Shujaat Mirza’s solo show “Woman and the World” that opened Sunday evening at Jodhpur Art Gallery as part of the gallery’s ongoing Festival has come as a one off in the recent period. What’s good is this one off that…

A well curated retrospective art show was started here yesterday to showcase the 60-year long journey of senior artist Vrindavan Solanki; who at 82 is a celebrated artist of the state and beyond; and is looked up to for inspiration…

From Revival to A Promise to Rebuild, Amdavadi artist Sheena Chawla has taken a substantial leap forward in her quest for discovery of the self and its innate powers. This is the firm feeling you get after you visit the…

Talking of abstract art Pablo Picasso had once said “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something (in realism). Afterward(s) you can remove all traces of reality.” Joan Mitchell said the opposite when she averred “All art…

Even as Indo Srilankan cultural relations date back to about 2500 years in the context of spread of Buddhism at the behest of Emperor Ashoka, when Srilanka was not an independent modern state, the modern cultural ties started and are…

The newest exhibition at 079 Stories is featuring two artists hailing from Kolkata and Akola/Pune. Showcasing the contemporary works by Saumya Bandyopadhyay – an arts graduate from New Delhi – and Harshit Bondre who trained from Pune, and titled “The…

Fresh from a group show with her compatriots in “Enthralling Eight” – the beautiful and talented band of eight Amdavadi women watercolourists who muse together, learn together, work together and show their creativity together with that epithet – last fortnight,…

The spring season known by us as Vasant in India spreads roughly from mid February-March to April-May depending upon whether you are in India or Europe-US. The Indian month of Phalgun or Fag heralds the onset of this season and…

It’s an exclusive show of bronze sculptures. It’s also an exclusive show of artworks focused on ecological and environmental concerns by a young but certainly and totally a committed artist. Enter K R Nariman with her third solo show of…

Maya – the well known philosophical concept about the world being illusory and how not to be entrapped in its quagmire is a much sought after quest for many. More so for people in the spiritual academics and artistic pursuits.…

The exposition of the Indian Portrait is one of the most interesting and recurrent phenomenon that has happened to Ahmedabad in all its thirteen editions since 2010. We have not been short in our praise of Anil Relia and his…

The ongoing Abhivyakti City Arts Festival 2022 becomes the fourth edition of the fortnight long annual art extravaganza in the city of Ahmedabad as it opened this past weekend. The festival is happening at the Gujarat University Campus this time…

Prashant Patel the Amdavadi painter of the folk, miniature and classical schools inspired themes is back with his second solo show Prem-Rang. This one comes after his first solo show held at Amdavad ni Gufa Gallery in 2017. Aided and…

Prolific Artist, Curator, Art Administrator and Adviser late Mahendra Kadia (1956-2019) was fondly remembered by family, friends and arts fraternity here on Sunday with the opening of a grand arts show of his works as also by launching the Mahendra…

From being an individual artist to being an organizer-curator, coordinator and even a publisher of a fortnightly e-magazine for arts for Mukhotey Arts Groups, Neelu Patel has been lately playing these varied roles consistently and successfully. A pass out of…

The religious, traditional and tribal Fairs, the rural games from north to South in India and carnivals in foreign cultures particularly Sourh American countries always present colourful and exotic sights and settings which can be a wiling photographer’s delight. The…

The fourth and last phase show of its All India Painting Competition cum Exchange Programme was opened by the ICAC Art Gallery on Friday evening. In this fourth and wrap show, nearly 200 works of the last batch of 46…

Twelve years on they held the first show, their love for their own creativity, as also their spirit to provide an opportunity to householders like them has brought them to where the biannual shows of visual women artists are looked…

Kanoria Centre for Arts finally took its call to reopen its campus to some excellent activity this Tuesday. The campus was closed last September after a show by Gallery Ra and another of archival prints held by Kanoria itself at…

Priya Anand Pariyani’s calendar of art activity has continued to tick with an amazing regularity. From group shows with Gujarat Visual Women Artists Association and other organizers within Gujarat and Ahmedabad to group show organisers outside of Gujarat to her…

It’s raining art shows in the city this spring weekend! All the Galleries in the unofficial art district of the city are either having an ongoing show or have one scheduled in just the next week. This while Gallery Ra’s…

  Madhvi and Manu Parekh are no doubt a favourite artist couple with Amdavadi audiences; not only for their Gujarati origins but also for the fact that both are acclaimed and distinguished practitioners with styles and content choices of their…

Gallery Ra the Invent Art collaborative is back – celebrating this time the Foundation Day of the Heritage City of Ahmedabad, as perhaps in previous years. Its well attended show titled Lay Witness was opened at the Gujarat University lawns…

The Contemporary Currency is the current show in town that has brought the contemporary art of fourteen well-versed, well endowed and well-known artists from all over the country for the Amdavadi connoisseurs to view, relish and acquire. Curated by Amadavadi…

Swati Parikh has traversed and transitioned to her second solo show of paintings and her known commitment to her Faith remains firmly intact as the content is driven from Jainism literature again. From February 2021 to February 2022, while the…

Prepositions, the new show at 079 Stories that commenced on Friday showcases a range of off-beat fare. Hosted in collaboration with Vis-a-Vis Studio of Vadodara, for whom it’s their annual show out of Baroda, it features thirteen artists most of…

Coming close on the heels of an exclusive solo show of water colour works by Aarti Patel and a substantial presence of this medium in an earlier group show Sham-e-Art curated by Namit Kadia and still more at the group…

It has been an interesting journey with the Indian Portrait which started in 2010 and was resting with its XIth Edition that came in March 2020. That was in the form of veteran photographer Jyoti Bhatt’s photographic portraits of his…

When the Archer Art Gallery by the father-son duo of Relias commenced its elegant space in 2018, it had shared its vision of bringing for viewers and collectors a mix of local and national artists. Even as some of us…

Two art shows are currently on in the city this week. Interestingly while one is a solo show by Yamini Gajjar comprising entirely of water colour works, the other a group show by Rajkot Art Society has a couple of…

Art institutions, artists’ collaboratives or art galleries organizing and hosting art shows is a given phenomenon and we keep coming across events under the aegis of these promoters who show a regular but significant presence in the art circuit of…

Profiles of Gandhi was the first major book that your scribe acquired as a young adolescent in 1969. That was the Centenary Year for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and this special hard bound edition of tributes by world leaders with black…

“So many books, so little time.” “A room without books is like a body without the soul.” “The person be it a gentleman or a lady, who has no pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” “Good friends,…

Errol Nelson Pires at the exhibition at Kanoria Centre for Arts Ply split braiding is an applied art of the craft variety which has its own unique aesthetics and even allied techniques that have lent it some creativity beyond its…

As noted by us on some earlier occasions also, the Indian religious and spiritual traditions, their evolutionary history, the Gods-Goddesses, Saints-Spiritualists and legends associated with all of this have provided enough motivation to artists and litterateurs to express these phenomena…

So after a dual exhibition in real and virtual space by the city’s favorite Archer gallery, the Gujarat Visual Women Artists’ Association (GVWAA) started its bi-annual show on Thursday at Hutheesing Centre at the hands of their guest Mrs and…

Its that time of the year – once again – when almost every believer in the polytheistic Hinduism turns to praying to and pleasing Bhagwan Ganesh also known with Ashtottar Shatnamavali, that is with 108 names, the more popular ones…

With five shows running concurrently at five different galleries, the city of Ahmedabad is seeing its peak potential in the realm of fine arts after the pandemic having receded at least temporarily and partly over the last two months or…

Photgrapher Vivek Desai has had special trysts with some unique cities, regions, classes of people and festivals during his illustrious career of twenty five years with the lens. The city of Benares, Naga Sadhus and Kachchh are some prominent examples…

If there is a single family in Ahmedabad that can lay a bonafide claim to creativity running among many of its members, it has to be the Kadia family led by the abstractionist late Mahendra Kadia who was also at…

While two art shows are already on at 079 Stories and at Kanoria Centre, two more opened on Tuesday at the two prominent and busy galleries in KL Campus. Whereas a solo by Raju Kadia opened at Hutheesing Centre, a…

“Inside Us” is the new art show that opened on Tuesday at The Gallery in Amdavad ni Gufa. A show by abstract artist Saloni Dalal Patel this one as the title conveys and the show intro manifestly says “is a…

The World Photography Day is here and our city is not lagging behind in celebrating it. A reasonably gathered show is here that was started at the Open Gallery in Amdavad ni Gufa premises on Wednesday by designer-artist Surendra Patel…

‘The Road Less Travelled’ is the newest show in town. A show of travel pictures-based landscapes by Jalpa Ujjaval, this one was opened yesterday at the ever booked The Gallery at Amdavad ni Gufa. The show lives up to its…

After the coming together of veterans of the C N Sheth College of Fine Arts’ 1981 batch last week, it was the turn of three young pass-outs of 2019 of the same College to collaborate and host a show of…

This week it is a Photography show at Amdavad ni Gufa. Coming precisely a year after Jyoti Bhatt’s pre-Corona Lockout show about the Indian Portrait – Part XI in March 2020, titled Mati, meaning ‘the dust’, this one at hand…

Come March with its much celebrated International Day for Women on 08th; or Come September and the art fraternity in Apnu Amdavad can be sure, there will be a biannual show by this modest group that we know with the…

Nirgun is the 29th solo show by the senior female artist of Gujarat Trupti Dave. The show opened at the Amdavad ni Gufa in Ahmedabad’s central area of Navrangpura adjacent to the Gujarat University, which can boast of the unofficial…

The newest group show in the town by the newest gallerists opened on Friday evening at the Hutheesing Centre with a good deal of promise, both for the artists it is featuring as also for itself as an enterprise in…

Image Source: Facebook profile – Kappari Kishan It has been a notable incidence about art shows in the town and we have always loved to mention it: the art scene keeps ticking briskly here. Leaving the Corona times behind, the…

Artist Manhar Kapadia at the show Manhar Kapadia has built a strong reputation over years as a painter who devotes himself majorly to painting the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. A substantial body of his work from his sixteen…

Toso preet tod, Krishna, kaun sang jodu-n – If I break the thread of love with you, Krishna, who else would I bond with! Meera’s gopi-bhav of complete surrender to Krishna is seen in all his devotees – ordinary ones,…

Artist Ajay Choudhary at the show. Source: Hutheesing Centre While the major Art Galleries of the city have been rebooting themselves to resume activities and mount shows even if without formal inaugurals to avoid congregations, the Hutheesing Centre made a…

L to R: Bharati Shah, Samir Shah and Naresh Gulati Bharati Shah of Ahmedabad is a self-taught artist who has been prolific not only in creating her luminous works but also so in showing them all over the places in…

Can chaos really be beautiful? That’s the question you start with when you receive the invite for this art exhibition titled The Beautiful Chaos that attempts to bring back some ‘normalcy’ in the midst of the pandemic which refuses to…

As you walk into this exhibition on Krishna you recall that in February of this year – the month before in March when most of the world closed down for things public, we had two exhibitions devoted to Krishna almost…

Jyoti Bhatt The great visual saga of the Indian Portrait moves on! Written with a huge penchant for its historic significance and a certain episodic regularity by Anil Relia of Archer Arts Gallery, this saga entered its eleventh edition on…

An unexpectedly happy development occurred this week in a quick succession when the informal entity Tej Memorial came forward to institute the captioned Awards/Prizes for the 5th Year Graduating students of the Sheth CN College of Fine Arts (SCN-CFA), based…

Krishna the Eternal has undoubtedly found more expression in arts, music and literature than His other two incarnations in Lord Vishnu and Lord Rama in the Vaishnav pantheon of Hinduism. While Bhakti kavya in Hindi and vernacular literature is a…

Muzaffar Ali wears a number of hats even as we instantly peg his identity more with films and music festivals. His magnum opus Umrao Jan alone is enough to validate the reputation that comes with his work as a filmmaker…

The Abhivyakti Visual Arts segment was seen to be having its fair share of keen visitors and interested onlookers as the Fest entered its second Day at the Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG) campus. We went around too through the…

Abhivyakti Edition 3 has commenced on Friday evening with a play, a musical and a large number of visual art installations but without any hullabaloo. A modest and elegant start sans any fanfare of VIPs where people walked in coolly,…

The Saturday evening brought forth a very happy development not only for the art fraternity and art connoisseurs of the city, but also for the citizenry in general, more especially of the Satellite Area by adding another option for recreation!…

Nabibakhsh Mansoori is a popular name to reckon with both within and outside the art fraternity of the region. An art pass out of the coveted Vadodara based MSU’s Faculty of Fine Arts 1992 batch and of the 1991 batch…

Tatpashchaat a group show of Delhi based artists visiting Ahmedabad was opened on Tuesday at the Gallery in the Amdavad ni Gufa campus. Displaying some 60 works by fifteen artists associated with artists’ group Grains of Canvas of Delhi, the…

It’s invariably the human life at the core of every artistic endeavour – either in its raw existentialist form whereby the artist deals with its enigma and tries to find answers, or it is about the evolved forms in the…

It is a very interesting coincidence that one spot in the local art circuit right now. It’s the third consecutive week and a third show that brings a celebration of womanhood to the forefront of themes chosen by the artists.…

Priya Pariyani is back with her nineteenth solo show. But this time it is a set of different strokes as she tries her hand at several popular tribal art forms in what is an apparent shift from her signature style…

Even as two very successful solo shows by two Amdavadi women artists ended on Sunday and two are continuing at 079 stories and Archer Art gallery through the week and beyond, two more art shows commenced at Hutheesing Centre and…

After hosting a number of star artists and their solo shows of paintings and photographs over the last one year and more, the last being When the Pawari Calls by Bhairavi Modi, the Archer Gallery has now turned to hosting…

Women are Goddesses in their own right, so says our worldly experience! “A woman immersed in her own world, one with actions is no less than divine!” believes this feminist artist who presented the latest art show in town “Of…

After we come out from a show of paintings inaugurated earlier, where a whole city is pegged to the realism practiced by the artist, we also head to see this photography show beginning on the same evening. This show seems…

While the World Heritage Week ended on Monday, the Heritage talk, walk and watch haven’t. This was evidenced at local artist Aarti Patel’s show of her watercolour paintings Breathing The Past which captures the essence of the old Ahmedabad in…

The Abir’s First Take which by its name is likely to be thought of as ‘some first appearance’ is actually a credible recurring annual competition-cum-show of visual arts which has successfully completed its fourth run in Edition 2019. The competitive…

Muskaan Darshan is back with her second solo show of paintings. That is in a space of a year and a half after her maiden show in June 2018; perhaps a wee bit earlier than an announced timeline for return.…

Rangotsav and Limbo are the two new art shows that started at Amdavad ni Gufa and L & P Hutheesing Art Gallery on Tuesday evening. While the first is a group show by five women artists, who have come together…

Trilok Soni is a Rajasthani artist who returns to Ahmedabad with his Pichhwai art every now and then. In fact, he claims Ahmedabad is the only place where he puts up his shows at his own initiative and expense; and…

  #Transformed: Divergent Individuals, the new show of artworks by Roma and Rakesh Patel that began on the auspicious day of Dussehra is a mix of two very distinct flavours created by the husband-wife duo who were both trained at…

While there is national celebration of The Gandhi at 150 milestone and itineraries of the official programmes are lined up from Delhi to Ahmedabad, it’s heartening to see that the local artists community has put together at least two art…

Gandhi at 150 is finally here! A much-awaited and much-talked about occasion! And we are celebrating the Man who was born Mohandas and got transformed into a Mahatma right in the thick of the twentieth century; his contemporaries wondered if…

The much popular and well-known showing of The Indian Portrait by Archer Art Gallery has come a full circle. That’s, it has actually come to a significant milestone for these exhibitions under the series now with an overview in the…

Into their third exhibition in town, Cramoisi Art of Ahmedabad looks all set to gain a firm foothold for itself in the secondary market for visual arts. We say this as we finish our quick round of the show titled…

L to R: Manan Relia, Tanuja Relia, Mallika Sarabhai, Bhairavi Modi, Anil Relia. (Photo courtesy: Archer Art Gallery) Geographic regions or cultural-ethnic groups as artist’s fancy are an accepted and popular trend in the art-world. Evidently, we see artists-photographers dwell…

Seema Kohli of Delhi is not unknown to Ahmedabad even as she came and conquered the town by starting her first solo show at 079 Stories the past weekend. For record’s sake, Seema actually debuted in Ahmedabad last year in…

The artist duo Nayan Shrimali and Vaishali Chudasama made 365 miniature birds over more than a year. They present 120 of them from the Mini Nature Project at Amdavad ni Gufa, till May 26.   A GiNiPi Art presentation the…

While this continuity for the shows is a given in Ahmedabad, what is remarkable to record alongside is that the haunting memories and love for the alma mater and batch-mates can be the driver for not only reunions full of…

Even as Edition 2 of Abhivyakti unfolds further with its events in the second week, it provides a sense that the entire fest is poised to indulge in experimentation; each event demonstrating that dimension in their own right. You see…

Banaras, Varanasi or Kashi as the artist’s fancy is before us yet again. This time in a show of photography. The show Banaras – the breathing legacy by the well-known photographer of our part and Navjivan Trust’s managing trustee Vivek…

Art group The Artisan of Kolkata is back with its fourth season in Ahmedabad. Having earlier showed up under and as Summer Strokes in 2016 and 2017, The Artisan had returned with the works of artists it represents mainly from…

At his latest solo show, National Award winning artist Vipul Prajapati depicts the unsettling living and working conditions of labourers in Indian cities using found objects and graphite. Visit 079 Stories until Friday, April 5. LtoR: Gallerist Purva Damani with…

That Mahatma Gandhi evokes mixed emotions of surprise, awe, disbelief, even sarcasm in some cases, on some of his actions, stances and values as people down the time judge him with the benefit of hindsight as also the common criticality…

As some would know for sure and we have said before, Banaras for many in the creative fraternity remains a dominant draw, an inspiring force and thereby a recurring theme too. Look at it as an ancient centre of overall…

Shrinathji and works in Nathdwara School are two recurring themes for the art scene in Ahmedabad, thanks to Archer Art Gallery and the partnership between Anil Relia and Amit Ambalal. We have seen portraits of Tilkayat Goverdhanlalji of Nathdwara under…

The artist community would know but the art buffs may not know that the Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy (GSLKA) is possibly just one of the few similar institutions in the country that run a scheme to financially support individual…

National Institute of Design (NID) is one pioneer institution that along with IIM, CEPT and NIFT, Gujarat Forensic University and others makes Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar an educational hub of some standing and repute. While the NID established in 1961 as an autonomous…

It’s a double bonanza for Delhi-based Gujarati artist Madhvi Parekh as she visits Ahmedabad this season! Even as her show The Last Supper started at The Gujarat Theosophical Society’s IP Mission Chapel only on Sunday, a Retrospective on her creative…

The Last Supper is a famous Biblical episode described in the Gospels which depicts the last meal taken by Christ with 12 of his apostles before his crucifixion. The episode details the interaction all of them had. A moving point…

The art scene continues to be exciting in Ahmedabad with newer and newer things happening to it with a certain regularity. After the mega annual art shows with the competitive dimension and attractive prize money thrown in, managed successfully by…

‘Alchemy’ is a precursor to the Arvind Indigo Museum that will soon come up at Arvind Mill’s Naroda campus in Ahmedabad. Alchemy is the newest exhibition in Ahmedabad, but it showcases not just some artworks – it also gives a beautifully pieced…

The inaugural exhibition of 079 stories art gallery is a clarion to visit the new cultural space in the western part of Ahmedabad. Curated by Mumbai’s Tao Art Gallery, The Art of Storytelling presents 17 paintings, 7 sculptures & installations…

The original copy of the Constitution of India is a handwritten and a hand-drawn document, preserved in the Parliament of India. ‘We, the people’ is a rich display of 42 exquisite pages from the Constitution, brought to life through high-quality…

The Bangladesh born artist Rini Dhumal prefers to express through art, than to do it with words. Evident in her repertoire, on display at the ongoing show ‘Smartavya’ is her penchant to express. Presented by Catharsis Art Gallery and curated…

For Ambalal’s latest exhibition, 19 artists like Manu Parekh, Atul Dodiya and BV Doshi each contributed a painted scroll. Ambalal’s 28 own artworks recount anecdotes from his life. The show is on at Archer Art Gallery till December 15. Anil…

Vivek Desai created a special exhibition for these seven students from his Vision Extended Photography Academy, to highlight their creativity. The group show stimulated the senses with themes as diverse as spirituality, wildlife, hotels and street life.   There’s not much in common between these seven photographers,…

Keep an eye out for this new artist on the block! Nearly all 48 abstract paintings made by 10thgrader Muskaan Shah sold out on her exhibition’s first day itself. ‘Evolving Enigma’ has brought in good energy for Ahmedabad’s young artists in the…

Look at how art can connect generations in families, as 22 duos(or teams!) of Amdavadi mothers with their children paint together on canvas. Witness their tenderness and affection in the form of colours. Mother & Child Group photographs of Participants,…

Flawless drawings, woodcuts, and etching works by emerging artists Gopal Parmar and Bharat Dodiya at the ‘Impressive Impressions’ two-man show break the myth of prints being a marginalised form of art. This unique celebration of World Environment Day will continue…

The Culture Club attracted a footfall of nearly a thousand people at Hutheesing Visual Art Centre last Sunday. Veteran artist Vrindavan Solanki gave a live art demo of his famous rural figures, while artists and art-lovers interacted freely with connoisseurs over an exhibition of 100+ works. In the 1990s,…

One of this decade’s most awe-inspiring exhibitions comes alive at the majestic KL museum of Ahmedabad, after travelling to Mumbai and Delhi. Experience Parekh’s rendition of ‘Last Supper’, his surreal depictions of Varanasi, his stirring critique of the Bhagalpur Blindings…

12 recent alumni of MS University broach themes of decay and destruction, beauty and life, at the group exhibition ‘Embark’. Know what’s so unique about these works that are on display at the Gallery Ark, Vadodara, till May 10. The…

Like a postcard from the past, ‘Post-Age’ stirs up old memories and urges the viewer to engage with the art on display. For this charity exhibition, 187 artists from across India and Ahmedabad have made paintings on postcards. The show’s…

Experience Northeast India here in the western suburbs of Ahmedabad through Ancela Jamindar’s first solo photography exhibition ‘Enchanted By You’, on display at Ravishankar Raval Kala Bhavan till April 7. Photojournalist Ancela Jamindar’s striking photographs bear testimony to how pockets of…

Mitul Kajaria’s photographic documentation of the transitions that have occurred in Ahmedabad is more than just a series of pictures. Not only is it a testament to Ahmedabad being the first World Heritage City, but it also asks pivotal questions…

A solo show by Vadodara’s modernist artist Jyoti Bhatt has left art collectors awestruck. Never-before-seen reincarnated digital artworks, photographs and paintings can be witnessed at the Gallery ARK. When an author writes a book, his content is heavily inspired by…

Shyamal Mukherjee, Vrindavan Solanki, Haren Das and 19 other artists from Bengal and around India display their works at the colourful ‘Raag Basant’ show at Satya Art Gallery. It’s the most picturesque time of the year. Spring is here, bringing…

In 1948, a banker turned into an artist and writer. Nobody knew that he would go on to forever transform the way we perceive landscapes. In this exhibition in Ahmedabad, see Ram Kumar’s pleasing abstracts, which testify to the incredible…

Hitzig’s first solo photography exhibition packs in vivid representations of the serene European Alps right adjacent to the jam-packed streets of India and the amazing wildlife of Asia, all under a single roof at Satya Art Gallery. European photographers have…

  Photo: Anuj Ambalal Cinematographer Navroze Contractor’s students document the street typists, barbers, and construction labourers of Ahmedabad. Witness raw glimpses of city life in this exhibition. Aged men sit and type documents on typewriters in front of Bhadra City…

Desai’s photographs perceptively captures the Indian circus and gives the observer an unrestricted view of the life & people there, at his solo exhibition ‘Circus & Me’ at Satya Art Gallery, Ahmedabad.   Since decades, the inquisitive Vivek Desai has been photographing the…

The passionate Ahmedabad-based artist’s four-decade-long visual journey has left citizens of the city completely enthralled. Check out how the veteran painter’s love for birds manifests, in this comprehensive  retrospective. If Mahendra Kadia hadn’t been an artist, he would’ve surely pursued ornithology…

At Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum in Ahmedabad, hand-woven Baluchar Silks of Bengal recount untold stories of royalty, as experts uncover the historical significance of this almost-forgotten art form. There have been several occasions when fabled elements that once built up an…

Worshippers of Goddess Saraswati are known seldom to have the grace of Goddess Lakshmi. Quite a few of those who worship Goddess Lakshmi, on the other hand, have noticeably been beneficiaries of Goddess Saraswati’s grace. Eminent industrialist the late Kasturbhai…

Self-taught photographer Mitul Kajaria’s monochromatic captures of the Himalaya’s ‘folded landscapes’ are curiously multidimensional and unconventioinal. As soon as I entered the Somalal Shah Art Gallery at Ravishankar Raval Kala Bhavan, and observed Kajaria’s aligned photograph frames, I imagined hearing…

Artist and design educator Dashrath Patel captures elements in motion – narratives of dance and dancers – par excellence, in the first such exhibition ever on his photographic works. Even before I entered the gallery, the sight of the two magnificent monochromes, thoughtfully…

Vis-a-Vis Art Gallery Vadodara has brought together MSU alumni to give Ahmedabad a feel-good art experience. The showcase is a wonderful confluence of artistic expressions as veteran artists are exhibiting their artworks with blooming painters for the first time at Amdavad Ni Gufa.…

In its pithy communication, the Gita is a matchless piece of literature handed down to us through its ancient oral tradition reflecting on the essence of life. The Mahabharat, Prof Alok Bhalla in his 6th N C Mehta Memorial Lecture at…

Home-makers, jail inmates, children, celebrities and artists create art on miniature cricket bats. Visit this one-of-a-kind exhibition ‘Chhota Bat Badda Score’ by Mantra Art Gallery. Nayana Soparkar, Curator of the show “You may love cricket, or hate it, but you can’t run away…

Hindol Brahmbhatt’s aesthetic instinct creates a never-seen-before version of the seen-by-all forms of Indian gods and goddesses. Unique in its medium and technique, the show is a fascinating experience of Brahmbhatt’s exceptional perceptiveness. Hear what his artworks at his solo…

For those who love to travel and experience the magic of locales, find stories in life around, take a walk along the known unknowns, yet wish to do it all without moving an inch must perhaps be face to face…

Customisable furniture, recycled things and out-of-the-box material combinations, were part of the eclectic display at RAW Collaborative’s exhibition. On September 9th, against the backdrop of Le Corbusier’s masterpiece, the ATMA house, was laid out a true feast for the eyes…

The artworks of creative pundit Soumitra Chatterjee are everything that an uninitiated artist can hope to witness to trigger him or her into grabbing the nearest pen and scribbling his imaginations. Chatterjee talks about art, life, cinema and celebrations with…

As a reminder of the things we leave behind and a message about the ‘Mother’, Bengali artist Muktinath Mondal’s solo art show proves to be a muse tour. I have intuited the smell of a large margarita pizza while only…

Famous for his cubist and pop art paintings, Jyoti Bhatt’s astounding creativity has this time been showcased in the form of uniquely paired photographs at Satya Art Gallery. Peep into Bhatt’s eccentric perspectives of Indian rural folk art. In the…

Internationally acclaimed sculptor and former dean at the Faculty of Fine Arts of MS University, Vadodara, Dhruva Mistry, speaks about his perspective on practical art and carving experiments. His exceptional insight on, why size matter and how sculptures can be…

Photo Credit : Ronak Sopariwala Eye-soothing creations of resident artists of Navajivan truly reflect life in its most unadulterated form. Touching the emotions of purity, death and beliefs in a simple way, the art show is moreover a therapy, besides…

Travelling wildlife photographer Saurabh Desai portrays animals, patterns, colours and creativity all at once at Visual Poetries, an exhibition on display till 11th April that should not be ignored by visual art adorers. Here’s a Creative Yatra view for the…

Heart : Beat is an exhibition that showcases and re-imagines Warli art. Stemming from a residency programme in Bapugaon, in the Warli Heartland, it incorporates different forms of arts and crafts from the region and was on display at Kanoria…

  Dr. Harsha Dehejia, an eminent scholar who wears many hats, was in the city to expound on the ancient text Krishna Shringara – where Shringara is one of the 9 Rasas (essences of Indian art), usually translated as attraction…

If you’re an art lover living in Ahmedabad, then the Kanoria Centre for Arts isn’t foreign to you. Known to be home to artists from various disciplines, the Centre celebrated 33 years this weekend in true artistic style with no…

With hidden gems of art curated by loving students of Nagjibhai Chauhan, a real revelation is on display at Ravi Shankar Raval Kala Bhavan that compares well with the works of the great Surrealists and Impressionists. Name a teacher who…

“Chhabi Kem Jovi” is a discussion on photography appreciation by eminent photographer Vivek Desai at the monthly talk series “Paraspar” held at Kanoria Centre for Arts. With his characteristic frankness the photographer explained to audience the relation of philosophy with…

The exceptional display at Catharsis Art Gallery’s exhibition of veteran artist Vinod Shah generated an immersive art experience through live demonstrations of the rare ‘burnt sand texture painting’ technique, using a blow torch. Known for creating formations in single oblong…

Using imagination as their tool, artists Amit Ambalal, Esther David, Haku Shah, Nabibaksh Mansoori, Rajesh Sagara and others paint contradictory and rich narratives about Ahmedabad city. Ahmedabad is a city that represents different things to different individuals. It is also…

While most of the time, art in exhibitions is kept shielded behind a pane of glass, this unique exhibition organised by Sense International India is tailored so that people can touch the art – because that is how the deafblind…

The image of a beautiful evening with people in love all around, celebrating togetherness – Valentine’s Day this year was more than just this. Born from the thought that people who are together are individuals first and foremost, the couple’s…

The life-sized solo exhibition codes ‘hidden messages’, replete with energy, colours and motifs from the artist’s creative life painted onto ceramic plates. “It’s like a family coming together to celebrate art as an occasion, it’s not just as an exhibition,”…

The artist’s teachings come full circle, as his students pay tribute to the man through their own work and inspirations at Baroda’s Faculty of Fine Arts. It was a weary Tuesday afternoon at a high-street art gallery in Mumbai. It…

The French Republic is renowned for its culinary art, culture, architecture and of course the courteously beautiful language. And to relive the French in our nation Alliance Francaise de Ahmedabad has brought us the creations of avid photographer Maia Flore…

  A man bathing his elephant in the flow of a mighty river… A priest conducting rituals between the pillars of an ancient temple… Rocks, trees, clouds and the river coming together in timeless harmony… These are some of the…

A Graphic Novel that is easily one of the most important publications of the decade. CY reviews: Days after I read and put down First Hand, the graphic novel continues to linger in my thoughts – more so in the form…

The art world scenario has gone through interesting shifts from time to time – from conventional art to experimental forms and from a handful to a sea of artists. There is a lot that has changed all around and considering…

The Ravishankar Raval Lalit Kala Academy hosted “Narratives: Short Stories from street and wild: A photography exhibition”  from the 2nd to the 4th of December.  The exhibition was sponsored by the State Lalit Kala Academy. The exhibition showcases the photo…

Satya Gallery is one such art space of Ahmedabad that defines simplicity and elegance as its true radiance. The delightful ambiance welcoming every patron with a ‘Mahatma’ experience is something that will take you on a time travel of the…

  Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University hosted a unique experiential exhibition on November 19, 2016, on the traditional art of Gujarat, ‘Mata ni Pachedi’. The exhibition was held on the first day of the ‘World Heritage Week’ and was…

The symbol of love, Taj Mahal, wouldn’t you feel blissful to have it in your homes in some form or the other? This magnificent monument of white marble has been recreated by many people in varied mediums, but this week…

The soulful palace of the city, Architect Le Corbusiers’ Masterpiece ‘The Mill Owners Building’ in Ahmedabad and is playing host to an exhibition of artwork by Ajay Choudhary “Ligne Decisive/The Decisive Line”. Curated by Anupa Mehta founder of Anupa Mehta…

  A maverick is not only a person who is independently minded or unorthodox but is actually a person, who observes things really closely and still accepts the variety of opinions wholeheartedly. Every maverick may not be an artist, but…

“For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.”- Simon Wiesenthal The Indian Legal History Museum at Gujarat National Law University has hosted a ground shaking travelling exhibition called “The Courage to Remember”. The exhibition is a…

  A gallery full of masterpieces, L&P Hutheesing Visual Art Centre was all blooming with the paintings of 5 art pundits this week, Hindol Brahmbhatt, Indrapramit Roy, M.Sasidharan and Vasudevan Akkitham. An exhibition curated by Giriraj Kadia, The Five will continue for spectators…

“In believing we are a nation, we are cherishing a great delusion. How can people divided into thousands of castes be a nation?” – B.R. Ambedkar. Blue Icon – Contemporary Reiterations is a perfect example of brilliant curation, one which…

Mantra Art Gallery, opens up a new display, vibrant and colourful, of paintings by Surya Prakash. The paintings compliment the mood of monsoons, but more importantly the exhibition brings about a pleasant change from what we have seen in various…

  “I was all alone on the beach looking for pictures, when suddenly it happened. As dimensions of time and space vanished, I slowly dissolved in the fathomless blue. Something confined within the narrow shell of my mind and body…

On the eve of Janmashtmi, Amdavad ni Gufa is offering Amdavadis a treat with an exhibition by renowned Pichawai artist Shri Trilok Prakash Soni titled “Darshan: Shrinathji”. The exhibition was inaugurated by Shri Sanjay Lalbhai on the 23rd of August…

Industrial Revolution is one of the important turning point in the course of history. It gave birth to many inventions and technological advancements like combustion engine, large machine powered factories and electrical power generation. And a major invention related to…

  IIM-A known world over for its excellence in business education has, for past 10 days turned host to a very different kind of an activity, an art event. A workshop of interdisciplinary artists called ‘A dialogue between Easel and…

This is her second art exhibition in Ahmedabad; Sanaz Panahpour Darehshoun is a respected Turkish artist, who travels the globe to spread the joy of aesthetics. Her expressive and appealing way of painting using bold colours has tremendously set a…

Like a secret inscription written on a treasure chest, the intricacy of Hiralal Patel‘s sketches were extremely beautiful. It truly defined the nomenclature of event, ‘Micro circle art’. To further elaborate and understand the artist’s real mastery we all as…

“Memory is the scribe of the soul” Aristotle I heard that quote first time in movie called “The Book Thief”, it struck me. And it struck me real hard. That proves right for the words as well. And when one…

India’s country map is a real-time delusion of a continent itself. A mystical vast land that is nourishing diverse beings, who spread inspiration through their creativity and creations since decades. The Summer Strokes Exhibition at Herwitz Art Gallery, Amdavad Ni…

From left : Sanjay Savaliya, Paragji Patel, Rajkumar Sarde, Priya Aghera, Naisargi Dalal A bunch of Rhythmic notes together make a constant melody. And within a melody every note has its own tone, uniqueness and importance, giving a holistic effect…

Mother and child, a bond that is completely unadulterated. A relationship, where only love and affection is meant for existence. Where both the beings are same, their souls are same, their feelings for each other are same, but only their…

It sometimes feels like a fairytale, glancing white walls full of design formations, based numerous themes, billions of colours and nymphet sculpturing figures. A situation totally resembling all human feelings and emotions within a single shot. This is what you…

Happiness is undeniable!! Any viewer in front of Amit Ambalal‘s work responds with a sense of happiness and sheer, sensual pleasure. Maybe it has to do with the wittiness of the characters he chooses to paint. At his recent exhibition…

Some visuals in this story show graphic violence, may not be suitable for all audiences. Viewers discretion advised. Birth is painful! They say, when a mother gives birth to a child she undergoes through a pain equivalent to fracturing 20…

Shri Tushar Purani, Director (Retd.)  C.N. Vidyavihar Group of Institution inaugurated ‘Expression’ an exhibition of Mona Bhavsar’s work on the 12th of April. The exhibition is being displayed at Amdavad Ni Gufa till the 17th of April and is open…

‘Inside the Road’ an exhibition of monotype prints, prints on textiles and acrylic paintings is on show at the Kanoria Centre for Arts till the 14th of February. The exhibition is a show of the works of Meghan Shah an…

Art has myriad meanings and is interpreted in many ways. Thus when artists themselves talk about their art, their inspirations and the thoughts behind it, it becomes much more noteworthy. Kanoria Centre for the Arts and Coffee Mates gave Amdavadis…

Imagine a child loving his wardrobe and always keeping it neat and clean. Not leaving clothes around but keeping them in order. Imagine a vibrant and playful piece of furniture which is also utilitarian. You don’t need to imagine anymore…

Institutions of the town have always played a vital role in giving important exhibitions to the city. Undoubtedly NID is one of them. This time it’s Pablo Bartholomew. A world renowned photographer and photojournalist- whose works are being exhibited at…

Syed Haider Raza – Master of Colours needs no introduction in Asian Art Market. Ahmedabad’s Archer Art Gallery and Akar Prakar Gallery from Kolkata have assembled an exhibition of the Maestro at The Gallery, Amdavad ni Gufa. Born in 1922…

The Gujarat Photo Festival 2016 is currently going on in different parts of the city. This event has been organised by Navjivan Press. The festival was inaugurated on the 31st of March by Jyoti Bhatt and has many events in…

An exhibition on Shri Nathji Pichwai is going on at Amdavad ni Gufa. Pichwai is a stunning art form which depicts legends from the life of Lord Krishna. It is a traditional art form of India which depicts scenes from…

Hutheesing Centre of Visual Arts and Archer Art Gallery have associated together to put up an exhibition to tribute M.F. Husain in his centenary year. There could be no better place to pay tribute to Husain than Hutheesing Centre of…

Amrut Patel needs no introduction in Ahmedabad’s Art Fraternity. Extremely soft brushwork is his hallmark. He is exhibiting at “The Gallery” near Amdavad ni Gufa. There is gentleness about his paintings which is also characteristic of the man. No doubt,…

“Renaissance painters painted man and women making them look like angels, I paint for angels to show them what men and women really look like.” – Francis Newton Souza What can be more bold start of 2016 for Ahmedabad than an…