Art and Community
Renowned Indian artists investigate the truth about truth at Anupa Mehta’s Mumbai gallery
Design makes us curious. From what happened to what happens, India Design ID 2025 is where the now and next in design, architecture, art and product design gets decoded. And if this tugs the strings of your curiosity too, we highly suggest you visit the design week from 20 to 23 February. While a multitude […]
Highly-awaited every year for its exciting array of the most design-forward finds across home decoration, furnishings and utility, Ambiente Frankfurt 2025 in the heart of Frankfurt in Germany is set to return from 7 to 11 February. One of the world’s largest consumer goods trade fairs, organised by Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH, the fair extends […]
The genius is often in simplicity. This realisation is all that took Jonathan Glatt to pivot his métier from a jeweller to a product designer — renewing and glamorising the innocent influence of the classic Windsor Chair, a fabled objet from the bygone centuries. He first saw an authentic early-period Windsor at Sotheby’s as an intern […]
There’s inspiration everywhere you look. And this maxim is best exemplified at the leading global art and design fairs that connoisseurs await every year. From the grounds of Ambiente Frankfurt 2024, when the German city by the River Main was abuzz with dialogues on all things design and decoration, we bring you a delightful glance […]
Tugging at the filaments of heritage, clothmakers from our subcontinent are poised for a paradigm shift. Mumbai’s National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is levelling the field of play over the next month as a multidisciplinary exhibition titled Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next braids together more than 125 textile practices in an immutable warp and […]
Produced by Vaidehi Tikekar AKU ZELIANG, Young Talent EDIDA 2023 Designed and handwoven in North East India, Heirloom Naga products draw inspiration from indigenous weaves and crafts of Indian tribes. Using the traditional loin loom, these cushions have been woven in 100% cotton by home based women weavers. Website: caneconcept.com Instagram: @urra.design UTOPIA & UTILITY With […]
Arboretum, a month-long exhibition at Nature Morte, the gallery at Dhanmill, showcases works of the Delhi-based dynamic art duo Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra. Literally meaning ‘botanical garden’, Arboretum is a collection full of green foliage with artistic glitch-like distorted pixels. A big part of reliving the past moments, and surviving the pandemic without any […]
“If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens” – Rumi Maneesha Doshi’s latest work Weaving Worlds presented at 079 | Stories in Ahmedabad urges its spectators to consider paintings as organic entities similar to that […]
Monumental pavilions, red carpets, glimmering glasses of bubbly and in the company of luxury world’s beau monds—the 10th edition of India’s best luxury design week in New Delhi reignited the dialogue on hot and haute trends, profound discussions and showcases, spelling a spectacle of the year! Back on ground after two years, India Design ID 2022 showcased latest product […]
Commenced in 2012, the Mumbai Gallery Weekend puts on a show to display the diversity and depth of art in the bustling city. Returning for its tenth edition, 23 galleries—from midtown and South Mumbai—proudly flaunt contemporary art in these freshly curated exhibitions. Upcycled material turned into art marvels, avant-garde films, and other curations provide art-isfaction […]
For fashion designer and Indian textiles connoisseur Vaishali Shadangule the world of fashion has largely been about taking the road less travelled. The destination though—has always been the same, leading to the ever-curious and ever-evolving consumers of design, art and luxury. Founder of her eponymous label Vaishali S Couture, Vaishali recently made headlines, rightfully so, […]
Honouring the facets of global history and heritage, the Indian online auction house AstaGuru commences its 2022 calendar with the second edition of Opulent Collectibles, an online auction from 27th January to 28th January. The real-time online bidding exhibits over 150 lots of exquisite antique furniture and decor pieces dating back to the 19th and […]
Bringing a wave of exceptional exhibitions, collaborations, and installations in the city of Milan, Istituto Marangoni – a leading design school, put its finest foot forward at the Salone del Mobile 2021. Their students from the Milan design campus hosted Design Drops where they displayed their impeccable creative works. Empowered with expertise in product and […]
Following the pomp of the seventh edition of the Dubai Design Week, H&H launched Dubai’s first permanent collectable design gallery and a global online design platform—Gallery COLLECTIONAL. Making the event even more starry was an exclusive commission by Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis. Christened ‘The Shape of Things To Come’, the exhibition subtly hints at opening […]
Women in design, or any other field, are beginning to fill big shoes—their own. The exhibition »Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 – Today« at the iconic Vitra Design Museum strives to balance the lack of representation of women in the history of design. India’s very own designer, Gunjan Gupta and curator Khushnu Hoof […]
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A sense of nostalgia, even some unrealised sentiments of joy and longing for a certain someone, someplace, something, deluge your mind as you keenly gaze at the ‘Looking Back at The Future’ exhibition by Todo Paintal, a humble, seasoned lover of art. Showcased at Gallery Threshold in New Delhi, 79-year-old Paintal surprised the audience and […]
