Framed | Verve Magazine - Part 3
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Framed

Santha K.V., Tree of life
May 08, 2019

Artist And The Environment: Santha K.V.

Text by Shraddha Jahagirdar-Saxena

The self-taught textile artist and educator's intricately woven tapestries are a reflection of her connection to the environment and its temperamental nature
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Artist, Featured, illustrations, Online Exclusive, Paper Samosa, pun, Simmi Patel
April 30, 2019

Creating artworks heavy with word-play, this San Francisco artist with an Indian upbringing is tapping into a humour that appeals to the 'Indo-Western-influenced Shahrukh-Kanye soul'
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Ahsun Zafar, Brown History, Culture, Featured, History, Instagram, Online Exclusive, South Asian, South Asian History
April 03, 2019

Check out Brown History, the Instagram page that's turning into an important resource on the subject
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Gateway of India, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai
March 27, 2019

Every day, passers-by and tourists at the Gateway of India have their picture ‘professionally’ taken as they pose near the monument, or in front of the landmark Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai. Four individuals, who have been immortalised by the persistent lensmen of this historic area, reveal to Shruti Sunderraman how those moments in front of the camera — and the images themselves — deepened their connection to the metropolis
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Churchgate railway station, the southernmost terminus on the Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway.

Queer Haunts Of The ’90s

Text by Ojas Kolvankar and Shubham Ladha. Photographs by Mallika Chandra.

Carefully navigating conservative social norms to avoid being outed, ostracised or questioned by the authorities, men who belong to marginalised LGBTQIA+ groups cultivated safe spaces for their interactions in the ’90s.
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Andreco, Aravani Art Project, Artists, Asian Paints, Daku, Featured, Hanif Kureshi, Jor Bagh, KONA, Lodhi Art District, Murals, Online Exclusive, Sameer Kulavoor, St+art Delhi, St+art Festival 2019, St+art Foundation, St+Art India, Street Art, Yok and Sheryo

The 2019 edition of St+art Delhi festival presents futuristic concepts that are a commentary on the current environmental degradation along with artworks and installations that make you ponder the social decline that our meme-loving generation has come to be associated with
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Amrietaa Arun, Art, Bombay Duck Designs, Bombay Zine Fest 2019, Chapess, Featured, Newman D’silva, Nikaytaa, Online Exclusive, Poorva Shingre, Priyanka Paul, Sameer Kulavoor, Xem Skaters, zine

Now in its third edition, one of the city's most popular zine fests allows you to discover artists and their works that can broaden your viewpoint or just provide some much needed comic relief....
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Amrita Sher-Gil, Aparna Jain, Audible, audiobook, Books, Featured, Feminism, Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls, Irom Chanu Sharmila, Like A Girl, Mary Kom, Online Exclusive, Rasika Dugal, RJ Malishka, Varsha Varghese, Women Empowerment, Women's Day

Aparna Jain's book 'Like A Girl' releases as an audiobook by Audible which brings alive the stories of 51 women of substance through the voices of celebrated female narrators.
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Adarsh Balak, Art, Featured, Nostalgia, Online Exclusive, Pin-Ups, Pop culture, Priyesh Trivedi, Sadvertisements, Vintage
March 04, 2019

...in a delightfully dark yet comical way.
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Art, Artist, Featured, MessyMsxi, Online Exclusive, Singapore Weekender 2.0, Tan Zi Xi
February 15, 2019

On the eve of Singapore Weekender 2.0, we chat with Singapore-born, London-trained artist Tan Zi Xi aka MessyMsxi about memorable collaborations and her work in the capital city
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Featured, JSW Group, Kala Ghoda Association, Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, Online Exclusive, Sir Jacob Sassoon & Allied Trust, World Monument Fund

Inside The Restored 135-Year-Old Iconic Kala Ghoda Blue Synagogue

Text by Shubham Ladha. Photography by Alkesh Shinde

An exclusive peek at the mid-19th century cultural monument that's reopening to public
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Anindita Bhattacharya, Art, Artists, Baaraan Ijlal, Bharat Sikka, Collecting Digital Art, Featured, Husain in New York, India Art Fair, India Art Fair 2019, No Place Like the Present, Online Exclusive, Pinakin Patel, Shanthamani Muddaiah, Sohrab Hura, South Asian art, Tayeba Begum Lipi, The Gallery in a Global Age, Thomas Laird
January 31, 2019

Top Picks From India Art Fair 2019

Text by Ranjabati Das

Here’s a guide that aims to make one of South Asia’s biggest art fairs less intimidating
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