Zehra Jumabhoy
Raqib Shaw
June 2013
“So quick bright things come to confusion,” says Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The perplexed lover’s comment came to mind at the recent show of thirty-eight (old and new) paintings, works on paper, and sculptures by Calcutta-born,… READ ON
IN PRINT Summer 2013 [TOC]
the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
April 2013
“THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: they do things differently there.” This is the famous first line of L. P. Hartley’s novel The Go-Between, published in London in 1953, but it could have easily been a description of India’s first … READ ON
IN PRINT April 2013 [TOC]
Material World
The fifth India Art Fair
February 2013 NEW DELHI
THE FIFTH EDITION of the India Art Fair kicked off with a bang. Or should I say a smash? At the fair’s opening a couple weeks ago, dealer Lorenzo Fiaschi subbed in for artist Michelangelo Pistoletto—infamous in recent years for his … READ ON
DIARY
Center Stage
Art Stage 2013 in Singapore
February 2013 SINGAPORE
SOME CLAIM THAT THIRTEEN is a lucky number. Certainly Singapore’s art world would like to believe so. “Everyone struggled in 2012. But with a positive start like Art Stage, we all look forward to a prosperous 2013!” said Lorenzo Rudolf,… READ ON
DIARY
Bharti Kher
February 2013
Baubles, bangles, and bindis came out to play at New Delhiite Bharti Kher’s recent solo show. Waiting for visitors in the middle of the gallery was the work Kher has become more than a little famous for: The skin speaks a language not its… READ ON
IN PRINT February 2013 [TOC]
“The Sahmat Collective: Art And Activism In India Since 1989”
January 2013
This sprawling exhibition will mix street and high culture, thus challenging the predominantly showy reputation of contemporary Indian art.… READ ON
PREVIEWS
“Subodh Gupta: Spirit Eaters”
January 2013
“A focused selection of artworks old and new, ‘Spirit Eaters’ is New Delhi–based Subodh Gupta’s solo debut in Switzerland.”… READ ON
PREVIEWS
War and Peace
Singapore’s Gillman Barracks
September 2012 SINGAPORE
IT WAS RAINING by the time I arrived in Terminal 1 at Singapore’s Changi Airport. Not an unusual state of affairs for the self-proclaimed Garden City, where afternoon downpours are par for the course. But this “kinetic rain” had a … READ ON
DIARY
Zarina Bhimji
June 2012
The title of Zarina Bhimji’s latest film, Yellow Patch, 2011, gives away no secrets, and having watched it, viewers are none the wiser. We know it was shot in India; that Bhimji has been researching it for years; that it is about “the … READ ON
