Painted Stitches, Woven Stories
The special case of Kanthas in the museum space and speculation as a mode of curating.
Home, a distant place
Zoya Siddiqui’s ongoing digital exhibition at MAP reaffirms the complexity of migration and displacement in art.
In Conversation with Tallur L.N.
In an exclusive interview with MAP, the award-winning artist Tallur L.N. discusses his video work Interference, as well as the influences, interests and references that inform his practice more broadly.
The Business of Dreams: Photographs from the Studio of Suresh Punjabi
Learn more about Suresh Punjabi –– his upbringing, influences and the portraits he produced at Suhag Studio in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh, in the 1970s and 80s.
Invisibilising the Visible: The Making of the Art of Kantha in Bengal
The essay attempts to position 'kantha' as an art object and to trace the trajectory of textile artisans, whose voices and art have both been left outside the paradigm of art historical intervention.
Mapping the Dots
Bhuri Bai’s recent exhibition at MAP sheds light on her artistic journey and the transformation from a local indigenous artist who painted mud walls in her village, to a much lauded contemporary artist.
The what and how of MAP’s first accessible digital exhibition
Committed to its mission of making the arts accessible and inclusive, MAP recently launched an online exhibition that has been designed keeping in mind the aim of reaching out to diverse audiences. Read on to learn about the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of MAP’s, and perhaps the country’s, first accessible digital exhibition!
Truth, time, technology
5 contemporary Indian artists who use the moving image to stretch the limits of what’s possible.
Home, a distant place
Zoya Siddiqui’s ongoing digital exhibition at MAP reaffirms the complexity of migration and displacement in art.