Artist Vivan Sundaram, among India's greats, dies at 79

Vivan Sundaram, a pioneering multidisciplinary artist who often used his work, melding sculptures, photographs, videos and paintings, to reflect contemporary issues of the day, died in New Delhi on......

Farewell, gentle giant

Kishore Singh salutes Akbar Padamsee, the legendary painter who passed into the ages last fortnight. IMAGE: Legendary painter Akbar Padamsee who died at 91 on January 6, 2020. Photograph: Kind......

'Raza carried India in his heart'

'... and all of the symbolism, history, the colours of his motherland, the earth, the sky, all of that is there and it always remains with him.' IMAGE: S H Raza's interest in the form and subtext......

K G Subramanyan: An artist who loved to surprise

K G Subramanyan's artwork had a unique visual language, says Kishore Singh. Our Bengali brethren can be remarkably insular with regard to matters of art and culture so when, in a survey of Bengali......

Art in a pandemic: Openings delayed, museums embrace technology

India’s state-owned institutes have literally been forced to embrace technologies to go digital - however reluctantly. Till the museum reopen, the magic mantra has been “online”,......

Why Indian abstract art is so valuable

What makes Indian abstract art more valuable is its relative rarity.V S Gaitonde, S H Raza and J Swaminathan are the only major names in modern Indian art known for their abstracts, reports Namrata......

Did demonetization steal the colour from art?

Since the note ban was announced, auction houses, galleries and art fairs are witnessing lukewarm sales -- even with masters like Souza, Raza and Padamsee. Ritika Kochhar reports. IMAGE: At this......

How many billionaires understand art?

Image: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita Ambani at the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Mumbai. Photograph: Reuters In the absence of adequate state funding, the......