Why I Love Art: Arrested Audience
Why I can’t stop staring at Bhupen Khakhar’s ‘Man with Plastic Flowers.'
The Journey of Thumri
Women performers, many of them lost in the pages of history, have been at the forefront of preserving the legacy of thumri, one of Indian music’s most important – and misunderstood – genres.
The Fantastical World of Karen Knorr’s ‘India Song’ Series
A closer look at photographs from Karen Knorr’s acclaimed ‘India Song’ series that occupy a significant place in MAP’s vast contemporary photography collection.
Why I Love Art: The Art of Numbers
A writer pens her love for tracking the Indian art auction market, and the thrill of finding record breaks, repeat sales and various market trends in the process.
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 muscle.
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 learnt to completely immerse myself...
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.