On June 29, K. G. Subramanyan, a deeply influential figure within the modern and contemporary Indian art world, passed away at the age of 92.
Meenakshi Thirukode
Meenakshi Thirukode is a writer, researcher, and curator at Exhibit 320 gallery and its non-profit space 1After320 in New Delhi, India. She is the co-founder Project For Empty Space, a non-profit which brings public art to
abandoned and unusual urban spaces. Thirukode graduated with honors from the Masters program at Christies, in New York. She has written for both, local and international publications including Art Asia Pacific, Art India, Whitewall Magazine, Fuschia Tree and The Hindu Newspaper, on contemporary art from South Asia. She has also curated exhibitions on South Asian contemporary art in New York and India. Thirukode has served on the board of the South Asian Womens Creative Collective (SAWCC) and Christies Alumni Board. She recently was the director of the New Media for Bushwick Film Festival, where she oversaw the setting up the department in its inaugural year at the 2013 festival and curating its program.
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Identities, Nations, and Histories Painfully Stitched Together
NEW DELHI — Hybrid creatures in legends and myths speak to our collective imagination as a tool to perceive that which cannot be perceived or understood.
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Hundreds of Indian Artists Condemn Government Indifference to Far-Right Violence
NEW DELHI — On October 27 the Indian news site Scroll published a letter signed by over 300 artists that expresses support for the more than 40 writers who have returned their state awards over the past month as a form of protest against the increasingly intolerant environment in India for minorities and cultural producers.
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In Kochi, India, a Biennial Makes Room for Reimagining the Region
NEW DELHI — The Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) launched in 2012 and has distinguished itself by the scale of its ambition.