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Celebrating a Life in Art at Santiniketan
Arundhat Gupta reviews to recent solo exhibition, "Our Ashram . . . Santiniketan" held at Visual Arts Gallery, New Delhi. Her body of work includes vignettes of nature and habitat typical of Santiniketan -- the various activities of the local Santhals, birds, flora and fauna, monkeys, owls, cats and dogs.

Arundhati Gupta
6 days ago5 min read


Art is an Object. Not a Screen, nor a Window
Artandyou.ru correspondent Elena Rubinova interviews well-known multidisciplinary Russian artist Alena
Romanova, whose work encompasses several mediums, including painting, graphic design, metal and enamel, sculpture and installation.

Elena Rubinova
Mar 1112 min read


Behold union in separation, like the eye and vision*
Dhritabrata Bhattacharya Tato reviews Inder Salim's on-going show at Gallery ONKAF. Well-known for his major contributions to performance art, the show brings together for the first time both his early conventional paintings and later multi-media works and those using found objects.

Dhritabrata Bhattacharjya Tato
Mar 85 min read


Tattoo Art as Resistance in Myanmar
Ranjan Kaul writes on the amazing use of tattoos and other symbols by pro-democracy activists as part of their ongoing pro-democracy resistance and civil disobedience movement in Myanmar. The article also gives a brief account of the Spring Revolution in February 2021 following the military coup and the arrest of the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ranjan Kaul
Mar 18 min read


The Power of Poise and Radiance that is Redemption
Georgina Maddox reviews the recent exhibition titled "The Art of Fabulousness: In Praise of Presence" curated by Myna Mukherjee of Engendered and held at The Leela in New Delhi. The exhibition is themed around the book by Shalini Passi "The Art of Being Fabulous". It celebrates the complimentary elements of Fabulousness: beauty and decorativeness as one element and fierceness, knowledge and power as the other.

Georgina Maddox
Feb 276 min read


Fragile Lives in Concrete Jungles
Ranjan Kaul interviews multidisciplinary artist Suman Kabiraj, whose socially engaged art practice explores labour, urbanization, and migration.

Ranjan Kaul
Jan 224 min read


The British Empire’s “darker side” revealed in a Kew Gardens botanical art exhibition
John Elliott reviews the ongoing exhibition by the Singh Twins in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art in Kew. The show was the result of the invitation to the Singh Twins by Britain's Royal Botanical Gardens to explore Kew's archives and the links to colonisation.

John Elliott
Jan 177 min read


Inheritance of Light, Geographies of Loss: Rewriting the Indo–Dutch Gaze
Aakshat Sinha previews the forthcoming show 'Inheritance of Light, Geographies of Loss' that brings together more than forty artists working across painting, textiles, glass, photography, fashion, sculpture, architecture, video, and artificial intelligence to examine how light has travelled between India and the Netherlands, from the era of Mughal miniatures and Dutch Golden Age painting to today’s digital and globalised world.

Aakshat Sinha
Jan 125 min read


Sculpting the Armature of a Wounded World
Ranjan Kaul critically reviews Pintu Sikder's recent show of sculptural works titled "Perception Unfold 25-26" held in Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam Complex, New Delhi.

Ranjan Kaul
Jan 115 min read


Ramani Mylavarapa: The Community-based Artist
Ranjan Kaul interviews multidisciplinary artist Ramani Mylavarapu whose community-based art with various tribes, fisherfolk and farmers includes photo-performance.

Ranjan Kaul
Dec 17, 20255 min read


Remya Brijesh: Seeker of Beauty in the Everyday
Responding to the artamour questionnaire, artist Remya Brijesh discusses her art journey and her themes that relate to the natural environment and the people around her.

artamour
Dec 12, 20254 min read


Reinar Foreman: The Figurative Abstractionist
Ranjan Kaul interviews Reinar Foreman, a talented young artist from Iceland, who recently held his solo exhibition "Shani's Chariot" n at Urban Fringe - the underground studio, New Delhi. The show was curated by Aakshat Sinha and Olga Lystsova.

Ranjan Kaul
Dec 8, 20258 min read


Love in Times of Darkness
Aakshat Sinha reviews the forthcoming show 'The Darkness and the Star' featuring the works of Waswo X Waswo and his team of collaborative artists. The show is presented in conjunction with Gallery Espace and will be held between 4 and 14 December 2025 at Bikaner House, New Delhi.

Aakshat Sinha
Nov 15, 20255 min read


A Thing of Beauty
Ranjan Kaul critically reviews Gautam Bhatia's show "All the Beauty in the World" held in October 2025 at Bikaner House, New Delhi. Presented by WEFT Foundation, the exhibition featured 20 art objects created by fusing together everyday objects.

Ranjan Kaul
Oct 24, 202510 min read


Fearless Art: How South Asia’s Artists are Turning Protest into Institution
What unites these regions is not uniform style but a shared urgency to institutionalize impermanence. The transition from spontaneous street art to sustained arts infrastructure marks a profound shift in the politics of cultural production across the Global South.
The Fearless Art Foundation, through initiatives like Art of Liberation, embodies this transition. By bridging grassroots movements with museums, archives, and pedagogy, it reframes protest as a long-term, interg

artamour
Oct 18, 20255 min read


The Indian Touch at the 13th COSMOSCOW Art Fair
. . . there could not be a better moment to introduce art lovers to Indian contemporary art. The Russian audience and the key players in the art market are accustomed to the fair’s diverse and high-caliber offerings from various countries. But in the context of current sanctions and the extent of art market isolation, the audience is clearly more than open and hungry for new artistic explorations.

Elena Rubinova
Sep 29, 20257 min read


Silhouettes of Shards
Artist Palak Modi in Conversation with Ranjan Kaul New Delhi-based visual artist Palak Modi explores the profound interplay between...

Ranjan Kaul
Sep 6, 20254 min read


Begumpura: Shoots and leaves
Ranjan Kaul writes a critical note on Harmandeep Keerti's ongoing solo exhibition, "Begumpura: Shoots and leaves" at Triveni gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.

Ranjan Kaul
Jul 28, 20252 min read


Auguries of Anarchy: Shelley’s Invocation to the Environment in Times of Turbulence
Poet performance storyteller, and maker of masks, Tansy Troy uses as reference woodcuts of Thomas Bewick, published as "Bewick's Birds", and Ranjan Kaul's series of paintings inspired by Shelley's allegorical, protest poem, "Masque of Anarchy" to speak about our turbulent times and the need to appreciate the interdependence between all life forms. She revisits Shelley and his poetry, starting from his earliest childhood to understand the influences and sensations that shaped

Tansy Troy
Apr 12, 202510 min read


Carving Multiple Layers to Create Magic
Interview with Los Angeles based artist Eva Malhotra, who carves multiple layers of acrylic using wood-working tools to create her art.

Ranjan Kaul
Apr 3, 20256 min read


DALI IN DELHI
Ranjan Kaul review's Salvador Dali's show at India Habitat Centre, featuring 200 original works. The show is curated by Christine Argillet.

Ranjan Kaul
Feb 8, 20257 min read


From Whispers to Songs
Georgina Maddox reviews the ongoing immersive solo show byJayasri Buman's solo at Gallery Art Alive that celebrates female energy.

Georgina Maddox
Feb 3, 20253 min read


The Mega Show: The Art of India 2025
Ranjan Kaul reviews the ongoing "The Art of India" exhibition at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The show is curated by Dr Alka Pande.

Ranjan Kaul
Jan 16, 20257 min read


Seeking Truth through Abstraction
Ranjan Kaul interviews Rashmi Khurana, an abstract expressionist painter who explores various mediums and materials in her art.

Ranjan Kaul
Dec 29, 20245 min read
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