LEAD FEATURES
26 Meera Menezes offers a bird’s eye view of the changing gallery scene in Delhi.
32 Are Mumbai-based galleries raising the bar to meet the challenges of going global? Gitanjali Dang provides some answers.
37 Geeta Doctor assesses the maternal role Chennai galleries play in promoting local artists.
41 Anirudh Chari laments the lack of cutting-edge art in Kolkata galleries.
46 Sandhya Bordewekar is convinced that galleries in Baroda have a long way to go.
51 Marta Jakimowicz takes us on a tour of some of Bangalore’s trend-setting gallery spaces.
56 Rajesh Punj has conversations with some of the key people involved in showcasing Indian art in London.
59 How deep is the love New Yorkers feel for contemporary Indian art? Niharika Dinkar is on a mission to find out.
64 Beijing and Shanghai maybe the places for contemporary Chinese art. But galleries need to be more vigilant about quality control, Karen Smith warns.
INTERVIEWS
69 Mark Prime and Zehra Jumabhoy have a heart-to-heart about exhibition design in Mumbai.
71 Artist-turned-curator Bose Krishnamachari reveals to Zehra Jumabhoy how he juggles his multiple roles and projects.
LETTER FROM PAKISTAN
72 From decorative works to cutting-edge art, Pakistan’s galleries showcase a range of aesthetic products. Quddus Mirza files in a report.
SPECIAL REPORTS
100 Sameera Khan visits the renovated Bhau Daji Lad Museum in Mumbai and comes out with a mosaic of observations.
104 Zehra Jumabhoy celebrates at the launch of the Devi Art Foundation in Delhi, India’s contemporary art museum.
107 CONVERSATION
Sculptor Nagji Patel discusses his experiences as an organizer of art camps with Sandhya Bordewekar.
109 INTERNATIONAL PROFILE
Natasha Bissonauth tracks the development of the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) in New York.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS
112 Alia Syed’s art suggests that acts of arrival and departure are one and the same or children of the diaspora, says Karin Miller-Lewis.
113 Olafur Eliasson’s recent works use mist, mirrors and light to magical effect, says an awed Avni Doshi.
115 Deirdre King assesses how artists at a group show explore the possibility of capturing abstract space in tangible ways.
117 Avni Doshi looks at how fact and fiction intersect in the works on display in Archive Fever.
119 Jeannine Tang examines how Anita Dube perceptively investigates violence in all its pervasiveness in her recent works.
121 Avni Doshi is enchanted by the different phases of Louise Bourgeois’s journey as an artist.
124 Despite its title, Neti Neti (not this, not this), Karin Miller-Lewis finds all kinds of art snugly ensconced in Bose Pacia’s latest curated group show.
125 Deirdre King uncovers some of the contradictions in Bose Krishnamachari’s Ghost.
REVIEWS
127 Anupam Sud’s oeuvre spans over four decades, but the idea of the body remains central, says Meera Menezes.
129 Bani Abidi raises questions about the state and the power it wields over its subjects, observes Jason Keith Fernandes.
131 Abhay Sardesai responds critically to Vivan Sundaram’s Trash.
134 Anirudh Chari is not convinced by Riyas Komu’s attempts at ‘marking’ contemporary Indian football.
135 Sandhya Bordewekar and Sharmila Sagara discover the secret lives of Amit Ambalal’s Crows.
137 Andrea Anastasio’s philosophical ruminations provide Naveed Vali Ahmed with food for thought.
139 Latika Gupta thinks that Arunanshu Chowdhury is only partially successful in unpacking the baggage of history.
140 Dhruvi Acharya’s works explore environmental issues with a surprising lack of rigour, complains Gitanjali Dang.
141 Zehra Jumabhoy finds no peace at Everywhere is War.
143 Latika Gupta discusses George Martin P. J.’s and Shiv Verma’s latest forays into art-making.
144 COGITATION
As different artworks address different contexts and as different contexts produce different artworks, Prashant Parikh examines issues related to the possibility of interpretation.
150 LISTINGS