The celebrated dancer collaborates with rudra veena artiste Baha úd-din Dagar for his new work The word ‘contemporary’ that is bandied about in the performing art world today has a committed champion in Astad Deboo. The original modernist on the Indian stage, he used his Kathak and Kathakali training to come up with his own… Continue reading Astad Deboo never fails to surprise
Category: Art
In London, This Artist Rebuilt a Mythical Sculpture Destroyed by ISIS
When Michael Rakowitz first visited London in 1984, his family treated him to a grand tour of the city’s cultural attractions. On the loftier end of their itinerary was the British Museum, where the future artist first encountered the Middle Eastern archaeological wonders that would one day inform so much of his encyclopedic practice. In… Continue reading In London, This Artist Rebuilt a Mythical Sculpture Destroyed by ISIS
Homai Vyarawalla: The trailblazer who became India’s first woman photojournalist
Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman photojournalist, is best known for documenting the country’s transition from a British colony to a newly independent nation. The BBC chronicles her life and career through a rare collection of her work. Published on BBC Image caption Ms Vyarawalla with her constant companion, the speed graphic camera Ms Vyarawalla was… Continue reading Homai Vyarawalla: The trailblazer who became India’s first woman photojournalist
Eyes on Mumbai: Sooni Taraporevala’s photo exhibition reveals a heartwarming visual sojourn of the city across four decades
In Tardeo, Mumbai, Cozy Building stands as tall as it did back in 1921—the year it was built. One of four buildings in the lane that are agreeably “Parsi,” it hosts conversations over newspapers and tea on its balconies even today. “I can still sit on my parents’ balcony and make the same frame I… Continue reading Eyes on Mumbai: Sooni Taraporevala’s photo exhibition reveals a heartwarming visual sojourn of the city across four decades
Ratti Petit: Li Gotami – The Woman Who Dedicated Her Life to the Arts
Born into a wealthy Parsi family on 22 April 1906 in Mumbai, Ratti Petit, more commonly known as Li Gotami, was a talented painter, photographer and writer. Her family owned the Bomanjee Dinshaw Petit Parsee General Hospital located in Cumbala Hill, Mumbai. She attended a school in Harrow on the Hill (an area northwest of… Continue reading Ratti Petit: Li Gotami – The Woman Who Dedicated Her Life to the Arts
The Dancing Line: Revisiting Shiavax Chavda
A Retrospective of paintings & sketches of the Master WHAT: ‘The Dancing Line – revisiting Shiavax Chavda’, a Retrospective of paintings & sketches of the master. WHEN: Tuesday October 24th to Monday October 30th, 2017 WHERE: Jehangir Art Gallery, Kalaghoda, Mumbai TIMINGS: 11am to 7pm ‘The Dancing Line – revisiting Shiavax Chavda’ For the first… Continue reading The Dancing Line: Revisiting Shiavax Chavda
A photographer’s love letters to Mumbai
She is best known for writing films such as Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay. She also directed the National Award-winning film Little Zizou. Since 1977 Taraporevala has photographed India’s western city of Mumbai in which she grew up. Published on BBC These photographs celebrate the odd and the everyday and provide a… Continue reading A photographer’s love letters to Mumbai
Sooni Taraporevala: To Bombay, with love
Sooni Taraporevala’s Mumbai series gives a fascinating glimpse into the character of an ever-changing city and its people There’s something captivating about an old man in a vest, sitting on a charpai (cot) on a summer afternoon, beneath the wing of a large aircraft. He appears disgruntled, glaring at the viewer with his head slightly… Continue reading Sooni Taraporevala: To Bombay, with love
Remembering Shirin Vajifdar – Pioneer in All Schools of Dance
Shirin Vajifdar, who died on September 29, 2017, exhibited an unusual love for classical dancing from childhood and defied taboos to train in multiple classical dance forms. Article by Sunil Kothari | The Wire Shirin Vajifdar. Credit: Mulk Raj Anand: Shaping the Indian Modern (MARG) In the early 1930s, it was inconceivable that a young… Continue reading Remembering Shirin Vajifdar – Pioneer in All Schools of Dance
