallery...

Exclusively booked

Saturday 11 April '09

Imagine having the complete works of painter Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti, in a book that is over a foot long...

Expanding ideas

Friday 3 April '09

Change seems to be a constant at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum. What used to once be the Children’s Centre...

Layer for layer

Thursday 2 April '09

A Performance held last Friday at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, NCPA, had artist Monali Meher carving the words: war, violence and hatred on potato skin.

Layer for layer

Wednesday 1 April '09

A Performance held last Friday at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, NCPA, had artist Monali Meher carving the words: war, violence and hatred on potato skin.

They let the pictures do the talking

Saturday 28 March '09

Mumbai's art-savvy crowd is in for a bit of a shock. A group of artists who call themselves Suspects, have a rather unusual show to offer at the Kala Ghoda Café— at a space behind it which is not in use. The show is hosted by Chatterjee and Lal.

Cat scan

Thursday 26 March '09

Cats that morph into vacuum cleaners have never been the subject of artistic discourse. Photographs of cats and their insides...

Canvas to screen

Monday 23 March '09

On big screen, Imaad Shah—who plays a would-be graphic novelist in Little Zizou—retreats from the crazy Parsi world around by drawing every character from his life.

At gay workshop, comic strips promote safe sex

Saturday 21 March '09

Sometimes it is easier to say difficult things in a humorous way. This is why comic strips talking of safe sex, HIV awareness and transparency with partners, are an easier way to get the message through.

Tina gets traditional

Friday 20 March '09

I love history; it’s really fascinating,” says Tina Ambani at the opening of The Harmony Show on March 13.

Chamber of secrets

Thursday 19 March '09

While revisiting his home town, Srinagar—once known as Paradise on Earth—artist Veer Munshi was armed.

Good Buy

Wednesday 18 March '09

The season of art auctions is here again, with ways to beat the recession blues. Art patrons are once again buying art, since the prices are plummeting.

Good Buy

Tuesday 17 March '09

The season of art auctions is here again, with ways to beat the recession blues. Art patrons are once again buying art, since the prices are plummeting.

Five women and a camera

Monday 16 March '09

The girls at the Santacruz Municipal School have neither ever faced a camera nor ever told of their travails on the play-field amidst dominating boys.

Tina gets traditional

Monday 16 March '09

I love history; it’s really fascinating,” says Tina Ambani at the opening of The Harmony Show on March 13.

Cheap and chic

Friday 13 March '09

The Assomull family takes their art very seriously. So while Madan and Sangita Assomull have been collecting paintings of Anjolie Ela Menon along with limited edition sculptures by Salvadore Dali...