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STIR Pad | Aicon presents Indian artist Mohan Samant as the 'Archaeologist at the Ancient City'
STIR Pad | Aicon presents Indian artist Mohan Samant as the 'Archaeologist at the Ancient City'
Mohan Samant August 25, 2024

The Indian modernist's retrospective at Aicon NY charts his practice from the early 1960s - 2003, unveiling his heavily textured surfaces, three-dimensional paper cut-outs, and more. 

The Federal | How Mohan Samant's bold, disruptive experiments in Indian Modern art were forgotten
The Federal | How Mohan Samant's bold, disruptive experiments in Indian Modern art were forgotten
Mohan Samant August 23, 2024

In the year of centenaries, KNMA in Delhi brings the works of Mohan Samant, the unsung master of Progressive Artists' Gropu, back into spotlight with a seminal exhibition, 'Magic in the Square.'

 

The Indian Express | 'Technology cannot overtake true creativity'
The Indian Express | 'Technology cannot overtake true creativity'
Paresh Maity August 23, 2024

Paresh Maity, one of India's most prolific painters, talks about his early and recent inspirations to paint.

India Today | Soft Power
India Today | Soft Power
Kiran Nadar: India as a culture Czarina August 20, 2024

The growing interest in Indian art underscores the need for continued investment and collaboration to keep inspiring each other, driving one another forward

Art Daily | New Exhibition "Rasheed Araeen: A British Story"
Art Daily | New Exhibition "Rasheed Araeen: A British Story"
Rasheed Araeen August 19, 2024

Opening in Cambridge, UK, October 18, 2024.

Frieze | 17 Centuries of South Asian Art at Frieze Masters 2024
Frieze | 17 Centuries of South Asian Art at Frieze Masters 2024
August 16, 2024

From 4th-century Hindu sculpture to modernist photography, discover the South Asian artists who revolutionized creative culture at home and abroad.

Art Review | M. F. Husain Gets the Immersive Treatment
Art Review | M. F. Husain Gets the Immersive Treatment
Maqbool Fida Husain August 9, 2024

One of the more unusual collateral exhibitions at this year’s Venice Biennale, The Rooted Nomad: M.F. Husain, might be a test case for what immersive art can and can’t do.

The Art Newspaper | I am Discosailing...
The Art Newspaper | I am Discosailing...
Rasheed Araeen August 1, 2024

Rasheed Araeen's water ballet comes to east London's outdoor sculpture trail, The Line.

Architectural Digest | This book on F.N. Souza is a befitting tribute to the audacious legacy of the Modernist giant
Architectural Digest | This book on F.N. Souza is a befitting tribute to the audacious legacy of the Modernist giant
F. N. Souza July 25, 2024

Written by Janeita Singh, titled F. N. Souza: The Archetypal Artist, the book celebrates the artist’s centenary through an incisive analysis of his life and work.

 

DNA | Meet woman, brain behind Mukesh Ambani's bahu Radhika Merchant's viral pink lehenga
DNA | Meet woman, brain behind Mukesh Ambani's bahu Radhika Merchant's viral pink lehenga
Jayasri Burman July 15, 2024

The lehenga, an exquisite creation, is brought to life by Jayasri Burman's painting, featuring 12 panels hand-painted on special Italian canvas.

The New Indian Express | The artist as printing machine
The New Indian Express | The artist as printing machine
Somnath Hore July 14, 2024

From Nandalal Bose’s Dandi March print to Tagore’s linocut experiments, a Delhi exhibition traces the unique approaches of 13 artists, the evolution of printmaking from a mass-reproduction medium to a fine-art form, and how it influenced the 20th-century art world

The Hindu Bureau | Raja Ravi Varma Award presented to Surendran Nair
The Hindu Bureau | Raja Ravi Varma Award presented to Surendran Nair
Raja Ravi Varma July 11, 2024

Artist Surendran Nair uses art as an instrument to express his politics while firmly adhering to humanism.

 

Harper's Bazaar India | 12 Indian artists who will steal the spotlight at the ongoing Venice Art Biennale
Harper's Bazaar India | 12 Indian artists who will steal the spotlight at the ongoing Venice Art Biennale
Paresh Maity July 10, 2024

Artists like MF Husain, Paresh Maity, and Sonal Ambani among others have found place in the landmark 60th edition of the art festival.

 

LBN | Liverpool Cathedral offers 'realm of sensory exploration'
LBN | Liverpool Cathedral offers 'realm of sensory exploration'
Rasheed Araeen April 10, 2024

A new group exhibition coming to Liverpool Cathedral this spring will offer visitors a ‘realm of sensory exploration’.

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris | Arab Presences
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris | Arab Presences
Rachid Koraïchi April 5, 2024

Modern Art and Decolonisation: Paris 1908-1988

The Architectural Review | Lay to rest: Jardin d'Afrique in Zarzis, Tunisia
The Architectural Review | Lay to rest: Jardin d'Afrique in Zarzis, Tunisia
Rachid Koraïchi April 4, 2024

The cemetery near the Tunisian town of Zarzis, designed by artist Rachid Koraïchi, offers a respectful final resting place for migrants lost on their journey to Europe.

The New York Times | What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in March
The New York Times | What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in March
Khadim Ali March 13, 2024

This week in Newly Reviewed, Jillian Steinhauer covers Maria Prymachenko’s allegorical paintings, Khadim Ali’s imagined creatures and Jody Wood’s “Social Pharmacy.”

Artsy | How Contemporary Women Artists Are Reimagining Cubism—and the Body
Artsy | How Contemporary Women Artists Are Reimagining Cubism—and the Body
Mequitta Ahuja February 29, 2024

Artists like Farah Atassi, Tahnee Lonsdale, Mequitta Ahuja, Akea Brionne, and Danielle Orchard fracture and distort the body, evoking the dissonance between exterior and interior worlds and the dynamic nature of identity.

Hyperallergic | Redefining Modern Art in the Muslim World
Hyperallergic | Redefining Modern Art in the Muslim World
Rasheed Araeen January 21, 2024

Though at times a puzzling read, artist Rasheed Araeen’s latest book critiques Western scholarship that ignores Islam’s influence on modern art.

Hyperallergic | 10 Art Shows to See in New York This January
Hyperallergic | 10 Art Shows to See in New York This January
Kelly Sinnapah Mary January 7, 2024

This month: Kelly Sinnapah Mary, Cynthia Lahti, the Met Museum’s rehung galleries, and more.

ArtNet News | Spotlight: Kelly Sinnapah Mary Explores Personal Histories and Ancestry in Her First U.S. Solo Show
ArtNet News | Spotlight: Kelly Sinnapah Mary Explores Personal Histories and Ancestry in Her First U.S. Solo Show
Kelly Sinnapah Mary December 21, 2023

On view at Aicon, New York, the show features a range of dynamic new paintings and sculptures.

The Conversation | Victor Ekpuk is a Nigerian artist who uses ancient African graphic writing systems to unveil a stunning new display of creativity
The Conversation | Victor Ekpuk is a Nigerian artist who uses ancient African graphic writing systems to unveil a stunning new display of creativity
Victor Ekpuk December 12, 2023

Ekpuk’s presence in the United Arab Emirates marks a transformative historical, cultural and artistic moment. Well received by audiences, he firmly inserts African art into the region. He invites us to (re)examine simplistic definitions of calligraphy, the boundaries between architecture, sculpture and script, the distinctions between writing, graphic writing and art – and to eagerly await his next creations.

Elle dit 8 | Kelly Sinnapah Mary: une artiste inspirée par Maryse CondÉ
Elle dit 8 | Kelly Sinnapah Mary: une artiste inspirée par Maryse CondÉ
Kelly Sinnapah Mary November 13, 2023

Décrire Kelly Sinnapah Mary comme une "artiste engagée" serait un pléonasme. Dans sa façon d'appréhender le monde, "l'artiste est un être politique" par définition. Cette artiste guadeloupéenne au rayonnement international nous ouvre les portes de son univers. Inspirée par l'auteur Maryse Condé, elle nous délivre des clés de lecture pour mieux aborder ses œuvres, donne des pistes aux artistes désireux d'exposer hors de l'archipel et plus encore.

The Indian Express | Spanish artist Salvador Dali's famous horse sculpture installed in Ahmedabad mall
The Indian Express | Spanish artist Salvador Dali's famous horse sculpture installed in Ahmedabad mall
Veer Munshi November 10, 2023

The 'Golden Deer' by Kashmiri artist Veer Munshi was also installed at Palladium Mall.

Art Spectacle International Asia | At the Circle's Center
Art Spectacle International Asia | At the Circle's Center
Aisha Khalid October 17, 2023

“At the Circle’s Center” offers a glimpse into the artist’s diverse practice, comprising small works on paper, large-scale paintings, embroidered and pinned textiles, mixed media photo-based works and video. The show takes its title from a recent diptych of Gouaches on paper, richly painted in green, red and blue, using her signature geometric patterns and circles.

Artsy | Victor Ekpuk Turns Ancient African Communication Systems into Captivating Contemporary Abstraction
Artsy | Victor Ekpuk Turns Ancient African Communication Systems into Captivating Contemporary Abstraction
Victor Ekpuk October 3, 2023

Speaking to Artsy, Ekpuk suggested that the growing interest in his work from the region could be due to the “nature of the abstraction of my work that has to do with writing and touches on calligraphy,” adding that he believes the work “resonates with the aesthetics of the Middle East.”

Photograph by Angus Mill
FRIEZE | Saad Qureshi's New Commission Is a Cultural Time Machine
Saad Qureshi September 29, 2023

The Oxford-based artist reflects on Convocation, now on view in London at The OWO.

hyperallergic | Using a Nigerian Secret Writing System to Expose Social Injustices
hyperallergic | Using a Nigerian Secret Writing System to Expose Social Injustices
Victor Ekpuk August 29, 2023

Artist Viktor Ekpuk discovered that the symbols of the Nsibidi script could function as a form of abstraction — a way to reduce ideas to their essence.

Harper's Bazaar India | Five Eminent Female Artists Talk about Their Idea of the Feminine Form
Harper's Bazaar India | Five Eminent Female Artists Talk about Their Idea of the Feminine Form
Rekha Rodwittiya, Jayasri Burman, Anjolie Ela Menon August 21, 2023

These five fantastic artists speak about an artwork that celebrates the ideals of womanhood and explores the multiple avatars that a positioned stance of female empowerment embraces. 

New Jersey Stage | Montclair Art Museum Presents Four New Exhibitions Opening This Fall
New Jersey Stage | Montclair Art Museum Presents Four New Exhibitions Opening This Fall
Mequitta Ahuja August 16, 2023

 The Montclair Art Museum (MAM) has announced four new, visually inspiring exhibitions opening this September and November including, Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale.

NJ Arts | Victor Ekpuk Communicates in unique way in Princeton show
NJ Arts | Victor Ekpuk Communicates in unique way in Princeton show
Victor Ekpuk August 3, 2023

[Ekpuk] may be the rare fine artist with the spirit of an incendiary cartoonist, but he doesn’t resort to strip comic tricks. His drawings, sculptures and acrylic paintings contain language, and ideas, too volatile to be contained by an oval.

Princeton University Art Museum, Photo by: Joseph Hu
DART Magazine | Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage at Princeton University Gallery
Victor Ekpuk August 2, 2023

Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage is on view at Art@Bainbridge, a gallery project of the Museum located in downtown Princeton. Four available rooms show seventeen selections from a thirty-year career. 

The Voice | Take Part in 'Zero to Infinity'
The Voice | Take Part in 'Zero to Infinity'
Rasheed Araeen July 26, 2023

You don’t often get the chance to visit a museum and touch, move, shift or stack anything, making a date with the cubes, exploring ideas of symmetry, shape, and geometry, a fairly unique opportunity.

Riding the Elephant | Pakistani-born artist has lattice cubes display at London's Tate Modern
Riding the Elephant | Pakistani-born artist has lattice cubes display at London's Tate Modern
Rasheed Araeen July 25, 2023

Rebel artist, now 88, had to wait till his mid-70s for international recognition

Art Daily | Visitors at Tate Modern bring participatory artworks by Rasheed Araeen to life
Art Daily | Visitors at Tate Modern bring participatory artworks by Rasheed Araeen to life
Rasheed Araeen July 25, 2023

From Saturday 12 August, Zero to Infinity will be joined by Shamiyaana IV (Food for Thought: Thought for Change), an installation by Araeen outside Tate Modern comprising four colourful gazebos with tables and chairs.

Ebony | Nigerian Artist Victor Ekpuk's New Exhibit Brings Ancient Nsibidi Visual Language to a Modern-Day Era
Ebony | Nigerian Artist Victor Ekpuk's New Exhibit Brings Ancient Nsibidi Visual Language to a Modern-Day Era
Victor Ekpuk July 19, 2023

His upcoming exhibit, Language and Lineage at Princeton University Art Museum in New Jersey explores various themes that have unfolded in Ekpuk’s work over the last three decades.

FAD Magazine | Ever-Changing Artwork Comes to Tate's Turbine Hall
FAD Magazine | Ever-Changing Artwork Comes to Tate's Turbine Hall
Rasheed Araeen July 18, 2023

This summer, you have the chance to participate in an ever-changing artwork as Rasheed Araeen’s interactive Zero to Infinity is brought to life. Staged in the gallery’s iconic Turbine Hall as part of UNIQLO Tate Play – Tate Modern’s free programme of playful art-inspired activities for families in partnership with UNIQLO – the work features 400 brightly coloured geometric cubes which people of all ages are encouraged to stack, tilt and balance to create new configurations. 

Tate Modern | Uniqlo Tate Play | Rasheed Araeen, Zero to Infinity
Tate Modern | Uniqlo Tate Play | Rasheed Araeen, Zero to Infinity
Rasheed Araeen

Take part in the performance of Rasheed Araeen’s endlessly changing sculpture. July 22 - August 27, 2023.

Art@Bainbridge | Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage
Art@Bainbridge | Victor Ekpuk: Language and Lineage
Victor Ekpuk

Opening Saturday July 22, 2023 at the Princeton University Art Museum's Art@Bainbridge.

Observer | The Rise of the Contemporary Artist-Historian
Observer | The Rise of the Contemporary Artist-Historian
Mequitta Ahuja May 17, 2023

Archival art serves to situate artists whose pasts have been belittled, denied or erased.

The News on Sunday | The magic of a new realism
The News on Sunday | The magic of a new realism
Faiza Butt May 7, 2023

In her new paintings, Faiza Butt employs a new visual language.

The News on Sunday | The Presence of Aisha Khalid
The News on Sunday | The Presence of Aisha Khalid
Aisha Khalid April 9, 2023

The artist recently opened her retrospective, I Am And I Am Not – at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Zealand, and peels back the layers of the motivations and concerns shared between herself, curator Masuma Halai Khwaja, and gallery director Zara Stanhope.

Art News | With an Emphasis on Color and Form, S. H. Raza Broke New Ground for Modernism
Art News | With an Emphasis on Color and Form, S. H. Raza Broke New Ground for Modernism
S. H. Raza March 27, 2023

In a belated effort to help rectify that, S.H. Raza’s paintings have been united in a rare, though restrained gathering of some 90 paintings at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, on view until May 15. The exhibition is a first retrospective for the artist in France, where he lived from 1950 until 2011, and highlights his earlier, lesser-known experimental works.

Apollo | Art Dubai comes into its own
Apollo | Art Dubai comes into its own
Rasheed Araeen March 8, 2023

For a fair whose eye is so clearly on commerce, there was a merciful absence of the typical artists from big Western fairs. Instead, the focus was on artists from the surrounding region and South Asia. The fair’s artistic director, Pablo del Val, boasted that this edition of the fair ‘had the highest percentage of artists from the Global South’ in its history.

ArtNet News | What Does it Mean to Be an Afrofuturist Now?
ArtNet News | What Does it Mean to Be an Afrofuturist Now?
Mequitta Ahuja March 6, 2023

Three contemporary artists on what the term means to them. Alisha Wormsley, Mequitta Ahuja, and Cauleen Smith all help move the conversation beyond Black science fiction tropes. 

STIR Pad | India Art Festival 2023 adds a diverse and novel perspective with Aicon Gallery
STIR Pad | India Art Festival 2023 adds a diverse and novel perspective with Aicon Gallery
February 8, 2023

The international gallery is set to curate showcases by M. F. Husain, Rasheed Araeen, Victor Ekpuk, Sheetal Gattani, and more at the 14th edition of IAF.

STIR World | STIR curates a selection of unmissable works at the upcoming India Art Fair
STIR World | STIR curates a selection of unmissable works at the upcoming India Art Fair
February 1, 2023

STIR speaks to galleries on their special inclusion at the India Art Fair which will present 86 exhibitors and more than 1000 artists from February 9-12, 2023, in New Delhi.

Syracuse.com | 'Take Me To the Palace of Love' on view at the SU Art Museum
Syracuse.com | 'Take Me To the Palace of Love' on view at the SU Art Museum
Rina Banerjee January 17, 2023

A new exhibition of critical artworks by acclaimed international artist Rina Banerjee will open at the Syracuse University Art Museum on Thursday, Jan. 19.

WM | Mequitta Ahuja: Black-word at Aicon Gallery
WM | Mequitta Ahuja: Black-word at Aicon Gallery
Mequitta Ahuja January 2023

We see from “Black-word” that Ahuja is pushing art-world boundaries. In different ways and in different works of hers, she alludes to or appropriates tropes and conventions that the history of Western art brought to the fore in different times, especially during the Renaissance and the period of modernism. 

Artnet News | Spotlight: Artist Mequitta Ahuja Tells Her Family's Story Through Portraits Based on Her Late Grandmother’s Research
Artnet News | Spotlight: Artist Mequitta Ahuja Tells Her Family's Story Through Portraits Based on Her Late Grandmother’s Research
Mequitta Ahuja January 6, 2023

Her second solo show with New York's Aicon Gallery, "Black-word," opens today.

Telegraph India | CIMA hosts interaction with Indo-American artist and sculptor Rina Banerjee
Telegraph India | CIMA hosts interaction with Indo-American artist and sculptor Rina Banerjee
Rina Banerjee January 3, 2023

The session was attended by students, art enthusiasts, artists and others

India West Journal | Anjolie Ela Menon Embraces Being Called a Maverick
India West Journal | Anjolie Ela Menon Embraces Being Called a Maverick
Anjolie Ela Menon January 2, 2023

Anjolie Ela Menon embraces being called a maverick in her latest solo exhibition, 'Nostalgia'. 

The News on Sunday | Tracing Modernism
The News on Sunday | Tracing Modernism
Rasheed Araeen November 27, 2022

In artist Rasheed Araeen’s aesthetics, there is hardly a conflict between modernity and faith

stir world | Rasheed Araeen's 'Islam & Modernism' at Aicon Gallery is a seminal exhibition of works
stir world | Rasheed Araeen's 'Islam & Modernism' at Aicon Gallery is a seminal exhibition of works
Rasheed Araeen November 17, 2022

Rejecting the contradictions in the characterisation of his oeuvre by western institutions, Araeen considers the influence of Islamic thought in the development of modernism.

Affiches Parisiennes | A work of art in tribute to the victims of the Algerian war
Affiches Parisiennes | A work of art in tribute to the victims of the Algerian war
Rachid Koraïchi November 4, 2022

The department of Seine-Saint-Denis inaugurated, on November 1, the work "Le Vigilant" by the internationally renowned Algerian visual artist Rachid Koraïchi, installed in the Georges-Valbon park in La Courneuve.

Le Quotidien d'Oran | Le Vigilant
Le Quotidien d'Oran | Le Vigilant
Rachid Koraïchi November 2, 2022

“Le Vigilant," a monumental sculpture by Rachid Koraïchi, was inaugurated on November 1st 2022 in the park of the Courneuve, in Seine-Saint-Denis to pay tribute to those, French and Algerian, who sacrificed their lives for an independent Algeria.

Bella Naija | Design Week Lagos 2022 is Over!
Bella Naija | Design Week Lagos 2022 is Over!
Victor Ekpuk October 31, 2022

Here are some amazing Highlights from the show

Artforum | A Minimalist pioneer's reflections on Islam and modernity
Artforum | A Minimalist pioneer's reflections on Islam and modernity
Rasheed Araeen October 27, 2022

On occasion of his new publication Islam & Modernism (Grosvenor 2022) and a solo exhibition at New York’s Aicon Gallery (on through November 19), Araeen discusses the persistence of Eurocentrism in discourses of modernism.

Splendor and Magnificence | The Art of Natvar Bhavsar
Splendor and Magnificence | The Art of Natvar Bhavsar
by Fré Ilgen October 19, 2022

“I have felt from the very start of my art education that the excitement by color was by itself for me, uplifting. There was something very direct and biological about it, which engulfed me in a way…. What I was trying to express was that the color has given me charge to use it as completely, like in music, as the sound becomes a vehicle for creating a universe.”

This Day | At the Frieze Art Fair, Two Nigerian Creative Amazons Hold Court
This Day | At the Frieze Art Fair, Two Nigerian Creative Amazons Hold Court
Peju Alatise October 16, 2022

Two renowned Nigerian female artists, drawn from different generations, Peju Alatise and Nike Davies-Okundaye, are having their moments in the international limelight at the Frieze Art Fair in London, UK.

ArtNet News | In Pictures: See the Colorful, Cheeky Outdoor Art of the 10th Annual Frieze Sculpture
ArtNet News | In Pictures: See the Colorful, Cheeky Outdoor Art of the 10th Annual Frieze Sculpture
Peju Alatise September 16, 2022

The 2022 exhibition is on view through November 13.

Forbes | Algerian Artist Rachid Koraïchi's Works are Shining Beacons of Hope of a More Human World
Forbes | Algerian Artist Rachid Koraïchi's Works are Shining Beacons of Hope of a More Human World
Rachid Koraïchi September 1, 2022

Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle sits down with the artist to discuss his background, his art and how he came to build this paradisaical cemetery for migrants.

STIR World | De-layering the show 'Blemish, In Deep Pink Everyplace Begins' by Rina Banerjee
STIR World | De-layering the show 'Blemish, In Deep Pink Everyplace Begins' by Rina Banerjee
Rina Banerjee September 1, 2022

Rina Banerjee’s imaginative, complex and layered world comes to life at the Hunterdon Art Museum as she explores ideas of gender, identity, beauty, and human psyche.

STIR World | When the material is unabashedly camp
STIR World | When the material is unabashedly camp
The practice of Max Colby August 20, 2022

New York-based artist Max Colby uses found objects and materials to create artworks that are at once camp and a subversive mimicry of it to evoke revival, embrace, and opulence.

OBSERVER | Review: Aicon Gallery Presents Colorful Victor Ekpuk and Natvar Bhavsar’s Pigments in Parallel Exhibitions
OBSERVER | Review: Aicon Gallery Presents Colorful Victor Ekpuk and Natvar Bhavsar’s Pigments in Parallel Exhibitions
Victor Ekpuk & Natvar Bhavsar August 17, 2022

The impressive side by side solo exhibitions work together, not apart. A love of deep color isn't all the artists have in common at Aicon.

Afternoons with Lorenzo
Afternoons with Lorenzo
Victor Ekpuk

A short video detailing the making of Afternoon with Lorenzo featured in the exhibition I am My Ancestor's Essence.

New Jersey Stage | Two Exhibitions Cross the Lines Between Art, Craft and Poetry
New Jersey Stage | Two Exhibitions Cross the Lines Between Art, Craft and Poetry
Rina Banerjee July 16, 2022

Behold the titles used by Rina Banerjee. They read like poems.  

Le Parisien | Indépendance de l’Algérie : une sculpture géante rendra hommage aux victimes au parc de La Courneuve
Le Parisien | Indépendance de l’Algérie : une sculpture géante rendra hommage aux victimes au parc de La Courneuve
Rachid Koraïchi July 5, 2022

Le projet a été dévoilé ce week-end, alors que ce mardi marquera le 60e anniversaire de l’indépendance de l’Algérie. Rachid Koraïchi, l’artiste de renommée internationale a choisi de faire don de sa future sculpture à la Seine-Saint-Denis qui l’avait contacté pour un travail mémoriel.

Independence of Algeria
Independence of Algeria
Rachid Koraïchi July 4, 2022

Artist Rachid Koraïchi donates a work to the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis

Mint Lounge | A student's heartfelt tribute to his teacher, Somnath Hore
Mint Lounge | A student's heartfelt tribute to his teacher, Somnath Hore
Somnath Hore July 2, 2022

Sculptor K.S. Radhakrishnan has put together a non-linear show of the artist’s iconic works at Emami Art Gallery, Kolkata 

Stir World | 'Assembly Required' at Pulitzer Arts Foundation invites public participation
Stir World | 'Assembly Required' at Pulitzer Arts Foundation invites public participation
Rasheed Araeen June 30, 2022

STIR explores the possibilities and limitations of participatory art that is highly political in nature, and can the original context and idea of public space be retained?

Rachid KoraÏchi Shortlisted for Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Rachid KoraÏchi Shortlisted for Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Rachid Koraïchi June 2, 2022

Aicon is proud to announce Rachid Koraïchi’s Le Jardin d’Afrique in Zarzis, Tunisia, has been shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 2020-2022 cycle. The Jardin was a focal point of his solo exhibition at the gallery earlier this year: Le Chant de l’Ardent Désir.

Firstpost | S. H. Raza's centenary: Kiran Nadar talks about his immeasurable impact on the world of art
Firstpost | S. H. Raza's centenary: Kiran Nadar talks about his immeasurable impact on the world of art
S. H. Raza May 18, 2022

Raza’s impact on the world of art was immense and immeasurable, says Kiran Nadar. The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art is currently exhibiting works that explore the acclaimed painter’s evolution as an artist

The News on Sunday | Reclaiming the future
The News on Sunday | Reclaiming the future
Rasheed Araeen May 15, 2022

Rasheed Araeen’s new work on display at the COMO Museum can be connected to his earlier paintings in terms of abstraction.

AtfixDaily Artwire | Iridescent Sculpture Installations, Ambiguous Ceramic Forms On View In New Exhibitions at Hunterdon Art Museum
AtfixDaily Artwire | Iridescent Sculpture Installations, Ambiguous Ceramic Forms On View In New Exhibitions at Hunterdon Art Museum
Rina Banerjee May 11, 2022

Hunterdon Art Museum presents two new exhibitions opening Sunday, May 15, 2022. “Rina Banerjee: Blemish, In Deep Pink Everyplace Begins” and “Maxwell Mustardo: Dish-Oriented” will be on view through Sept. 4, 2022. 

NJ Monthly | Fun Things to Do In NJ in May
NJ Monthly | Fun Things to Do In NJ in May
Rina Banerjee May 1, 2022

Blemish, In Deep Pink Everyplace Begins, May 15 - September 4 at Hunterdon Museum

#ChannelsTv | Artist, Peju Alatise's Solo Exhibition 'Alafia'
#ChannelsTv | Artist, Peju Alatise's Solo Exhibition 'Alafia'
Peju Alatise April 30, 2022

Video tour of Peju Alatise's exhibition 'Alafia; at kó, Lagos, Nigeria, April 4-30, 2022.

GRN | Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi highlights the importance of intercultural dialogue through art
GRN | Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi highlights the importance of intercultural dialogue through art
Rachid Koraïchi April 30, 2022

Rachid Koraïchi participated in the I Conference on Islamic Ornamentation organized by the José Val del Omar School of Art in Granada.

The Kathmandu Post |  ‘Art should rise above the personal’
The Kathmandu Post | ‘Art should rise above the personal’
Youdhishtir Maharjan April 9, 2021

Maharjan sat down with the Post’s Shranup Tandukar to discuss his relationship with language, his satisfaction in laborious monotony, and his opinion on personal art.

The News on Sunday | Ode to an artist
The News on Sunday | Ode to an artist
Rasheed Araeen April 3, 2022

Noted artist Rasheed Araeen’s public sculpture, unveiled at Bagh-i-Jinnah recently, has the ability to draw in viewers for close inspection

This Day Live | WITH A RECENT CELEBRATION OF TWO FEMALE ART LUMINARIES, NIKE ART CENTRE UPS THE ANTE…
This Day Live | WITH A RECENT CELEBRATION OF TWO FEMALE ART LUMINARIES, NIKE ART CENTRE UPS THE ANTE…
Peju Alatise April 3, 2022

A steadily growing attendance at the Nike Art Centre’s last-Sunday-of-the-month Spotlight Art and Artists Review programme lets on to the fact that it is gradually catching on with the Lagos art community. Of course, this may also have something to do with the charisma of the latest featured duo, Peju Layiwola and Peju Alatise, who are among Nigeria’s leading female contemporary artists. 

The Telegraph Online | Portrait of an artist and an unwritten autobiography
The Telegraph Online | Portrait of an artist and an unwritten autobiography
Francis Newton Souza March 28, 2022

A friend salutes Francis Newton Souza on his 20th death anniversary — and expresses remorse for having let him down

OCULA | The 2022 March Meeting Contends with Global Decolonisation
OCULA | The 2022 March Meeting Contends with Global Decolonisation
Rachid Koraïchi March 23, 2022

Koraïchi introduced a project he initiated in Tunisia in response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis by creating cemeteries for victims to be buried and remembered with dignity.

Money Control | S. H. Raza centenary: Unpacking the universal appeal of artist S. H. Raza's works
Money Control | S. H. Raza centenary: Unpacking the universal appeal of artist S. H. Raza's works
S. H. Raza March 20, 2022

The first physical exhibition mounted by the Piramal Art Museum celebrates five decades of Raza's work, with some special paintings from its collection.

ArtAsiaPacific | From 20th-century Paintings to NFTs: Art Dubai 2022
ArtAsiaPacific | From 20th-century Paintings to NFTs: Art Dubai 2022
K. S. Kulkarni March 16, 2022

New York’s Aicon Art mounted a retrospective of Indian artist KS Kulkarni (1918–1994), foregrounding colorful semi-abstract canvases from his late career. Fusing modern and traditional approaches, Kulkarni was inspired by landscapes, religious motifs, and everyday life.

The National | Top 12 Booths to See at Art Dubai
The National | Top 12 Booths to See at Art Dubai
K. S. Kulkarni March 11, 2022

Top 12 booths to see at Art Dubai as it returns home to Madinat Jumeirah for 2022. Dubai's pre-eminent art fair is back to its original location with more than 100 participating galleries.

STLPR | Please touch this art - Pulitzer Arts Foundation exhibition seeks audience participation
STLPR | Please touch this art - Pulitzer Arts Foundation exhibition seeks audience participation
Rasheed Araeen March 11, 2022

An exhibition now on view at Pulitzer Arts Foundation turns that instruction on its head. Visitors to “Assembly Required” are encouraged to pick up, fold, walk into or even wrap the artworks around themselves.

STUFF | Three tapestries smuggled out of Afghanistan are part of a new exhibition at New Plymouth Govett Brewster Art Gallery
STUFF | Three tapestries smuggled out of Afghanistan are part of a new exhibition at New Plymouth Govett Brewster Art Gallery
Khadim Ali March 12, 2022

They have been knifed, disguised and abandoned, and now three towering tapestries successfully smuggled out of Afghanistan as the Taliban took over are on display in New Plymouth.

The National | Art Dubai 2022: What to Expect at the UAE's biggest art fair
The National | Art Dubai 2022: What to Expect at the UAE's biggest art fair
K. S. Kulkarni March 11, 2022

One of the big events on the calendar is undoubtedly Art Dubai, with the 15th event taking place from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13 at Madinat Jumeirah. This year, the art fair is gearing up for its biggest programme thus far with more than 100 contemporary and modern galleries participating.

The New Arab | The sublime is an experience looking for context': Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi's Le Chant de l’Ardent Désir
The New Arab | The sublime is an experience looking for context': Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi's Le Chant de l’Ardent Désir
Rachid Koraïchi March 10, 2022

Inimitable Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi's latest exhibition Le Chant de l’Ardent Désir is a transcendental and hypnotic experience that compels the viewer into examining our shared experiences of loss, longing, human suffering and dignity.

Elle India | 5 Women Artists Shaping the Narrative of Indian Art You Need To Know About
Elle India | 5 Women Artists Shaping the Narrative of Indian Art You Need To Know About
Anjolie Ela Menon & Rekha Rodwittiya March 8, 2022

These women artists have consistently commanded critical acclaim for their work across the world with the diversity of their art practices and continue to be some of the most sought-after artists by seasoned collectors of Indian Art.

The Times of India | Art Exposure's NFT Debut with Paresh Maity
The Times of India | Art Exposure's NFT Debut with Paresh Maity
Paresh Maity March 5, 2022

The world has woken up to the new transactional idiom of NFTs and India’s stellar artist Paresh Maity’s NFT debut with Artexposure as the owner , is a classic case of ownership with the physical asset as well as the digital in his historic pandemic creation The Perpetual Glare.

The Indian Express | What we Love about S. H. Raza
The Indian Express | What we Love about S. H. Raza
S. H. Raza March 4, 2022

February 22 marked the centenary of one of India's most famous modernist painters, SH Raza. Six people -- a collector, a gallerist, artists, a teacher and a curator -- recount their favourite thing about the iconic master's art and life

Settimana | Entendre le cri des migrants
Settimana | Entendre le cri des migrants
Rachid Koraïchi February 25, 2022

David Miliband praised the "remarkable project carried out in Zarzis, which is an inspiration to us all. All over the world there is every reason to think that nothing can change, but through your art and your determination to remind us of our common humanity, you show that special things happen when people take responsibility."

Dart International Magazine | Rachid Koraïchi: Le Chant de l’Ardent Désir
Dart International Magazine | Rachid Koraïchi: Le Chant de l’Ardent Désir
Rachid Koraïchi February 19, 2022

In inventing a unique artistic language, Koraïchi draws upon many languages and cultures, including those of the Berber and Tuareg peoples. Within his fold, too, are invented Chinese ideograms plus magical squares and talismanic glyphs and other auspicious signs. 

L'Expression | Centre Culturel AlgÉrien
L'Expression | Centre Culturel AlgÉrien
Rachid Koraïchi February 14, 2022

On Friday February 25, 2022 from 6:30 p.m., the Algerian Cultural Center, located in Paris, is organizing an evening devoted to the work of Rachid Koraïchi, in the presence of the artist. 

The Karachi Collective | Between Culture, Politics, and Spirituality
The Karachi Collective | Between Culture, Politics, and Spirituality
Aisha Khalid February 13, 2022

“I Am And I Am Not” was showcased at Chawkandi Art Gallery, Frere Hall, and Gandhara Art-Space, from 28 November 2021, till 21 January 2022. Curated by Masuma Halai Khawaja, the retrospective was organized and hosted by Chawkandi Art Gallery and sponsored by HBL.

The Guardian | Empty shops could be studios for next Bacon or Hirst, says leading curator
The Guardian | Empty shops could be studios for next Bacon or Hirst, says leading curator
Mequitta Ahuja February 12, 2022

Britain’s empty high street shops and derelict department stores should be transformed into artists’ studios and galleries to bring life back to city centres, according to the outgoing director of one of the country’s leading art spaces.

Artnet news | Spotlight: Algerian-Born Artist Rachid Koraïchi Creates a Shrine for Migrants Lost in the Mediterranean Sea
Artnet news | Spotlight: Algerian-Born Artist Rachid Koraïchi Creates a Shrine for Migrants Lost in the Mediterranean Sea
Rachid Koraïchi February 11, 2022

Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist you should know. This week, Artnet spotlights Rachid Koraïchi at Aicon Gallery.

Fox 5 | The Phillips Collection Celebrates 100 Years
Fox 5 | The Phillips Collection Celebrates 100 Years
Victor Ekpuk February 5, 2022

The Phillips Collection is marking its 100th anniversary with a new graphic installation by D.C. based artist Victor Ekpuk. FOX 5's Gwen Tolbart spoke to the artist about his work, which was inspired by ancient Nigerian script.

Mid Day | Worli traffic island gets a 'cutting' décor
Mid Day | Worli traffic island gets a 'cutting' décor
Sheetal Gattani February 1, 2022

The traffic island garden, which sees heavy traffic going to North and South Mumbai, now hosts a 10-foot-high installation of two hands, each holding a glass of ‘cutting chai’

Celebrity Homes | At artists Jayasri Burman and Paresh Maity’s house, songs of parrots and a special place for Durga
Celebrity Homes | At artists Jayasri Burman and Paresh Maity’s house, songs of parrots and a special place for Durga
Paresh Maity January 28, 2022

Everything in the three-story house was done up after careful consideration of each others’ wishes. The result: special places reserved for the couple's own art, separate work areas, and more.

Deccan Herald | The Legacy of a Polarizing Icon
Deccan Herald | The Legacy of a Polarizing Icon
Jamini Roy January 23, 2022

This year marks the 50th death anniversary of Jamini Roy, often hailed as the father of modern Indian art. But he has had his fair share of detractors too.

The Shillong Times | Art Sans Borders
The Shillong Times | Art Sans Borders
Rina Banerjee January 16, 2022

Banerjee rejects the notion that people choose to be artists. Rather, she says, “Let’s say that art is a reflex for artists and art seekers, and its boundless quality makes me work very hard and love it very much. I could also say that people never fail us; it’s our fixation on being fixed, rigid, standing in one place, that fails people, and this is where migration and ethnicity studies, postcolonialism and culture studies, queer studies keep us awake and moving as we are meant to.”

Times of India | 7 Habits of Highly Effective Hyderabadis: Artist Laxma Goud tells us what sets him apart from the rest
Times of India | 7 Habits of Highly Effective Hyderabadis: Artist Laxma Goud tells us what sets him apart from the rest
Laxma Goud January 14, 2022

Working towards a better version of yourself in 2022? We bring you inspiration from some very inspiring Hyderabadis. Master draughtsman, painter, printmaker and one of the most celebrated names in contemporary Indian art, Laxma Goud tells us what sets him apart from the rest.

Hyperallergic | Aisha Khalid Examines Women's Roles and Spirituality Through Textiles and Geometry
Hyperallergic | Aisha Khalid Examines Women's Roles and Spirituality Through Textiles and Geometry
Aisha Khalid January 3, 2022

In her current retrospective viewers can see the beginning of an oeuvre that scrutinizes personal, social, and cultural issues such as prescribed societal norms associated with the female gender.

The Telegraph online | Debris of the old in the new
The Telegraph online | Debris of the old in the new
Sheetal Gattani January 1, 2022

New Canvases — that’s the simple title, shorn of thematic references. But the new canvases of Sheetal Gattani, presented by Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, at its recent show — both in the gallery and online — overturned the very idea of ‘new’ being virgin, untarnished territory.

African Arts | Hidden Elements: Victor Ekpuk's Illustrations for the Daily Times of Nigeria
African Arts | Hidden Elements: Victor Ekpuk's Illustrations for the Daily Times of Nigeria
Victor Ekpuk December 2021

Ekpuk’s scribbling from the mid-1990s similarly oscillates between transparency and secrecy. Some signs may be familiar to those with a basic knowledge of nsibidi, other African ideographic systems, Nigerian current affairs, and global popular culture, while others come tantalizingly close but ultimately refuse to reveal themselves and supply any specific meaning to the narrative. 

Telangana Today | The making of modern Indian Art
Telangana Today | The making of modern Indian Art
Jehangir Sabavala, Jamini Roy, F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza, M. F. Husain. December 27, 2021

Artists have created a hybrid Indo-European style of paintings, thus advancing the cultural hegemony of western artistic expression
While the history of Indian art stretches back to the ancient era, the 19th century witnessed an early progression of Indian art being adapted to the western visual lexis with the emergence of Company Style painting.

The News on Sunday | The (in)complete year
The News on Sunday | The (in)complete year
Faiza Butt, Adeela Suleman, Sadequain, Khadim Ali, Waqas Khan, Aisha Khalid, Salman Toor December 26, 2021

As compared to the previous year, 2021 allowed art to stage a comeback with shows and exhibitions.

 

 

Apollo | In the studio with...Salman Toor
Apollo | In the studio with...Salman Toor
Salman Toor December 16, 2021

Born in Lahore and based in New York, the painter Salman Toor depicts the lives of queer, South Asian men in imagined surroundings that draw as much from the Old Masters as they do from the modern metropolis. Toor’s scenes are often casual – his figures dance at house parties and stare into smartphones – but always meticulously composed.

My Kolkata | With River of Faith, Jayasri Burman goes back to the roots of her inspiration
My Kolkata | With River of Faith, Jayasri Burman goes back to the roots of her inspiration
Jayasri Burman December 15, 2021

For millennia now, the Ganges has been revered and disregarded in equal measure, much like women themselves [...] This and more have been a source of insatiable inspiration and curiosity for artist Jayasri Burman since her childhood, which has now culminated into a show of enormous scale called River of Faith.

Inspire Design | Capturing the Capital City
Inspire Design | Capturing the Capital City
Victor Ekpuk December 6, 2021

The lobby [of the Kimpton Banneker in Washington DC] also features an abstract mural by Nigerian-American artist Victor Ekpuk in addition to work from Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter, a co-founding member of Black Artists of DC.

Cultbytes | Pattern, Decoration, and the New Avant-Garde at Art Basel Miami
Cultbytes | Pattern, Decoration, and the New Avant-Garde at Art Basel Miami
Suchitra Mattai December 3, 2021

Kavi Gupta showed A mended heart, a lightened soul and A murmer of a prayer, both 2021 by Guyanese artist Suchitra Mattai who has used every day wearable objects tied to her cultural heritage – cut, woven, and tied vintage saris with mounts of ghungroo bells – to create new landscapes, or maps.

The New York Times | The Depths of our Humanity
The New York Times | The Depths of our Humanity
Rachid Koraïchi December 3, 2021

One such site is Zarzis in southeastern Tunisia, where last June Rachid Koraichi, an Algerian artist, decided to build a cemetery, scented by jasmine blossoms and flowering orange trees, that he calls the Jardin d’Afrique, or Garden of Africa. 

The National News | UAE at 50: artist Mohammed Kazem reflects on the rapid rise of the country's art scene
The National News | UAE at 50: artist Mohammed Kazem reflects on the rapid rise of the country's art scene
Mohammed Kazem December 2, 2021

As the UAE celebrates its Golden Jubilee, Kazem reflects on how rapidly the art scene has evolved – from once-in-a-year shows in the 1980s to an amalgamation of galleries, institutions, collectives and increasingly global events today.

Artnet News | ‘We Cannot Keep Up’: Dealers Return to a Red-Hot Market at Art Basel Miami Beach, Where VIPs Are Clamoring for Contemporary Art
Artnet News | ‘We Cannot Keep Up’: Dealers Return to a Red-Hot Market at Art Basel Miami Beach, Where VIPs Are Clamoring for Contemporary Art
Suchitra Mattai December 1, 2021

Olivia Walton, who recently took over as chairperson of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art from billionaire founder Alice Walton, bought a work by Suchitra Mattai made of saris from the artist’s mother and grandmother, priced around $30,000.

domus | American Pastoral
domus | American Pastoral
Bernardo Siciliano November 19, 2021

At the Aicon Gallery in New York, Bernando Siciliano’s works of art, explicitly inspired by Philip Roth, immortalise the moments that narrate these two pandemic years.

India Today | Paresh Maity Interview
India Today | Paresh Maity Interview
Paresh Maity November 13, 2021

Artist and Painter Paresh Maity spoke exclusively to India Today about his latest exhibition in Kolkata. Paresh Maity is exhibiting his art in Kolkata after a gap of six years. Watch the full interview.

The Observer | "Picturing Motherhood Now" at CMA reimagines our deepest connections
The Observer | "Picturing Motherhood Now" at CMA reimagines our deepest connections
Mequitta Ahuja November 12, 2021

The first piece in the hall is Mequitta Ahuja’s 2020 oil painting entitled “Portrait of Her Mother,” a gentle rendition of the artist’s studio with Ahuja standing in the foreground, her body turned slightly away as though she is torn between us and her work. 

Indulge Express | Celebrated artist Paresh Maity's work on display at CIMA and Birla Academy of Art and Culture
Indulge Express | Celebrated artist Paresh Maity's work on display at CIMA and Birla Academy of Art and Culture
Paresh Maity November 12, 2021

Seeing how the idol makers brought the Goddess Durga to life, a seven-year-old child from a remote village in Midnapore’s Tamluk area tried his tender hands in clay molding and even managed to sell a few pieces at the local fairs for as little as 10-15 paise in the early 70s. Who would have thought back then that some 48 odd years later that very child’s artwork would sell at a premium all over the country and beyond? That’s Paresh Maity for you.

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | Drawing Memory: Essence of Memphis
Featuring Victor Ekpuk and Rachid Koraïchi November 4, 2021

Ekpuk, a Nigerian American artist, painted a mural for a new gallery, Arts of Global Africa, in March 2017. His art is inspired by nsibidi, a sacred means of communication among male secret societies in southeastern Nigeria. Evolving out of the graphic and writing systems of nsibidi, Ekpuk’s art embraces a wider spectrum of meaning to communicate universal themes.

Writing is drawing | Rachid Koraïchi at Centre Pompidou-Metz
Writing is drawing | Rachid Koraïchi at Centre Pompidou-Metz
November 6, 2021 - February 21, 2022

The exhibition juxtaposes precious old manuscripts, grouped together in three display cases, and works by contemporary artists and writers, most of which are from the Cabinet d’Art Graphique at the Centre Pompidou, in which writing is combined with imagery, sometimes even disappearing completely. This journey through inscriptions bears witness to a primordial interweaving of writing and drawing and reveals a universal vital energy. This energy circulates through gestures and lines, fragile crucibles of history, human beliefs and emotions.

African Artists From 1882 to Now
African Artists From 1882 to Now
Victor Ekpuk October 22, 2021
The News-Herald | Cleveland Museum of Art's new exhibition 'Picturing Motherhood Now' focuses on role through wide, contemporary lens
The News-Herald | Cleveland Museum of Art's new exhibition 'Picturing Motherhood Now' focuses on role through wide, contemporary lens
Mequitta Ahuja October 20, 2021

‘Picturing Motherhood Now’ emerged during the global pandemic and in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the important conversations about race that followed,” Liebert says. “I think these world events did inflect the show. They inevitably shaped the way artists were thinking, and the issues that were on the minds of our catalog contributors.

Art and Faith | A portrait by Boualem Gueritli
Art and Faith | A portrait by Boualem Gueritli
Rachid Koraïchi October 18, 2021
Cleveland Museum of Art | Picturing Motherhood Now
Cleveland Museum of Art | Picturing Motherhood Now
Mequitta Ahuja October 16, 2021

There is a long history of picturing motherhood. That history illuminates the culture from which it springs. What, then, do contemporary pictures of motherhood say about our own time? 

canvas | Waters of Hope
canvas | Waters of Hope
Rachid Koraïchi September-October 2021

For Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi, art has the power to enact change, and his paradisical cemetery for migrants who drowned while crossing the Mediterranean is a shining beacon of hope.

Art Review City | Nigerian-born artist and architect Peju Alatise on her back-to-back Venice Biennales, Yoruba influences, and giving back to Africa
Art Review City | Nigerian-born artist and architect Peju Alatise on her back-to-back Venice Biennales, Yoruba influences, and giving back to Africa
Peju Alatise August 11, 2021

We recently sat down with Nigerian-born artist and architect Peju Alatise at her new Glasgow studio to find out more about her back-to-back Venice Biennales, how she juxtaposes being a contemporary architect and fine artist, and how Yoruba culture has helped her work stand out in today’s global art world.

Experiment Station | Decoding Victor Ekpuk's New Installation - What Do You See?
Experiment Station | Decoding Victor Ekpuk's New Installation - What Do You See?
Victor Ekpuk August 9, 2021

2021-22 Sherman Fairchild Fellow Shiloah Coley speaks with Victor Ekpuk about the sociopolitical signs and symbols in his centennial commission.

Sculpture Magazine | How We Live: A Conversation with Pooja Iranna
Sculpture Magazine | How We Live: A Conversation with Pooja Iranna
Pooja Iranna July 16, 2021

Pooja Iranna coaxes industrial materials and office accessories, including cement, mirrors, and staples, into thought-provoking portrayals of how the world and its proliferating cities are evolving. 

Phillips | Centennial Art Commissions
Phillips | Centennial Art Commissions
Victor Ekpuk May 6, 2021

Victor Ekpuk is internationally renowned for his paintings, drawings, and sculptures, which reimagine the ancient Nigerian communication system, Nsibidi, to create his own unique language of abstraction.

The News International | Fire in the Soil
The News International | Fire in the Soil
Khadim Ali January 24, 2021

What Now My Friend?, curated by Salima Hashmi at Aicon Gallery, New York (December 17–January 23) denotes the perpetual saga of strife between the oppressors and the oppressed. 

Artnet News | Baltimore Artist Mequitta Ahuja on How Her New Exhibition is an Ode to Motherhood and Loss
Artnet News | Baltimore Artist Mequitta Ahuja on How Her New Exhibition is an Ode to Motherhood and Loss
Mequitta Ahuja January 11, 2021

“Ma”, the artist’s new exhibition at New York’s Aicon Gallery, includes 20 oil sketches and five large oil paintings. The works may be the artist’s most intimately personal yet—made over the past 15 months, during the final period of her mother Sonja’s life, the works are a form of grieving. Loss, healing, gratitude, and connection exist as interconnected and equal energies.

Kajal | One Piece by Mequitta Ahuja, Xpect
Kajal | One Piece by Mequitta Ahuja, Xpect
Mequitta Ahuja January 3, 2021

Xpect is a self-portrait. The model is Ahuja. Her classic pose is made decidedly contemporary by her pregnant belly, the sonogram she is holding, and her slight smile. It’s a birth announcement! An Instagram trope inside a painting that is loaded with rebuttals to art history.

Cornell Business Review: Fall 2020 | Observing the Art World from Six Feet Away
Cornell Business Review: Fall 2020 | Observing the Art World from Six Feet Away
Pages 32-35

The difficulty of having a show during this time is that the atrocities in the world today make it difficult to have any kind of celebration while so many around the world find themselves in mourning, but I suppose that revelation is a continuous need. I wish that people could come and enjoy it with me but I understand that that's not possible at the moment.

The New York Times | 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
The New York Times | 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba | Ernest Mancoba October 1, 2020

If museums are serious about globalizing their collections, it won't do just to pick out a few Africans or Asians or Latin Americans whose art superficially resembles what the West already approbates. Art history has to be preconceived as a perpetual migration of artists, images and ideas - across oceans, across decades. A sterling case study awaits in the upstairs space of Aicon Gallery, displaying the lean, precise, calligraphic abstractions of Ernest Mancoba (1904 - 2002), a South African painter who spent his career in Denmark and France.

artdaily.com | Solo Exhibition of the Early Work of Seasoned New York Artist Natvar Bhavsar Opens at Aicon Art
artdaily.com | Solo Exhibition of the Early Work of Seasoned New York Artist Natvar Bhavsar Opens at Aicon Art
Natvar Bhavsar September 28, 2020

Aicon Art New York brought us through Natvar Bhavsar: Beginnings (March 1-April 6, 2019) an astonishing show on this Indian-American artist’s early color-field paintings. Now, by giving us Natvar Bhavsar: Sublime Light from September 26-October 31, 2020, the gallery is spotlighting his paintings from the late 1970s through the 1980s. 

Widewalls | 11 Contemporary Artists to Watch Right Now
Widewalls | 11 Contemporary Artists to Watch Right Now
Mequitta Ahuja September 23, 2020

A contemporary American painter of African American and South Asian descent who lives in Weston, Connecticut, Mequitta Ahuja casts herself as mythic warriors, epic heroes, and power figures descending from traditions across cultures. She synthesizes her multicultural heritage into works that evoke the process of identity construction.

IANSLife | Artist Pooja Iranna and calling a medium her own
IANSLife | Artist Pooja Iranna and calling a medium her own
Pooja Iranna August 29, 2020

The lockdown must serve as the time to understand and introspect the result of our actions.

The Hindu Businessline | ‘The situation teaches us more than schools we go to’: Pooja and GR Iranna
The Hindu Businessline | ‘The situation teaches us more than schools we go to’: Pooja and GR Iranna
Pooja Iranna August 27, 2020

Artist-couple Pooja and GR Iranna on finding artistic interpretation in a pandemic

Stir World | Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, Pooja Iranna's staple-pinned plea to slow down rings true
Stir World | Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, Pooja Iranna's staple-pinned plea to slow down rings true
Pooja Iranna April 23, 2020

In her latest solo, Silently, at the Centre for Contemporary Art in New Delhi, artist Pooja Iranna talks about encroachment and urban overgrowth, urging for ecological redressal.

The Guardian | Ekpuk and the art of native contents
The Guardian | Ekpuk and the art of native contents
Victor Ekpuk April 5, 2020

Illustration, one of the basic pedestals on which strong creative skill in art is mounted, exists in the trajectory of U.S.-based Victor Ekpuk.

Over the years, he has shown a mastery of illustration both for newspapers and books, creating minimal contents for mainstream art exhibitions. However, in the last few years, Ekpuk has installed large public space art and shows across three continents. More interesting is the artist’s sculptural executions.

Eelive | Smithsonian Acquires Painting by Nigeria’s Victor Ekpuk
Eelive | Smithsonian Acquires Painting by Nigeria’s Victor Ekpuk
Victor Ekpuk March 31, 2020

US-based Nigerian artist, Victor Ekpuk has made public the acquisition of his paintwork Union of Saint and Venus by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, (NMAAHC).

Bank ABC | Inauguration of 'The Face', an abstract modern sculpture that celebrates Bahrain and Bank ABC
Bank ABC | Inauguration of 'The Face', an abstract modern sculpture that celebrates Bahrain and Bank ABC
Victor Ekpuk December 11, 2019

Conceived by world-renowned artist, Victor Ekpuk, the new landmark sculpture in the heart of the Diplomatic Area pays tribute to the Kingdom and reflects the changing face of a 40-year-old institution.

CNN | Artist Victor Ekpuk's mesmerizing mural pays homage to African writing systems
CNN | Artist Victor Ekpuk's mesmerizing mural pays homage to African writing systems
Victor Ekpuk June 26, 2019

Victor Ekpuk's room-sized installation, "Shrine to Wisdom," invites visitors to sit and learn, while immersed in one of his signature murals, which is based on an ancient writing system

ARTFORUM | Alpesh Kantilal Patel on Natvar Bhavsar
ARTFORUM | Alpesh Kantilal Patel on Natvar Bhavsar
Natvar Bhavsar May 2, 2019

"There’s something about the sonorousness of the language and the richness of his color fields that connects somehow. Overall, Bhavsar’s works bring out color’s metaphysical aspects and, via his use of raw pigment, its profound physicality."

The New York Times | Frieze New York Addresses the Heat and Expands the Kitchen
The New York Times | Frieze New York Addresses the Heat and Expands the Kitchen
Rachid Koraïchi May 1, 2019

Mr. Koraïchi uses Arabic semiotics and calligraphy as the basis of his work, and the booth will feature engravings, banners, tapestries and a sculpture.

 

Hyperallergic | Expressions of the Fullness of Being
Hyperallergic | Expressions of the Fullness of Being
Natvar Bhavsar April 6, 2019

"Bhavsar is at once a thoroughly American painter and product of Indian culture, the deeper meanings and values of which have not left him.  Never, as he approaches the divine, does he lose touch with the richly cross-cultural experience that has formed him. A Bhavsar painting is immediately recognizable as his."

The Rubin | Accidentally on Purpose: Conversations with Monika Bravo and Youdhi Maharjan
The Rubin | Accidentally on Purpose: Conversations with Monika Bravo and Youdhi Maharjan
Youdhishtir Maharjan March 1, 2019

The works of Youdhi Maharjan and Monika Bravo are as different as the artists’ personalities yet exemplify these ideas, and the two share strong connections in their approaches to creativity and the meaning of art.

News India | Natvar Bhavsar’s early works to be exhibited at Aicon
News India | Natvar Bhavsar’s early works to be exhibited at Aicon
Natvar Bhavsar February 19, 2019

Aicon Art Gallery will exhibit the debut solo exhibition of the early work of octogenarian New York Indian American artist Natvar Bhavsar, ‘Beginnings.’

Time Out New York: Top Five Art Shows of the Week
Time Out New York: Top Five Art Shows of the Week
Salman Toor November 12, 2018
Them | Salman Toor's New Art Exhibition Is a Breathtaking Vision of Queer Intimacy
Them | Salman Toor's New Art Exhibition Is a Breathtaking Vision of Queer Intimacy
Salman Toor October 30, 2018
The News on Sunday Review
The News on Sunday Review
Pale Sentinels July 15, 2018
The Daily Times | No child’s play: Artist Waqas Khan’s mystical scripture
The Daily Times | No child’s play: Artist Waqas Khan’s mystical scripture
Waqas Khan July 20, 2018
Artnet Interview | When The Moon Split
Artnet Interview | When The Moon Split
Saad Qureshi October 11, 2017
ArtAsiaPacific | Cuckoonebulopolis: (Flora and) Fauna
ArtAsiaPacific | Cuckoonebulopolis: (Flora and) Fauna
Surendran Nair July 24, 2017
INDY Week | Victor Ekpuk's Divine Mural at the North Carolina Museum of Art Heralds New Life for its African Galleries
INDY Week | Victor Ekpuk's Divine Mural at the North Carolina Museum of Art Heralds New Life for its African Galleries
Victor Ekpuk June 14, 2017

One of the best ways to see the Washington, D.C.-based Nigerian-American artist Victor Ekpuk's large chalk mural at the North Carolina Museum of Art is to turn your back on it and look around the rest of the gallery it's in.

ArtAsiaPacific | A Retrospective
ArtAsiaPacific | A Retrospective
Anjolie Ela Menon June 12, 2017
artnet Asks | Anjolie Ela Menon Reflects on Identity, Spirituality, and Gender
artnet Asks | Anjolie Ela Menon Reflects on Identity, Spirituality, and Gender
Anjolie Ela Menon June 1, 2017

In an interview with artnet News, Menon elaborated on her roots, her spiritual inspiration, and her artistic practice.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Saad Quershi May 27, 2017

We are delighted to offer our congratulations to artist and friend Saad Qureshi on his participation in the exhibition Tread Softly at Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s 40th anniversary. The exhibition will run from the May 27th through September 3rd, 2017.

Huffington Post | Anjolie Ela Menon: An art exhibit
Huffington Post | Anjolie Ela Menon: An art exhibit
Anjolie Ela Menon May 19, 2017
Artforum
Artforum
Ernest Mancoba May 1, 2017
ArtAsiaPacific | Portraits of Intervention
ArtAsiaPacific | Portraits of Intervention
Contemporary Art from Sri Lanka April 21, 2017
Mousse Magazine
Mousse Magazine
Rasheed Araeen April 11, 2017
New York Times | African Art in a Game of Catch Up
New York Times | African Art in a Game of Catch Up
Ernest Mancoba March 13, 2017
The Indian Express
The Indian Express
Salman Toor and Abir Karmakar at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 December 17, 2016
New York Times | Best Art of 2016
New York Times | Best Art of 2016
Rachid Koraïchi December 7, 2016

The New York season saw some fine gallery shows.

Mangobaaz Pakistani Artists to Follow
Mangobaaz Pakistani Artists to Follow
Featuring Salman Toor November 26, 2016
The Hindu | Delicate Bond of Steel
The Hindu | Delicate Bond of Steel
Mumbai Exhibition November 22, 2016
The National | Art Abu Dhabi 2016
The National | Art Abu Dhabi 2016
November 14, 2016
Mid-Day Review | Delicate Bond of Steel
Mid-Day Review | Delicate Bond of Steel
Mumbai Exhibition November 6, 2016
Hindustan Times | Delicate Bond of Steel
Hindustan Times | Delicate Bond of Steel
Mumbai Exhibition November 3, 2016
Rasheed Araeen | 57th Venice Biennale & Documenta 17
Rasheed Araeen | 57th Venice Biennale & Documenta 17
November 1, 2016

We are thrilled to announce the participation of Rasheed Araeen in the 57th Edition of the Venice Biennale, which runs from May 13 through November 26, 2017. Additionally, we are pleased to announce his participation in Documenta 14 in Athens, Greece from April 8 through July 16, 2017, and Kassel, Germany from June 10 to September 17. The projects will lead up to the opening of his major Retrospective at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, which will run from December 2, 2017 to April 8, 2018.

Frieze Magazine | A Question of Knowledge
Frieze Magazine | A Question of Knowledge
Rasheed Araeen November 1, 2016
NYC Premier - BBC Four's Treasures of the Indus | Pakistan Unveiled
NYC Premier - BBC Four's Treasures of the Indus | Pakistan Unveiled
By Sona Dutta, Curator of South Asian Art, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA October 19, 2016

We are delighted to announce the New York premier of the first installment of BBC Four's documentary series Treasures of the Indus - Pakistan Unveiled, hosted by Sona Dutta, on Friday, October 21, 2016 at 6pm. 

Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective
Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective
Van Abbe Museum, Netherlands September 24, 2016

We are delighted to announce that a special exhibition showcasing the full retrospective of the works of Rasheed Araeen will be held at the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands from December 2, 2017 through April 8, 2018. The exhibition will showcase 60 years of Araeen's works, including significant institutional and private loans, selections that form the artist’s archives, and works realized specifically for the exhibition

Blouin ArtInfo | Geometry and Symmetry
Blouin ArtInfo | Geometry and Symmetry
Rasheed Araeen September 23, 2016
Places for Nova
Places for Nova
Saad Qureshi September 21, 2016

Aicon Gallery is delighted to offer our warmest congratulations to artist and friend Saad Qureshi on being commissioned by NOVA to create a major new site-specific public installation for the district of Victoria in Central London. The project launches on November 22, 2016 and "looks at the portability of landscapes, and the human mind as a vehicle that allows places to travel, to be carried in the memory from one location to another,” Qureshi explains.

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016
Salman Toor September 21, 2016

We are delighted to announce the participation of Salman Toor in the 2016 edition of the prestigious Kochi-Muziris Biennale, which runs from December 12, 2016 through March 29, 2017. Toor's work, installed in the Aspinwall section of the Biennale, will consist of a large installation of works on canvas both inspired by and presented alongside his multi-media collaboration with exiled Pakistani poet Hasan Mujtaba, which was born of the artist's 2015 exhibition Resident Alien at Aicon Gallery, New York.

Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945–1965
Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945–1965
Rasheed Araeen at Haus Der Kunst, Munich September 10, 2016

We are excited to announce the inclusion of Rasheed Araeen in the upcoming exhibition Postwar: Art Between the Pacific and the Atlantic, 1945 - 1965, on view at Haus de Kunst, Munich, Germany from October 14, 2016 through March 26, 2017. Alongside Araeen's works My First Sculpture (1959) and Burning Bicycle Tires (1959-61), the exhibition features the work of Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg and many others. "The exhibition examines the vibrant and turbulent postwar period as a global phenomenon for the first time in recent exhibition history. In eight dramatic chapters, the exhibition guides visitors through the first 20 years following the end of World War II..."

But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa
But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa
Rasheed Araeen September 9, 2016

We are pleased to annouce that Rasheed Araeen will be speaking at the Guggenheim New York on Friday Sept. 23, 2016 at 2pm as part of the museum's seires of lectures (De)Coupling as Discourse on the Global South, taking place concurrent with the exhibition But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise, on view until October 5, 2016. The discussion, organized by Sara Raza, will explore "the autonomous rise of contemporary art in the Global South, this two-day symposium traces aesthetic and contextual change to identify an elastic discourse around global visual culture."

Express Tribune | Go Figure
Express Tribune | Go Figure
August 17, 2016
Abraaz | Between Structure and Matter
Abraaz | Between Structure and Matter
July 24, 2016
Between Object and Architecture | Tate Modern, London
Between Object and Architecture | Tate Modern, London
Rasheed Araeen July 15, 2016

We are delighted to announce that Rasheed Araeen's work Lovers (1968) is now on view in the exhibition Between Object and Architecture (June 16-October 14, 2016) at the Tate Modern in London. 

Recent Institutional Acquisitions
Recent Institutional Acquisitions
Rasheed Araeen July 1, 2015

Aicon Gallery is proud to announce the most recent set of insitutional acquistions by artist Rasheed Araeen. Since Araeen's last solo exhibition, Minimalism Then and Now, held at Aicon Gallery in May, 2015, we are delighted to have placed his work with the following collections. The Guggenheim, Abu Dhabi - Chakras (1969-70), The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY - Pehli Si Muhabut (1971/2015), The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi - Rang Baranga II (1969/2014), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Chaar Yaar II (1968), and The Art Institute of Chicago, IL - Punj Neelay (1970).

New York Times | Between Structure and Matter
New York Times | Between Structure and Matter
June 30, 2015
Blouin ArtInfo | Between Structure and Matter
Blouin ArtInfo | Between Structure and Matter
June 15, 2016
Defining Sculpture at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Defining Sculpture at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Rasheed Araeen June 18 - October 9, 2016

We are pleased to announce that Rasheed Araeen's work will be on view in the exhibition Defining Sculpture at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York. The exhibition, which centers around the question of "What sculpture is and is not" runs from June 18 - October 9, 2016, and is comprised of work from the museum's permanent collection, featuring artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Tara Donovan, and many others. Araeen's work was acquired by the museum for their permanent collection in Spring of 2015.

ArtForum Critics' Pick
ArtForum Critics' Pick
Between Structure and Matter: Other Minimal Futures May 24, 2016
New York Times | Frieze 2016
New York Times | Frieze 2016
S. H. Raza May 6, 2016
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Guggenheim Museum, New York
But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa April 29 - October 5, 2016

Aicon Gallery congratulates artists Nadia Kaabi-Linke and Mohammed Kazem on their participation in the  Guggenheim New York's first major survey of art from North Africa and the Middle East, But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise, running from April 29 - October 5, 2016. We are honored to be showing both artists, concurrent with the Guggenheim, in our exhibition Between Structure and Matter: Other Minimal Futures, on view from May 26 - July 2, 2016. The Guggenheim exhibition "through painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and video...presents a spectrum of artistic voices and critical concerns from a rapidly evolving region."

Hyperallergic | Talismanic Calligraphy Made Contemporary in Marrakech
Hyperallergic | Talismanic Calligraphy Made Contemporary in Marrakech
Rachid Koraïchi April 29, 2016
New York Times | Making his own language
New York Times | Making his own language
Rachid Koraïchi March 31, 2016
Not New Now | 2016 Marrakech Biennale
Not New Now | 2016 Marrakech Biennale
Rachid Koraïchi February 24 - August 5, 2016

Aicon Gallery congratulates artist Rachid Koraichi on his participation in the 2016 Marrakech Biennale, Not New Now, running from Feburary 24 - August 5, 2016. During the Biennale's run, we are honored to be hosting the first major showing of Koraichi's work in New York, in collaboration with October Gallery, London, with the exhibition Rachid Koraichi | Love Side by Side with the Soul, on view from March 3 - April 16, 2016.

Hyperallergic | Rituals of Memory
Hyperallergic | Rituals of Memory
Rekha Rodwittiya February 18, 2016

Rekha Rodwittiya’s iconic female figures loom large. An amalgamation of Indian classical and tribal images, Rodwittiya’s asexual goddesses evade easy categorization. Currently in her solo exhibition Rituals of Memory at Aicon Gallery, they command an uncanny presence and beg scrutiny.

The American Bazaar | The Rituals of Memory: Personal Folklores and Other Tales
The American Bazaar | The Rituals of Memory: Personal Folklores and Other Tales
Rekha Rodwittiya February 4, 2016

Prominent Baroda-based feminist artist Rekha Rodwittiya, who is the founder of The Collective Studio Baroda, is back here after two decades with a major exhibition at the Aicon Gallery, ‘The Rituals of Memory: Personal Folklores and Other Tales’, which runs from Feb. 4 through Feb. 27th.

OCULA Conversations
OCULA Conversations
Rasheed Araeen January 2, 2016

Rasheed Araeen should not need an introduction: he is one of the foremost pioneers of Minimalist sculpture in Britain. And yet, (with his first exhibition in Asia taking place now at Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong), that there is a need to introduce Araeen refers to something that has driven at least part of this artist's 50-year career.

Artnet News | Salman Toor, Painter of Modern Life
Artnet News | Salman Toor, Painter of Modern Life
Salman Toor December 1, 2015
International Gallerie Profile
International Gallerie Profile
Salman Toor December 1, 2015

New York City has facilitated my cobbling together of seemingly divergent understandings of developing societies seething in turmoil, along with the microcosms of cultures like Brooklyn’s art scene. Since I left Lahore, my work has developed in more abstract directions in order to host and superimpose imagined narratives and homelands in which personal and global concerns intersect.

Hyperallergic | Resident Alien
Hyperallergic | Resident Alien
Salman Toor November 30, 2015
Village Voice | The Kominas Close Out Asian Contemporary Art Week
Village Voice | The Kominas Close Out Asian Contemporary Art Week
November 9 , 2015
Observer Preview | 11 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before October 30th
Observer Preview | 11 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before October 30th
Salman Toor October 26, 2015
Blouin ArtInfo | Husain at Hundred
Blouin ArtInfo | Husain at Hundred
M. F. Husain October 1, 2015
The American Bazaar | Husain at Hundred
The American Bazaar | Husain at Hundred
M. F. Husain August 31, 2015
Observer Preview | 10 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before June 19th
Observer Preview | 10 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before June 19th
Sadequain June 15, 2016
ArtReview Asia | Minimalism Then and Now
ArtReview Asia | Minimalism Then and Now
Rasheed Araeen June 13, 2015
New York Times | Minimalism Then and Now
New York Times | Minimalism Then and Now
Rasheed Araeen June 11, 2015
Artnet News | The Daily Pic
Artnet News | The Daily Pic
Rasheed Araeen May 27, 2015
News Line | Art Dubai 2015
News Line | Art Dubai 2015
April 1, 2015
The News on Sunday | Art Dubai 2015
The News on Sunday | Art Dubai 2015
March 29, 2015
The National | Top Ten Things from Art Dubai in Pictures
The National | Top Ten Things from Art Dubai in Pictures
March 21, 2015
The Guardian | Art Dubai 2015
The Guardian | Art Dubai 2015
March 17, 2015
The National | Art Dubai
The National | Art Dubai
March 10, 2015
Artnet News | Dealer Spotlight
Artnet News | Dealer Spotlight
March 3, 2015
Village Voice | Growing Up Heems
Village Voice | Growing Up Heems
Eat Pray Thug February 3, 2015
Express Tribune | Eat Pray Thug
Express Tribune | Eat Pray Thug
March 15, 2015
GQ India | Himanshu Suri & Eat Pray Thug
GQ India | Himanshu Suri & Eat Pray Thug
August 13, 2015
Blouin Artinfo | Eat Pray Thug: Das Racist's Himanshu Suri Curates Indian Art
Blouin Artinfo | Eat Pray Thug: Das Racist's Himanshu Suri Curates Indian Art
February 27, 2015
Animal | Eat Pray Thug
Animal | Eat Pray Thug
February 9 , 2015
Art Radar | Fair season: Galleries prepare for Art Stage Singapore and India Art Fair 2015
Art Radar | Fair season: Galleries prepare for Art Stage Singapore and India Art Fair 2015
January 16, 2015

The art fair season in Asia ushers in a new exciting year for contemporary art, starting with Art Stage Singapore and the India Art Fair taking place back-to-back during the last week of January 2015. Art Radar caught up with 6 galleries hailing from different corners of the world to find out about their participation in both fairs and what draws them to Asia

Friday Times Review | Semblance of Order
Friday Times Review | Semblance of Order
October 24, 2014
Hyperallergic | Making Art from Politics in Bangladesh
Hyperallergic | Making Art from Politics in Bangladesh
Readymade September 3, 2014
Art Radar Feature | 9 Bangladeshi Artists to Know
Art Radar Feature | 9 Bangladeshi Artists to Know
Readymade August 29, 2014
Artillery Magazine Review  | Contemporary Art from Bangladesh
Artillery Magazine Review | Contemporary Art from Bangladesh
Readymade August 13, 2014
Saffronart Review | A Retrospective
Saffronart Review | A Retrospective
Sadequain July 15, 2014
Dawn Profile | In the Remains
Dawn Profile | In the Remains
Saad Qureshi December 22, 2013
Blouin ArtInfo Feature | In the Remains
Blouin ArtInfo Feature | In the Remains
Saad Qureshi November 29, 2013
Arte Fuse Review | In the Remains
Arte Fuse Review | In the Remains
Saad Qureshi November 26, 2013

Starting with his own memory that Qureshi builds his amalgamated version of traditional tales presented in mythical landscapes and structures that marry seamlessly Islamic and Christian imagery. I found the works arresting and richly layered with not only memory of a culture but brimming with fresh possibilities.

Doyle Auctions | World Auction Records Set For Jimmy Ernst and Natvar Bhavsar at Doyle New York's November 13, 2012 Auction of Modern & Contemporary Art
Doyle Auctions | World Auction Records Set For Jimmy Ernst and Natvar Bhavsar at Doyle New York's November 13, 2012 Auction of Modern & Contemporary Art
Natvar Bhavsar November 13, 2012

Doyle New York’s November 13, 2012 auction of Modern and Contemporary Art auction presented a wide range of paintings and sculpture by some of the 20th and 21st centuries' most prominent artists. Works by American, European, Latin American and Asian artists encompassed artistic movements from Cubism and Expressionism through the present day. The sale set another world auction record for the Indian/American artist Natvar Bhavsar (b. 1934) when a large abstract from 2000 titled Sundervana sold for a record $53,125 against an estimate of $20,000-30,000.