Tag: Art
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Building India’s Cultural Future in the Age of AI
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a museum aficionado. Museums, for me, are not merely static repositories of the past; they are living, breathing spaces where culture, memory, and imagination intersect. That appreciation deepened during the five years I lived in France. Culture there is not a…
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The Overlooked Brushstrokes of Budapest
Visiting the Hungarian National Gallery, I discovered Szinyei and the so-called “Budapest Eye” painters—artists who paralleled French Impressionism without contact. Their brilliance made me question how Western cultural hegemony sidelines equally innovative voices, from Hungary to India, in shaping our idea of “world art.”
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A Night at the Musée de La Poste: Nuit Blanche 2025
Nuit Blanche transforms Paris into an open-air art gallery. This year, Nuit Blanche led me to Musée de La Poste. From rare clocks to witty contemporary art, this museum reminded me why it’s also important to have spaces dedicated to ordinary but foundational aspects of everyday life.
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A Glimpse Into 19th Century Elegance At Maison Caillebotte
Maison Caillebotte offers a glimpse into the refined world of a wealthy 19th-century bourgeois family. From its elegant interiors to the vast landscaped gardens that inspired the artist, the estate is a fascinating contrast to the bohemian lifestyles of Caillebotte’s Impressionist peers.
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What If Colour Was the Only Story Art Needs?
Art is often analyzed through history, technique, and form—but what if color is its deepest language? During my visit to the Centre Pompidou, I realised that colour, more than subject or style, is what captivates me. It speaks to me in a way that goes beyond words, shaping my instinctive…
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A Serendipitous Encounter with Gesine Arps
When a walk in the park leads to a serendipitious discovery of a contemporary artist, filling the heart with the kind of peace and joy only art can evoke.
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“Everywhen is happening everywhere” – Songlines
A brilliantly curated, and insightful exhibition, Songlines was much more than a simple exhibition about Indigenous Australian art.
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A Parisian Workation
Close to burning out (from work, and the soaring temperatures), we took a month-long workation in Paris this summer. An excellent decision. Paris allowed us to achieve the right work-life balance, and brought back our mojo.
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Throwback to Riverdale ArtWalk 2019
Being stuck at home makes you even more nostalgic about certain trips and memories. This week, the memories assailing me are those of which I don’t even have many photos. Memories of countless visits to artisanal markets, like the regular exhibitions at Chitrakala Parishad, and the innumerable flea markets that…
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A Rendez-vous with India’s Frida Kahlo
Amrita Sher-Gil, a name with which I was very familiar, an artist I had heard much about and whose works I knew from the lovely coffee table book at my best friend’s place. So when the NGMA had a retrospective, I knew I had to go, even though it is…
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Book Review : Monet’s Cookery Notebooks
Like most people, I love the Impressionists and I started my lessons in Art with Claude Monet’s beautiful works. Sue Roe’s “The Private Lives of the Impressionists” waits patiently on my bedside table to be finished, giving way to a more recent purchase, “Monet’s Cookery Notebooks.” Acquired at the first…
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Book Review : Girl With A Pearl Earring
A student handed this book to me last weekend after a discussion about art and novels inspired by art works during the previous weekend class, asking me to read it. The minute I saw the cover, I knew that this would be one of those books I would not be…
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