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Ravi Agarwal: In the Realm of Nature

Shreya Ray

Ravi Agarwal’s photography forces us to ask: Is this what we do to nature? Is this what we do in turn, to ourselves?

The Art of Pursuit at Close Quarters

Our columnist’s visits to the studios of leading artists will bring together the intimacy of appreciation and the privacy of creation

Avinash Chandra: The Disappearing Artist

Avinash Chandra’s work is riveting, often for its shocking amorality

Waswo X Waswo and R Vijay: The Miniaturists

The American photographer Waswo X Waswo and Rajasthani artist R Vijay have created acclaimed miniature paintings that bend genres and are as exquisite as they are contemporary

Ebrahim Alkazi: The Idealist

Ebrahim Alkazi’s lifelong project was to burst the seemingly exclusive bubble in which the appreciation of art and theatre appeared to take place

Himmat Shah: A Lone Figure of Grandeur

The rawness of emotion and the earthiness of material give the sculptures of Himmat Shah a primeval aura

The Mark of A Modernist

Although Nasreen Mohamedi lost most of her motor functions, she did manage to retain control over her right hand. Her last work remains ethereal, meticulous but also filled with palpable gravitas

The Crayon Revolution

What is the lure of the adult colouring book? Is it a sign of boredom and loneliness? Does it alleviate stress? Is it a return to childhood? Or is it a symptom of ‘rage against the machine’?

EDUCATION SPECIAL

Madhavankutty Pillai • V Shoba • Lhendup G Bhutia • Sunaina Kumar • Shreya Sethuraman • Gunjeet Sra

The Art Commune

Between the recession and the deep blue sea takes place the RPG Art camp, the oldest of its kind in India

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