The most gruesome images of COVID-19’s wrath in the Western press have originated from the formerly colonized nation and stand in contrast with an imageless COVID-19 crisis in the United States.
New Delhi
Posted inNews
Major Delhi Art Institutions to Be Razed as Part of Controversial Redevelopment Plan
Scholars and artists including Anish Kapoor and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak are calling for an “immediate halt” of the $2 billion project as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across India.
Posted inNews
After Budweiser Unexpectedly Paints Over Street Murals in India, Artists Band Together
“What happened is unfortunate, but it’s highlighted how important these works are to people from all walks of life,” said Hanif Kureshi, co-founder of St+art India.
Posted inNews
Delhi Police Crack Down on a Public Work at India Art Fair 2020
An anonymous complaint brought Delhi police to the India Art Fair, where an installation featuring slogans of resistance, Muslim hijabi women, and an Urdu protest song were deemed “inflammatory.”
Posted inArt
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.
Posted inNews
Art or Animal Cruelty?
Indian artist Navin Thomas recently recieved a bunch of press for winning the SKODA prize for Indian contemporary art. Unfortunately his latest sound installation at Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi is garnering attention for an entirely different reason.
