Category: Art

The artist on how discarded tailoring patterns, a lost garden of his boyhood in India and his new British citizenship inspired a very personal new exhibition When I was a boy, I used to visit a beautiful community garden in my hometown of Pune, India. I thought of this garden during the EU referendum. I… Continue reading Hormazd Narielwalla: becoming a UK citizen before Brexit feels bittersweet

KARACHI: Two young Parsi artists, Farshad Engineer and Naomi Haveliwala, showcased their talent for community members at the Karachi Parsi Institute on Saturday. Engineer, 21, has been painting traditional art pieces since he was 15 years old. Most of these traditional works consisted of  art paintings, drawings and sketches that mainly portrayed figure painting, landscape,… Continue reading Young Pakistani Parsi artists showcase their talent

He is the man of the moment, having scripted the turnaround of Rediffusion Y&R. The agency did well at Cannes Lions this year. BestMediaInfo caught up with Dhunji S Wadia, President, Rediffusion Y&R and Everest Brand Solutions, to find out how he pulled all this off and a lot more Article by Akansha Mihir Mota… Continue reading Dhunji S Wadia: Write a buzzing chapter in the history of Rediffusion

When the beloved Café Samovar shut shop in the March of 2015, the city’s cognoscenti mourned. The Jehangir Art Gallery’s (JAG) chairperson Adi Jehangir, however, was determined to make something better out of “a cafe that bloomed beyond everyone’s imagination“. In fact, in an interview with the Mumbai Mirror last year, Jehangir pointed out, “Wouldn’t… Continue reading Jehangir Art Gallery set to gift more room to artists

One of Mumbai’s leading art historians, Pheroza J Godrej, updates Ornella D’Souza about her commitments as editor, collector, curator and member on various cultural boards Article by by Ornella D’Souza, dnaindia.com Your stint as chairperson of the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai. ended in October 2015. Did you manage to get enough done?… Continue reading Pheroza Godrej: Mumbai’s art queen

The master puppeteer who gave life to mammoth puppets besides song and dance sequences in modern puppetry, is back with a one-of-its-kind exhibition detailing the journey of Zorastrianism, considered among the oldest religions in the world. Sangeet Natak Academi award winner, Dadi Pudumjee is one of the curators of the ‘Everlasting Flame International’ exhibition, being… Continue reading Time to institutionalise puppetry: Dadi Pudumjee

Three exhibitions will present a narrative of the community’s cultural ethos and the spread of Zoroastrianism Article byPooja Singh | Live Mint A portrait of 17th century Parsi trader Rustom Seth.   Be Responsible. Don’t Use A Condom Tonight. At a time when the world was, and still is, looking for ways to promote safe… Continue reading A peek into Parsi life