Category: Art

Zubin Balaporia’s photography exhibition explores how he listens to his pictures Contemporary Design Store BARO will host photographer Zubin Balaporia’s first Photography Show titled “BLESSED BY THE LIGHT”. The show will feature 30 framed Photographs and a selection of Digital images (on iPad) that can be ordered for print. Framed Photographs and Prints can be… Continue reading Blessed By The Light: Zubin Balaporia Exhibition at BARO

On September 9, 1925, Jehangir Tata wrote a letter to his father Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata from the barracks in the south of France. The 21-year-old had come up with a way to help the family business. He wanted Pathé News, a famous newsreel maker of the time, to produce short films about current events in… Continue reading How JRD Tata came up with a marketing strategy that ran through Tata ads for nearly a century

He came to his canvas with no feelings of certainty about what he wanted, with no pretense that it was a willing ally in the act of creation. We were sitting in a Charles Correa-designed house, looking out at five acres of “cultivated wilderness” and talking about death and painting. “Perhaps that’s why we create,”… Continue reading An artist who approached the work of painting like a campaign: Mehlli Gobhai (1931-2018)

The 87-year-old veteran artist had been ailing for a while The Mumbai-based artist, Mehlli Gobhai has died at the age of 87 in a city hospital this morning. The artist was said to be ailing for a while and had been hospitalised for a month. Poet, curator and cultural critic Ranjit Hoskote’s tweet — an… Continue reading Artist Mehlli Gobhai passes away

At 71, Astad Deboo still walks with the leaping grace of a warrior Is it sweet revenge to be acclaimed as a living legend of dance right here in the most conservative of dance bastions?” I ask Astad Deboo. He is in Chennai to receive the Yagnaraman Living Legend Award for 2018 at the Sri… Continue reading Dancing on the edge: In conversation with Astad Deboo

WORLD renowned Pakistani artist, social crusader and philanthropist Jimmy Engineer continues to promote and project soft, positive, moderate and forward looking image of Pakistan and its peace-loving loving people before the comity of nations through displaying his art and delivering talks. Article in Pakistan Observer Jimmy Engineer during his yet another goodwill tour of foreign… Continue reading Jimmy Engineer promotes Pakistan soft image thru creative art in Canada

Ashdeen Lilaowala dives into his fabulous family archives and has come up some “Vintage Tales” Childhood memories never fade away. In fact, the talented tend to preserve these precious recollections by either penning a short story or creating an artistic impression. It also means a lot to those who live, work and dream fashion. This… Continue reading Ashdeen Lilaowala on his love for Parsi Gara