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Works of Prajakta Potnis

  “ If the world is to contain a public space, it cannot be erected for one generation and planned for the living only; it must transcend the life-span of mortal men.”⁣ ― Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition⁣   Prajakta Potnis explores the transgression of public and private systems through her captivating art practice. These…

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Doctor’s Day

    After all perhaps the greatness of art lies in the perpetual tension between beauty and pain, the love of men and the madness of creation, unbearable solitude and the exhausting crowd, rejection and consent.⁣ -Albert Camus⁣ ⁣ Several existential enquiries intersect to find a deeper meaning in Sudhir Patwardhan’s artworks. On Doctors Day, Desee Art has…

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The New Pre-Raphaelites

The New Pre-Raphaelites, 2008⁣ Sunil Gupta⁣ ⁣ “I have perceiv’d that to be with those I like is enough,⁣ To stop in company with the rest at evening is enough,⁣ To be surrounded by beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh is enough,⁣ To pass among them or touch anyone, or rest my arm ever so lightly…

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Such a Morning

Such a Morning ⁣ Amar Kanwar ⁣ Jan 20- May 20, 2020⁣ ⁣ ‘Nothing can be measured anymore⁣ Every light is a spectrum⁣ Every sliver is an open door’⁣ ⁣ Few words from Amar Kanwar’s ongoing film installation at Ishara Art Foundation with Alserkal Avenue which premiered at Documenta14 back in 2017. This feature-length film…

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The Mirror Sees Best in the Dark

‘The Mirror Sees Best in the Dark’⁣⁣⁣ Bose Krishnamachari⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ “I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.” ⁣⁣⁣ - Charles Bukowski⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ How truly can we perceive ourselves when we look in the mirror? Bose Krishnamachari in his exhibition ‘The Mirror Sees Best in the Dark’ Emami Art gallery,…

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Photoshoot for Adalaj ki Vav

    Photoshoot for Adalaj ki Vav⁣⁣ Watercolour on Paper ⁣⁣ 16x11 in⁣⁣ 2020⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us”⁣⁣ Winston Churchill⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Century-old buildings that adorned our country are symbolic of the past it left behind. Mithil Thaker’s depiction of the Adalaj ki Vav in Gujarat reminds us today, on World…

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FORGOTTEN MASTERS: INDIAN PAINTING FOR THE EAST INDIA COMPANY⁣

FORGOTTEN MASTERS: INDIAN PAINTING FOR THE EAST INDIA COMPANY⁣ Wallace Collection, London⁣ Co-curated by William Dalrymple ⁣ ⁣ 4 December 2019 – 19 April 2020⁣ ⁣ ⁣ “History wanted to be remembered."⁣ -Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts⁣ ⁣ The spectacular exhibition at the Wallace Collection, London, for the first time in history, has credited…

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Bathroom

As 2019 ended, Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) lit the last flickers of festivity in the happening city of Goa, bringing together practitioners, experts and enthusiasts from a myriad of disciplines ranging from visual, performing, live, Culinary Art to literature, film, fashion and crafts. The fourth edition of SAF, Dec 15-22, was an amalgamation of curated exhibitions and…

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