From Writing to Seeing and Back
Arshad Hakim, Vaishnavi Kambadur, and Samira Bose discuss their curatorial collaboration between a museum and an archive for MAP's latest exhibition on K. G....
The Coming of Age of Indian Modern Art
A glimpse into the world of the Progressive Artists’ Group that revolutionised Indian Modern art.
How to Sniff Out a Fake? Long-Distance Trade and the Madras Handkerchief
This essay explores the history of a particular kind of handloom cloth from Madras, commonly referred to by its trade names, the Telia rumal or the Madras Handkerchief.
Materials, Memories, Meanings: In Conversation with Shanthamani M.
Uncovering the significance of materials in Shanthamani M.’s body of work through an exclusive conversation with the artist.
Why I Love Art: The Past is a Home
Revisiting the meaning of "home" through the looking glass of Zarina Hashmi's lines.
Why I Love Art: Facing a Goddess Across Oceans
Reckoning how the symbols of home translate outside India and how art can force us to confront our own biases and flex our empathy...
Why I Love Art: Finding Female Histories
Weighing everyday feminisms with contemporary artist Sheela Gowda’s (mis)placed objects in installation.
Why I Love Art: I Keep Coming Back to Nasreen Mohamedi’s Line Drawings
A chance encounter with one of Mohamedi's line drawings evoked in me, for the first time, a visceral response. Withdrawing at first, I soon...
Why I Love Art: My Nani’s Tijori
My grandmother’s passion for Indian handicrafts and garments urged me to embark on my own love affair with South Asian textiles.