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Komal Gandhar, Minor Keys: South-South Resonances at the Venice Biennale
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (233+ words) The first thing I noticed was the scent of jasmine. 12 Jun 2026 - Vol 04 | Issue 75 The Unravelling of an Alliance Kouoh herself invokes Toni Morrison's observation: "In our myths, in our songs, that's where the seeds are. It is not possible to…...
Inside the first showcase of contemporary Indian art at Russia's State Hermitage Museum
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (922+ words) Open Magazine Inside the first showcase of contemporary Indian art at Russia's State Hermitage Museum Artist Lakshmi Madhavan first visited St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum in 2017. "I remember wandering through its halls completely in awe of the art, the architecture,…...
Sculpting Truth with Shilpa Gupta: The artist's ambitious show in Berlin is a cross-generational dialogue
2+ week, 51+ min ago (1152+ words) Open Magazine Sculpting Truth with Shilpa Gupta: The artist's ambitious show in Berlin is a cross-generational dialogue ON A DRIZZLY Tuesday afternoon recently, I found myself in Berlin'at the historic entrance of Hamburger Bahn'hof: Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. I was looking…...
Picasso belongs to Europe, Amrita Sher-Gil belongs to the world
3+ week, 6+ day ago (262+ words) 15 May 2026 - Vol 04 | Issue 71 But the real triumph of the exhibition is not logistical. It is curatorial. The show succeeds in repositioning Sher-Gil not as a peripheral "Indian Frida Kahlo, a comparison often lazily repeated in European institutions, but as one…...
Soft Power and Glory: Behold: India showcases its soul at the Venice Biennale
4+ week, 1+ day ago (355+ words) Let me say this plainly. India was magnificent at Venice this year. Not competent. Not adequate. Not "for an emerging nation." Magnificent. Full stop. The article stirred some conversation and, as these things go, was promptly filed away. 08 May 2026 - Vol…...
The Alchemist in Blue: Designer Shani Himanshu gives slow fashion and traditional crafts a chic spin
4+ week, 1+ day ago (967+ words) Open Magazine The Alchemist in Blue: Designer Shani Himanshu gives slow fashion and traditional crafts a chic spin Vats of indigo, and other colours, are a common sight at the headquarters of 11. 11/eleven eleven (located in Delhi's Okhla neighbourhood), a…...
Art in Lisbon: Kitsch Is Cool
4+ week, 1+ day ago (776+ words) IN PARTS OF LISBON, art shows up in the most unexpected of places. Not hanging on pristine white walls under dim lighting or guarded behind ropes. Instead, picture artworks above breakfast buffets, across corridors and adorning hotel lobbies as you…...
Lives on the Margins: Indian visual artist Artist Monica Dhaka explores how we can accept our differences
4+ week, 1+ day ago (372+ words) This story belongs to the Open magazine 14 May 2026 issue. It is into this uneasy space that Monica Dhaka steps, not with spectacle, but with stillness. A London-based Indian visual artist working with moving image, Dhaka does not position herself as…...
Ayodhya's 7 D Ramkatha Museum Explained: Inside the World's First Immersive Ramayana Experience
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (496+ words) What if you didn't just read the Ramayana'but walked through it? Ayodhya is building exactly that. A museum that doesn't just display history'it stages it. With 7 D technology, AI-driven storytelling and holographic recreations, the upcoming International Ramkatha Museum aims to…...
Raghu Rai (1942-2026): The photographer who framed India in its historic moments and everyday poetics
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (194+ words) Open Magazine Raghu Rai's images always seemed to live up to the adage that a picture could speak a thousand words'if one had the instinct for it As he told Rachna Singh, who wrote the memoir Raghu Rai: Waiting for…...