Category: Drawing
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Mohan Samant: artistic traditions more important
After India’s independence, a new form of modern Indian art emerged in Mumbai in the form of the Progressive Artists’ Group. While most members of this group were influenced by the art world of Paris, Mohan Samant and M. F.…
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Ratan Parimoo: A Lifetime of Seeing, Thinking, and Creating
On the evening of June 12, 2026, a major retrospective exhibition of senior artist and art historian Ratan Parimoo opened at Bikaner House, one of New Delhi’s leading cultural venues. For Delhi’s art enthusiasts, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity…
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Lines of Thought, Lines of Being
Akar Prakar New Delhi Work by Suprio Karmakar A line is complete in itself, but when two lines come together in a relationship, they become an entire world. Together they create a form in which the visible and invisible presence…
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The Silent Echoes
Solo Show of Dr. Rakhi Kumar Dr Rakhi Kumar In contemporary Indian art, there are artists whose works transcend visual beauty to explore deeper dimensions of human experience and social reality. Dr. Rakhi Kumar belongs to this category. The works…
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Namita Sood: Emotional Expression
By Dr Ved Prakash Bhardwaj Whenever an artist creates on canvas, they draw upon two kinds of experiences. The first is worldly experience, which encompasses human life and its structures; the second is emotional and intellectual experience, which includes not…
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A Choreography in Deep Green: Smitha M. Babu
Smitha M. Babu with Gulam Mohammad Shekh. Smitha M. Babu’s solo exhibition A Choreography in Deep Green was held at Vadehra Art Gallery from April 23 to May 15, 2026. Two aspects are especially significant in Smitha Babu’s art: her…
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Fragments, Disorder, and Consciousness: The Art of Sangam Peshawaria
“Art does not perform miracles; rather, it awakens consciousness. Whatever an artist creates is a reimagination and reconstruction of lived visual and conceptual experiences. In Sangam Peshawaria’s works, fragmented human forms, scattered domestic objects, and the subtle tonalities of graphite…
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Ragini Sinha: Flight of Life
Art, though born from personal expression, is deeply shaped by social experience. The works reflect this dynamic relationship between individual imagination and collective reality in Ragini Sinha’s work. From her early paintings of mushrooms symbolising family and social structures to…
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अनामिका की कला
अनामिका की कला प्रदर्शनी रूटेड टूगेदर इन दिनों इंडिया इंटरनेशनल सेंटर के कमलादेवी ब्लॉक की गैलरी में चल रही है। 5 मई से शुरु हुई यह प्रदर्शनी 19 मई तक देखी जा सकती है। टेरेन आर्ट (Terrain art) की मेधना…
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City of Memory, Architecture, and Abstraction: The Art of Smita Jain
A city resides in memory—yet its identity remains undefined. Drawing from her travels across India and abroad, Smita Jain transforms lived experiences into a distinctive visual language. In her work, the city does not appear merely as a physical construct…